Immediately dangerous boiler (recently purchased flat)

AdrianC

pinkshoes wrote: »

Was the engineer that condemned it a trusted one that you have used before? (Not a BT one that wants you to buy a new boiler...)

I think (hope) you mean BG, rather than BT...

csgohan4

AdrianC wrote: »

I think (hope) you mean BG, rather than BT...

Do boilers connect directly to the phone line now?

markin

dimbo61 wrote: »

Time to shop around and get a new A rated boiler
Worcester Bosch or Vailliant is the companies I would recommend.
Do not use BG unless you have more money than sense.
Find a good local Gas Safe registered company.
Check the Gas Safe register if you don't have any family or friends to recommend someone
Pay for its self in 3/4 years and adds value.
Check out Which for best buys

Worcester Bosch is now full of plastic parts that seemingly love to fail, Vailliant would be my top choice.

dimbo61

Have to agree with you there ( Markin ) our last 3 combi boilers have all been Vailliant.
However Which may seems to think Bosch are good as well.

csgohan4

dimbo61 wrote: »

Have to agree with you there ( Markin ) our last 3 combi boilers have all been Vailliant.
However Which may seems to think Bosch are good as well.

so you have to replace 3 valliant boilers recently???

Have to agree, Worcester has plastic parts which snap off, the service engineer snapped the plastic latch when he was merely opening up the boiler.


but from a functional point of view so far so good 4 years on

cajef

markin wrote: »

Worcester Bosch is now full of plastic parts that seemingly love to fail, Vailliant would be my top choice.

Well ours was fitted ten years ago and nothing plastic has failed yet, serviced annually and no faults to date.

martindow

csgohan4 wrote: »

Do boilers connect directly to the phone line now?

It must be part of the internet of things.

robatwork

I apologise that these replies aren't what you want to hear and some are even sarcastically poking some mild fun at your expense.

Here's your reply:

It's the vendor's fault that they didn't provide you with a boiler that would last a couple of years after you purchased.

Your surveyor should have picked up on the poor state of the boiler.

Your solicitor should have picked up on the lack of boiler servicing and no certification.

All the above are jointly and severally liable for the expense you will incur in rectifying, and you should sue all of them.

Please note this reply in italics is total bullocks, but it hopefully redresses the balance of all the people correctly telling you it's your problem.

Section106

LondonS30 wrote: »

...Then shortly after there was no heating or hot water. I topped up the boiler pressure and got an engineer to see. He deemed it immediately dangerous, no service history and it had not been maintained in a while. Inside the boiler, there was a cut wire which was "live" (I have photos), and also a lot of debris and algae. Also there were very high CO readings from the boiler and the flue. Which is obviously really dangerous.

Was it "obviously really dangerous"? It depends what and where the engineer was measuring, and whether they were capable of taking accurate measurements.

Seeing the photo of this "live" cut wire would also be interesting.

LondonS30 wrote: »

The sellers did not provide a gas safety certificate or any evidence that the boiler had been maintained. The engineer said it was a legal requirement but googling it seems this is only a legal requirement when renting rather than selling....

A level of knowledge which screams out "Get a second opinion".

Wyndham

There is a chance that it could have been absolutely fine when you completed the purchase, and has failed since. But even if you could prove that it wasn't working before that, and that the seller knew about it, there is still nothing you can do. You didn't ask the right questions.