No boiler pressure but no visible leaks - please help!

pug_lover

Hi guys,
Just thought i'd update this for you....
Finally the plumbing company sent around a boiler engineer that wasn't lazy!
He explained that the boiler was 10 years old & had not been serviced in a long time, so it could've been anything causing the drop in pressure.. Needing re-pressurising, new pressure release valve etc etc
But as it was 10 years old he couldn't guarantee that if he serviced it that he would be able to get the new parts required
As we suspected it wasn't a leak under the floorboards.
They installed a new boiler & funnily enough there has been no drop in pressure since!
Thanks to you all for your help!

southcoastrgi

pug_lover wrote: »

Hi guys,
Just thought i'd update this for you....
Finally the plumbing company sent around a boiler engineer that wasn't lazy!
He explained that the boiler was 10 years old & had not been serviced in a long time, so it could've been anything causing the drop in pressure.. Needing re-pressurising, new pressure release valve etc etc
But as it was 10 years old he couldn't guarantee that if he serviced it that he would be able to get the new parts required
As we suspected it wasn't a leak under the floorboards.
They installed a new boiler & funnily enough there has been no drop in pressure since!
Thanks to you all for your help!

you have a drop in pressure that prob only required a £20 pressure relief valve, a 10 year old boiler that you can't get parts for ????, not been serviced in a long time, my god he certainly wasn't lazy when he talked you into a new boiler :huh:

keystone

Oh dear - either a BG employeee or someone who's done the BG "sales patter" course.

You've been 'ad me old son. I think t'would have been better to keep this information to yourself.

Cheers

unclebulgaria

pug_lover wrote: »

Hi guys,
Just thought i'd update this for you....
Finally the plumbing company sent around a boiler engineer that wasn't lazy!
He explained that the boiler was 10 years old & had not been serviced in a long time, so it could've been anything causing the drop in pressure.. Needing re-pressurising, new pressure release valve etc etc
But as it was 10 years old he couldn't guarantee that if he serviced it that he would be able to get the new parts required
As we suspected it wasn't a leak under the floorboards.
They installed a new boiler & funnily enough there has been no drop in pressure since!
Thanks to you all for your help!

Im sending you the bill for a new laptop...I've just spat my cuppa all over it after reading your post and as its only 2 years old and I cant get the parts and you seem a pushover I'm guessing you'll pay it!
I can only echo Keystone and Keith...

macman

Please name these 'energetic' plumbers!
Almost any 10 year old boiler will still have parts available-what make and model was it?
New PRV and re-pressurise-perhaps 30 mins at most.

Canucklehead

macman wrote: »

Please name these 'energetic' plumbers!
Almost any 10 year old boiler will still have parts available-what make and model was it?

Hi: Protherm...part of Vaillant Group...spares here.

Canucklehead

macman

I bet they helpfully offered to take the old boiler 'for scrap' too...probably already installed elsewhere.