Seller Has No Gas or Electricity Cerificates

user1977

FataVerde said:

Update: I had another viewing for one of the inspections now that the house is empty. I turned on the boiler and left it on for 15-20 minutes. There was hot water with significant delay but none of the radiators in the house were warming up. I suspect the boiler, which is over 12 years old, is broken. Or could there be something else? I've had 2 viewings in November and my surveyor inspected the house in December and the boiler/heat was never on. 

Are you sure you actually turned on the heating, rather than merely "turned on the boiler"? If the property is empty are you sure they hadn't drained the system?

FataVerde

TheJP said:

FataVerde said:

Update: I had another viewing for one of the inspections now that the house is empty. I turned on the boiler and left it on for 15-20 minutes. There was hot water with significant delay but none of the radiators in the house were warming up. I suspect the boiler, which is over 12 years old, is broken. Or could there be something else? I've had 2 viewings in November and my surveyor inspected the house in December and the boiler/heat was never on. 

What boiler system is it, combi or gravity fed? This makes a big difference as combi will give you hot water after about 30 seconds, gravity fed is a tank in the loft that is heated up and the water is fed from there. The radiators can take some time to reach heat if the system has been off for a while. 12 years for a boiler isn't old. How long did you carry out your 'test' for?

Combi, a version of this https://www.mkmbs.co.uk/product/ideal-logic-plus-30-combi-boiler-210824-l009887

FataVerde

user1977 said:

FataVerde said:

Update: I had another viewing for one of the inspections now that the house is empty. I turned on the boiler and left it on for 15-20 minutes. There was hot water with significant delay but none of the radiators in the house were warming up. I suspect the boiler, which is over 12 years old, is broken. Or could there be something else? I've had 2 viewings in November and my surveyor inspected the house in December and the boiler/heat was never on. 

Are you sure you actually turned on the heating, rather than merely "turned on the boiler"? If the property is empty are you sure they hadn't drained the system?

This was the setting. I have a similar boiler, but it could be that the thermostat was off. The boiler is very hard to access in a dark cupboard

Slithery

It doesn't matter what it was set to, if the boiler was drained for safety purposes then the heating won't work until the system has been refilled with water.
What did the boiler engineer that you paid to look at it have to say?

TheJP

Did you check the radiator valves to see if the were on? 

Slithery

TheJP said:

Did you check the radiator valves to see if the were on? 

Indeed.
It appears to say '...stat off' on the display which could mean that none of the thermostats were switched on.

FataVerde

TheJP said:

Did you check the radiator valves to see if the were on? 

valves were on, but looks like thermostat was off. I don't have a thermostat/just valve control, with my boiler so didn't realise that was a different setting

Noneforit999

Sounds like you have already convinced yourself the boiler needs replacing.

Either reduce your offer by £3k and hope the vendor doesn't tell you where to go, which I would as a vendor if I knew it worked perfectly well or pull out.

The vendor doesn't have to reduce the price because you are worried about the boiler packing up simply because you don't know when it was last serviced or installed. I am not sure what you are expecting from a forum? 

user1977

FataVerde said:

TheJP said:

Did you check the radiator valves to see if the were on? 

valves were on, but looks like thermostat was off. I don't have a thermostat/just valve control, with my boiler so didn't realise that was a different setting

If it heats up the water, then you have at least ascertained that the boiler itself is working.

newsgroupmonkey_

Noneforit999 said:

Sounds like you have already convinced yourself the boiler needs replacing.

Either reduce your offer by £3k and hope the vendor doesn't tell you where to go, which I would as a vendor if I knew it worked perfectly well or pull out.

The vendor doesn't have to reduce the price because you are worried about the boiler packing up simply because you don't know when it was last serviced or installed. I am not sure what you are expecting from a forum? 

Last time I complained about FTBers, I was told I was out of order and that they're no different to any other buyers and simply need a bit more hand holding. And yet here we are. Not listening to the advice being given.

OP, what did your gas engineer say about the boiler? You did book one in, yes?