Worcester 24i rsf, seized fan, hole, options?

jamesd

I made the mistake of stopping this when the fan was running roughly and it's now seized. Trying to remove the fan unit to apply some WD40 and silicone lubricant I found that the upper left screw is stuck, haven't yet got it out. Adding better lighting, it's worse: there's a roughly 1cm x 2cm diagonal corroded hole on the hood area that the fan unit screws into, part 18 in this exploded view. Starts (visibly...) a few mm below the screw at the left edge of the fan unit rear plate then up and to the left at about 310 degrees.

Are there any useful cost-effective repair options for this?

Added joy is that one landlord has obtained a court order against the other landlord forcing sale of the property so they will be looking for the cheapest option. Ideally I'd like to be able to present a quote to make it easy for them to do the sensible, right thing.

Not an emergency because I have backup fan heaters, an electric shower and kettle.

Any thoughts?

Alex1983

It will need replacing, new flue hood and fan, would imagine the flue hood will be £30-£50 and fan £80-£100.

This is the landlords problem and he needs someone gas safe registered to repair.

jamesd

New fan units are 90-110, ebay used 25-35. Haven't seen any availability of the hood part 18 so far.

jamesd

AndyMc..... wrote: »

What are you doing messing with a boiler in a rented property?

What the landlord is happy to have me do. Opinions on whether only a pro can touch the fan or even remove the cover have varied. I'm not going to accept it for ongoing service without a pro being involved in the near future, nor would a sensible landlord, including mine.

Please remove the portion of the quoted text that gives the location.

Alex1983

Really can’t see how it’s your problem, it’s rented let the landlord deal with it. Your removing a combustion cover so need to be gas safe. Do you have a gas safety certificate issued every year?

The flue hood will still be available for that boiler.

jamesd

I'm a few hundred miles closer than the landlord. I'll probably ask the firm which did the last check and a PCB replacement to give some idea of price and timeline that I can pass on.