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A year ago I had a Vaillant ecotec plus 831 combi boiler installed. In the installation and maintenance instructions, in the “Inspection and maintenance work steps” table, there are two columns, the first of which shows the things that need to be done each year, and the second the things that must be carried out at regular intervals.
Looking at the things that are only in the second column (e.g. check charge pressure of expansion vessel, clean heat exchanger, check burner and clean if dirty) it seems to me that these could require quite a bit of extra time to carry them out.
When my boiler was due for its first annual service I decided to get Vaillant to do this as the price seemed competitive. The engineer didn’t do any of the things in the 2nd column, but I guess that was to be expected since the boiler is only one year old.
However this raises some questions in my mind when I come to get the boiler serviced in the future. Who decides what is meant by “regular intervals”? In practice, do engineers ever carry these “extra” tasks? When I ask for a quote for carrying out a service, should the price quoted cover these things?
I’d be interested to hear any views from those of you who regularly service boilers.
Looking at the things that are only in the second column (e.g. check charge pressure of expansion vessel, clean heat exchanger, check burner and clean if dirty) it seems to me that these could require quite a bit of extra time to carry them out.
When my boiler was due for its first annual service I decided to get Vaillant to do this as the price seemed competitive. The engineer didn’t do any of the things in the 2nd column, but I guess that was to be expected since the boiler is only one year old.
However this raises some questions in my mind when I come to get the boiler serviced in the future. Who decides what is meant by “regular intervals”? In practice, do engineers ever carry these “extra” tasks? When I ask for a quote for carrying out a service, should the price quoted cover these things?
I’d be interested to hear any views from those of you who regularly service boilers.
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