Boiler servicing

tiamaria

Hi, can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost of servicing a boiler?
TIA

Cardew

£60 to £70!

Pincher

I would say £60 to £300, and expect £100 for an average boiler.

They have mandatory gasket replacement schedules and bits and pieces. If you don't have a guy you trust, it's easier to call the manufacturer. At least their quote gives you a baseline to shop around with.

SYNERGY

Pincher wrote: »

I would say £60 to £300, and expect £100 for an average boiler.

They have mandatory gasket replacement schedules and bits and pieces. If you don't have a guy you trust, it's easier to call the manufacturer. At least their quote gives you a baseline to shop around with.

They have mandatory gasket replacement schedules and bits and pieces.

Which are these gaskets and bits and pieces that have a mandatory replacement schedule ?

What is the schedule time frame ?

ziggyman99

SYNERGY wrote: »

They have mandatory gasket replacement schedules and bits and pieces.

Which are these gaskets and bits and pieces that have a mandatory replacement schedule ?

What is the schedule time frame ?

Yes, i'd like to know to. I'm a gas engineer and i've never heard of any mandatory replacement schedules.

bengasman

ziggyman99 wrote: »

Yes, i'd like to know to. I'm a gas engineer and i've never heard of any mandatory replacement schedules.

Certain Vaillants, Worcesters, Aristons, Ideals and many others specify that combustion chambers seals MUST be replaced every time you undo them.

Asking how much a boiler service will cost is as pointless as asking how much it will cost to buy a car.

SYNERGY

bengasman wrote: »

Certain Vaillants, Worcesters, Aristons, Ideals and many others specify that combustion chambers seals MUST be replaced every time you undo them.

Asking how much a boiler service will cost is as pointless as asking how much it will cost to buy a car.

Quite true, likewise with many other gaskets, o rings, fiber washers, r clips, u clips, sealing compounds, etc. which may be disturbed during dis-assembly.

However I don't know of any manufacturer who has " a mandatory replacement schedule ?", i.e. states that a particular gasket has to be replaced after a particular time-span, do you ?

bengasman

SYNERGY wrote: »

However I don't know of any manufacturer who has " a mandatory replacement schedule ?", i.e. states that a particular gasket has to be replaced after a particular time-span, do you ?

Mandatory replacement schedule does not necessarily mean every so many days; with each service is also a schedule.

ziggyman99

SYNERGY wrote: »

Quite true, likewise with many other gaskets, o rings, fiber washers, r clips, u clips, sealing compounds, etc. which may be disturbed during dis-assembly.

However I don't know of any manufacturer who has " a mandatory replacement schedule ?", i.e. states that a particular gasket has to be replaced after a particular time-span, do you ?

Exactly. There is none that I know of.

Pincher

http://www.powermax-repairs.co.uk/

"The clever new type of gas valve does not take kindly to being fiddled with by technicians (or users) without the use of a flue gas analyser to measure the effect of the adjustments being made. Carbon monoxide can be produced in vast quantities. This problem perversely combines with the fact that the burner gasket is prone to leakage. A new gasket MUST be used every time the burner is removed for servicing according to Potterton-Baxi technical support. Few service engineers carry these burner gaskets in the van so I suspect few actually get replaced on servicing."

Admittedly, the Replacement section of the Powermax instructions manual only says Annually inspect and replace if worn, so it's NOT their official position that it is MANDATORY.



I WAS going to get one of these:

http://www.plumbnation.co.uk/site/potterton-promax-he-90i-floor-standing-storage-boiler-c-w-cylinder-natural-gas/

but then found out the PowerMax was its predecessor.:eek:

My Gas Safe guy warned me it will be more tricky to service, so I ended up with a Megaflo cylinder and a system boiler. Boring but easy and cheap to service.

gas4you

Vaillant Ecotec have to have the seals replaced at a maximum of every 5 years or whenever the combustion chamber is opened.

I replace every 3 years as I do not believe the combustion chamber should be left visually unchecked for 5 years