Boiler packed top 10 days ago...all German so bits are easy to mess with, went through the basics but due to time I decried to get the Viessmann engineer anyway.
Ah...the sensor has gone, or could be the ignitor, needs a good clean and service, that'll be £350 all in......err....no Ill take another look myself.
Bought sensors and replaced, £60....but....still dont work !...took Gas valve apart, after much testing deduced that the gas Valves not operating...New valve £180....found one on Ebay used, working, £40...
Can you send overnight...Ill pay the extra postage ?....Yes no problem, no need to pay extra....Mmmmm...didnt drive for 4 days....Hernes carriers....plus it turns out the kid used 3-4 day postal service....arrived today !
Just fitted it and now all toasty once again!...so about £100 all in though I should really get it serviced anyway.
But...I tell you what, its been flipping cold this last week, good job we have elec shower in the En Suite and coal fire in lounge.
Alos glad about heated seats in the car...
Your boiler is your friend ....look after it.
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Just had our Baxi Bermuda serviced today. Bit of a classic apparently....the chap who did it has done it for at least 20 years for the previous house owner and it's never gone wrong.
We’ve lived in our house for 8 years now, and we’ve never even had it serviced once. God knows if the previous owners serviced it either... Just before Christmas it packed up, so we got the repair man round, thinking it might finally be time for a new one.
Turns out that it was just so dusty that the dust blocked a safety sensor. A quick clean and it’s back in full working order again. He said everything still looks brand new inside!
I can't bear heated seats in a car. Some luxuries I just don't want.
if thats the case its actually illegal to work on gas..
at the very least, I would delete this thread.
The young do not know enough to be prudent, therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.
I cant see how Im breaking any law at all, look it up....Im not being paid for the work.
Yes its ambiguous, but illegal? I dont see that anywhere,...Competence is the word in play here....and I possess this, dont forget the registered gas guy that came out didnt even conclude that the valve was bust, how competent was he?
All that aside, as a spark, I can't disagree with your intention, we get this all the time in electric land and yes I will be very shortly getting my Gas man to check the boiler over and issue me a service report.
Dont do this at home kids...
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That was including a service...problem would have been that fact the he hadn't diagnosed the faulty valve, so he would have changed what he thought, charge me £350...and still not fixed the problem a leaving a £180 valve still to buy and fit.
Suppose I could complain to Viessmann...to be fair its been a great bit of kit for a good 10 yrs.
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I dont do gas anymore, just oil.. but like the sparks world I imagine, gas engineers seem to love grassing people up for doing their own work
The young do not know enough to be prudent, therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.
I’ve done gas work myself in the past, including putting in a whole CH system from scratch at my old house, but then I do know what I’m doing as I’d had training and used to have a Corgi ticket through my work. There are a lot of easy mistakes to make if you don’t know what you’re up to: for instance I’ve seen gas pipe joints made up with plumbers tape. It works for a while but eventually the gas attacks it and it breaks down, potentially causing leaks.
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I regard myself as competent to work on gas systems as I used to be on the Corgi register and I used to do my own repairs but not any more. Same with electrics, I like to have all the safety certificates in hand now.
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