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Hi,
Sorry, I'm not a plumber but am looking for some advice re my boiler - any help much appreciated!
I have a 3 year old Warmflow U90 boiler with Riello RDB 2.2 burner. It was making strange metallic banging noises so I got the plumber who fitted it (OFTEC registered) to come out and look at it. To cut a long story short, over the period of a week, and after servicing it (clearing out the soot/coke in the baffles I think), cleaning the photo sensitive cell, changing the pressure jet (nozzle?) and taking the whole flue out and cleaning it out (it goes up the chimney and out the stack), today he finally says he's found the problem and that the heat exchanger is leaking/broken. He shows me wet black soot from inside the boiler as evidence of this.
I'm then told that I need a complete new boiler. What I'd like some advice on please if possible is
a) can this be the only cause of the problem? Does what I have been told make sense?
a) is it not possible to change the 'heat exchanger' or is it so integral to the boiler that only a replacement makes sense.
I have no clue about this and don't want to commit to £2.5k or more of cost until I am sure I'm being correctly informed.
Thanks
Michael
Sorry, I'm not a plumber but am looking for some advice re my boiler - any help much appreciated!
I have a 3 year old Warmflow U90 boiler with Riello RDB 2.2 burner. It was making strange metallic banging noises so I got the plumber who fitted it (OFTEC registered) to come out and look at it. To cut a long story short, over the period of a week, and after servicing it (clearing out the soot/coke in the baffles I think), cleaning the photo sensitive cell, changing the pressure jet (nozzle?) and taking the whole flue out and cleaning it out (it goes up the chimney and out the stack), today he finally says he's found the problem and that the heat exchanger is leaking/broken. He shows me wet black soot from inside the boiler as evidence of this.
I'm then told that I need a complete new boiler. What I'd like some advice on please if possible is
a) can this be the only cause of the problem? Does what I have been told make sense?
a) is it not possible to change the 'heat exchanger' or is it so integral to the boiler that only a replacement makes sense.
I have no clue about this and don't want to commit to £2.5k or more of cost until I am sure I'm being correctly informed.
Thanks
Michael