We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

The MSE Forum Team would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas. However, we know this time of year can be difficult for some. If you're struggling during the festive period, here's a list of organisations that might be able to help

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Has MSE helped you to save or reclaim money this year? Share your 2025 MoneySaving success stories!

Advice about decrepit boiler - repair or replace

dryjoy · 2023-07-30 16:39:39

I’d be grateful for some advice and opinions on the situation with our boiler, please. We’ve had our annual boiler service, and been advised it is in dangerous condition and can’t be used. The main problem is with the heat exchanger. We have a British Gas homecare boiler plan, so the BG engineer has been out. His advice…

Comments

dryjoy Posts: 55 Forumite

24 August 2023 at 9:40PM

ThisIsWeird said:

Great result, dryjoy :-)
The repair included a main exchanger? How long did it take to complete?u

Yes it included the main heat exchanger. I think it took about 3 hours to complete. There were some additional problems - not with the boiler itself, but accessing some surrounding electrical stuff - that slowed things down.

1