boilers

[buttster]

Hi my friends got a remeha combi boiler theyve had problems with it from day one.now its 5 year old and the expansion vessels gone and last year the blow off pipe froze so when there was to much pressure put in it didnt go out of the valve.any idea if theu have a case with remeha about it.

Thanks

 

[dancinplumba]

has it been serviced and checked yearly ? was exp vessel checked ? why dont you ring remeha and ask if its covered ?

 

[Millsy 82]

If the PRV pipe has frozen then it will be because water has leaked through the PRV if this is still in warranty and has been serviced yearly then they may have a chance of it being covered if it is not then the manufacturer will quite probably say it is not covered and if the frozen pipe was not rectified last year I would say you have no hope. If it has been a problem from day 1 then they should have been called in from the start.

Unfortunately the pressure in a boiler is constantly rising and falling ( Not to a degree that it is causing a problem) this can cause a problem with expansion vessels especially if the vessel is undersized for the system. It is a bit like a car tyre you wouldnt take that back after 2 years of use and say it went bang as if it used constantly it will have general wear and tear.

 

[buttster]

If the PRV pipe has frozen then it will be because water has leaked through the PRV if this is still in warranty and has been serviced yearly then they may have a chance of it being covered if it is not then the manufacturer will quite probably say it is not covered and if the frozen pipe was not rectified last year I would say you have no hope. If it has been a problem from day 1 then they should have been called in from the start.

Unfortunately the pressure in a boiler is constantly rising and falling ( Not to a degree that it is causing a problem) this can cause a problem with expansion vessels especially if the vessel is undersized for the system. It is a bit like a car tyre you wouldnt take that back after 2 years of use and say it went bang as if it used constantly it will have general wear and tear.

Hi milsy82

Thanks for that they had an engineer out after two weeks of it being fitted he to strip it down to fit new part so that tells me that the boiler was faulty from day one plus they auto air valve on the top of the boiler to relise the air out before going to the rads but they are still having to bleed them i put in 1.9 bar pressure as they had only put 0.5 bar plus the fan makes a wining noise they havent had it serviced in the time theyve had it which i told them that will contribute towards it and invalidate the boiler warrenty

 

[AWheating]

air getting into rad is nothing to do with the boiler, any air vent on the boiler is to remove air from the boiler/ heat exchanger and not rads. You will always get air in one or two rads that may need bleeding on the odd ocasion. Having one faulty part does not mean the whole boiler is a problem, it got repaired under warrantee so thats no real issue. Sounds like you will waste your time as without regular service the warrantee is probably void anyway.