British Gas Homecare Magnaclean Quote

hallamj

Why do you want to spend hundreds of pounds to make sure your boiler doesn't go wrong in the future if you are moving house soon?

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lucasreece wrote: »

Have recently had our annual service and the British Gas Engineer has advised us to have a magnaclean fitted as we have a noise coming from the boiler. He suggested it was due to scale (heat exchanger kettling) and hence the reason for the need to fit a magnaclean.

We've been quoted £330.00 and was wondering if this is about the price we should be expecting to pay or are we being ripped off.

Any ideas/comments please?

Many thanks.

hi im a gas engineer. fitting a magnaclean wont cure the noise from your boiler if its down to scale. if your heat exchanger is kettling then you will need a powerflush & you may require a new heat exchanger as the flush may not remove all scale. the benifit of getting a powerflush from BG is you get a lifetime guarantee & the heat exchanger will be replaced free of charge if required. the combined price of a powerflush with magnabooster is £695.

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Canucklehead wrote: »

Hi...my OH has done both for BG Homecare customers...he gives his customers an invoice with details of the work which can be presented to BG as evidence that the required works have been conducted by a professional (at half the price quoted by BG ).

HTH

Canucklehead

no it would not invalidate your homecare agreement, but you need to be aware that BG wont gaurantee a contractors work nor would you expect a contractor to guarantee any work carried out by BG, so if you do get a local plumber to do the work, make sure he is well recommended & check if he will clean the filter once every year free of charge as BG wont if its not installed by BG.

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Canucklehead wrote: »

Good afternoon: many independent RGIs own powerflush machines (the OH has had one since 2001) and others will rent from HSS etc. I recommend the Boiler Buddy or Spirotech Magnabooster over the Magnaclean...BG's price is well OTT. Cost will vary according to your location in the UK.

HTH

Canucklehead

BG have recently replaced the magnaclean with the spirotech magnabooster, £256 for a sealed system & £330 for an open system, 28mm & 22mm are same price.

keystone

and noone has yet suggested a sonic clean for the kettling problem. Amazing!

Cheers