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How not to fix a gas boiler!!
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Right I am typing with a bandaged hand all cos our stupid damn boiler is playing up as usual. 
Friday night it decided to switch itself off without being told to do it!! 
The kids got up Saturday morning took one look at me wrapped up in a duvet in the living room and threw themselves on the mercy of the boiler, which decided it really really did not want to work. 
The wee red light that is supposed to come on when it wont light wont go on unless you thump the front of the boiler really hard so I did. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not a good idea cos it fought back and now its still not working properly and I got a poor little hand.
Why is it that when I call out an engineer to fix it, it works perfectly??
I get hot water and heating and if it wont light the wee red light comes on and even then it relights first time when the guy is here making me look like a prize tube!!!!!
I have decided I hate combi boilers cos I never had this problem when I had a hot water tank and a never ending supply of hot water so I’m going to petition my housing association to put my hot water tank back in along with the old boiler cos they worked!!!!
Shona
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Ohh no hun I have a friend who has just had one installed and she loves it.
I think its more to do with the fact my housing assoc hire cowboys to deal with anything we need fixing!!
Shona
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Cant kick it tho Im only little and its on the wall 
But on the good side it is staying on so far this morning but then I only put the boiler on half an hour ago!!
Shona
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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LOL nympho
I would say that but the last time the guy was out he never even had to remove the cover!!
It wasnt working then he got here and hey presto the red light came on and all he did was turn on the hot tap in the sink and press the button and it was lit!!!
When I try that all that happens is I get sprayed with freezing cold water and the stupid boiler will not light
Shona
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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always the same, i remember calling someone out to have a look at mine cause for some reason it wasnt heating the water, tried everything, as you do, in the end admitted defeat and called someone out, the guy walked in, looked at it and did no more than switched the power on at the wall god did i feel a twat  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Oh my god lol I would have wanted the ground to open up and swallow me lol
Mind you I can say for definite that the switch is deff on.
It has a big red label saying do not switch off so I always make sure the cat hasnt switched it of as she does her mad dash around the house she is quite clever you know she can drag all my clean washing under my bed and make herself a nice cosy bed without anyone noticing that their favourite shirt is missing!!
Still I think the threat of me hitting the boiler with a rather large mallet was enough to get it working for now!! 
Shona
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By *ickmealloverWoman
over a year ago
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My ex husband is a gas engineer and would NEVER but a combi boiler..... dont ever attempt to mend a boiler yourself. It can kill you love.
In many homes its a more important investment than a car as it keeps you warm and watered etc
Hope it works real soon chick xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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i've had the boiler man round so many times to fix mine, i hate it .... i'm forever getting the red light, but i now now how to fix codes 1,2 4 and 5 ... code 3 means i gotta get the man out to spray some wd40 inside the boiler lol ... all the other codes mean i just have to give it a good fiddling
combi boilers suck. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"still got heating in all the downstairs radiators today but none upstairs bled the damn things till they are totally anaemic but still nothing  "
Is there enough water in the system Laine, it might be there isnt enough water to top all the upstairs rads up fully maybe? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Best thing we ever did... Swap to a efficient combi.. so far no issues, touch wood.. but gas use has halved in the last two years and we even have a house thats warm upstairs as well as down!.... Back to a tank and storing water?? Never lol.. Never. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Best thing we ever did... Swap to a efficient combi.. so far no issues, touch wood.. but gas use has halved in the last two years and we even have a house thats warm upstairs as well as down!.... Back to a tank and storing water?? Never lol.. Never. "
i'm sure if you get a good one they're great, but housing associations and councils, never seem to go for good stuff, i've actually lost count of how many times they've been out to mine, and it's only been in 18 months. |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
"Best thing we ever did... Swap to a efficient combi.. so far no issues, touch wood.. but gas use has halved in the last two years and we even have a house thats warm upstairs as well as down!.... Back to a tank and storing water?? Never lol.. Never.
i'm sure if you get a good one they're great, but housing associations and councils, never seem to go for good stuff, i've actually lost count of how many times they've been out to mine, and it's only been in 18 months."
that's nothing to do with a hunky engineer turning up by chance  |
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By *ebzStarWoman
over a year ago
Notting |
Our combi boiler is shit too.
Cant run a bath as dont get more than an inch of hot water.
Really miss having baths too.
And the heating never stays on for the time its supposed to - just goes on and off ramdomly.
Causing my housemate to turn the thrmostat up to 25 degrees!!!
Feck me its always hot in our house, lol |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
"Our combi boiler is shit too.
Cant run a bath as dont get more than an inch of hot water.
Really miss having baths too.
And the heating never stays on for the time its supposed to - just goes on and off ramdomly.
Causing my housemate to turn the thrmostat up to 25 degrees!!!
Feck me its always hot in our house, lol"
He he he *has visions of half knaked debs flitting from hot room to hot room*
Showers are more fun anyway i thinks |
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By *ebzStarWoman
over a year ago
Notting |
"Our combi boiler is shit too.
Cant run a bath as dont get more than an inch of hot water.
Really miss having baths too.
And the heating never stays on for the time its supposed to - just goes on and off ramdomly.
Causing my housemate to turn the thrmostat up to 25 degrees!!!
Feck me its always hot in our house, lol
He he he *has visions of half knaked debs flitting from hot room to hot room*
Showers are more fun anyway i thinks "
Have you seen me????
I knew i should be more careful with those damn curtains, lol |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
"Our combi boiler is shit too.
Cant run a bath as dont get more than an inch of hot water.
Really miss having baths too.
And the heating never stays on for the time its supposed to - just goes on and off ramdomly.
Causing my housemate to turn the thrmostat up to 25 degrees!!!
Feck me its always hot in our house, lol
He he he *has visions of half knaked debs flitting from hot room to hot room*
Showers are more fun anyway i thinks
Have you seen me????
I knew i should be more careful with those damn curtains, lol"
Well not got into the peeping tom thing yet but its veeeeeeeeery tempting lol. dont you dare pull them curtains |
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By *ebzStarWoman
over a year ago
Notting |
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I knew i should be more careful with those damn curtains, lol
Well not got into the peeping tom thing yet but its veeeeeeeeery tempting lol. dont you dare pull them curtains "
LOL
Well the big bush outside obscures most of the view anyhow - the neighbours told me so so there!!!! |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
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I knew i should be more careful with those damn curtains, lol
Well not got into the peeping tom thing yet but its veeeeeeeeery tempting lol. dont you dare pull them curtains
LOL
Well the big bush outside obscures most of the view anyhow - the neighbours told me so so there!!!!"
He he he neighbours will tell you anything to peek at your sexy ass |
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By *ebzStarWoman
over a year ago
Notting |
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He he he neighbours will tell you anything to peek at your sexy ass "
Barstewards!!!!
Right - off to bed to get some beauty sleep - the lack of it this weekend is not doing me any good. I feel about 90, sorry no - i sent him packing, i feel about 35......lol |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
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He he he neighbours will tell you anything to peek at your sexy ass
Barstewards!!!!
Right - off to bed to get some beauty sleep - the lack of it this weekend is not doing me any good. I feel about 90, sorry no - i sent him packing, i feel about 35......lol"
good night you sexy gal
*right where's my peeping kit?* |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Combis are like any product ya get good ones and bad ones lol
They can be temperamental though and yes what the op says about the gas man turning up and it works is true lol
As some of you know im a gas engineer and that happens to me regularly for some reason
And the strange thing is they very rarely go wrong for the customer again
I must scare them inta working lol xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Soapy get up here and scare it cos again this morning it is playing up!!!!
Shona
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Love ta doll but it too far and i have ta scare some other boilers lol
Good luck with it though hun
It does actually sound like a faulty thermistor too me from what you have said and these can cause intermittent faults xxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"still got heating in all the downstairs radiators today but none upstairs bled the damn things till they are totally anaemic but still nothing
Is there enough water in the system Laine, it might be there isnt enough water to top all the upstairs rads up fully maybe? "
All I know is that when I switched it off all the radiators were full and running well...... just means I gotta kick the crap out of my pump and plumbing again! Such fun. |
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