Boiler screwed

[BrilloPad]

Npower's boiler cover plan left me out in the cold | Money | The Guardian

Npower told Guardian Money reader Nick Howden that it would not carry out a £450 repair to his eight-year-old Worcester Bosch boiler because the cost exceeded its estimate of the boiler's economic value of £397. Instead, it quoted £3,160 to install a new one.

[suityou01]

We always had you more down as a Kenneth Williams type to be honest!!!

Thanks MF

[MayContainNuts]

Good to see the Frank Spencer quota is being met by others in my stead as I am too busy.

We always had you more down as a Kenneth Williams type to be honest!!!

[suityou01]

Good to see the Frank Spencer quota is being met by others in my stead as I am too busy.

[Lumiere]

Mrs wasn't happy when I said no way to calling someone in on boxing day!

As I found when I decided to do some diy on a xmas day and drilled through a heating pipe it is actually not a problem ...

[Bunk]

My old boiler is always getting screwed and I never take her for granted. £56+vat a time sounds about right as well. I feel your pain.

That's a bit mean, didn't she support you when you were on the bench?

[Uncle Albert]

The fan unit on our boiler started to die at the end of last week, and you never realise how you take having hot water readily available on tap for granted until it happens.

Even had a shower at 4a.m. on Sunday morning as I happened to notice it was working after taking a mid-night comfort break.

Plumbers said they could get the pump for £87+VAT, what! I thought and got it on Ebay for £56 inc VAT and delivery.
Ordered fan late Thursay night, arrived today, should be fitted tomorrow.

The wood burning stove in the kitchen has proved it's worth over the past few days.

Never take your boiler for granted.

As my Gran used to say, always have more than one way to heat your water and cook your food. If/when our boiler breaks we just flick the immersion switch on the Megaflo and bathe away.

[northernladuk]

My old boiler is always getting screwed and I never take her for granted. £56+vat a time sounds about right as well. I feel your pain.

[Troll]

My old boiler had a fan (a blowy thingy) sat right above the combustion box

Fecking thing would always seize up after a year or so.. couldn't just buy the fan bit always has to buy the "assembly" at huge wonga - I tried graphite flake onto the fan bearings which worked for a while and then WD40 which worked for a while longer ...so I got a dab hand at removing the boiler cover and a couple of squirts of lube would get it running again

...then it stated cracking the heat exchanger so it was time to go

[Troll]

The fan unit on our boiler started to die at the end of last week, and you never realise how you take having hot water readily available on tap for granted until it happens.

Plumbers said they could get the pump for £87+VAT, what! I thought and got it on Ebay for £56 inc VAT and delivery.
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Why did you get a replacement pump for a faulty fan?

[psychocandy]

£14 a month for boiler cover mate. Worth it.

Mine packed up xmas day one year when I didnt have cover. Mrs wasn't happy when I said no way to calling someone in on boxing day!

[Lockhouse]

Our boiler is 37 years old. Too expensive to replace until we have to.

[Mich the Tester]

Haven't you tried bleeding the radiators yet?

[sbakoola]

Get a Worchester Combi boiler, they're great and reliable. Don't get a random 'Corgi registered' boiler fixer to sort it out, they're cowboys and a waste of time and money.

[Scrag Meister]

The fan unit on our boiler started to die at the end of last week, and you never realise how you take having hot water readily available on tap for granted until it happens.

Even had a shower at 4a.m. on Sunday morning as I happened to notice it was working after taking a mid-night comfort break.

Plumbers said they could get the pump for £87+VAT, what! I thought and got it on Ebay for £56 inc VAT and delivery.
Ordered fan late Thursay night, arrived today, should be fitted tomorrow.

The wood burning stove in the kitchen has proved it's worth over the past few days.

Never take your boiler for granted.