Dodgy Boiler?

[salawinder]

Hi all, I have recently bought a shop with flats above, the boiler in the flats supplies heating and hot water to the flats and the shop.

The boiler does lose pressure occasionally, but more disconcertingly is that it keeps going into fault mode - the (normally) green light flashes red, with no hot water or heating. I switch the control to off, then back on and all is fine again, but it is happening more and more often (5 times today!).

The boiler looks to be a cheap affair - given some of the other things that the previous owner has done this is not a surprise - it is labelled as 'ProCombi 100 HE'.

From another post on this forum I believe these are not particularly good boilers.

I don't plan on doing anything to the boiler myself, but would like to know what the probable cause could be so I can pass this to the plumber I get to have a look.

Alternatively, am I flogging a dead horse, would it be better replacing the thing!!

Thanks for any advice.

 

[hammers4spanner]

the gas engineer should be able to diagnose without being pointed towards saaid fault imho

 

[Simon F]

try to see this from the perspective of the plumber you might employ.
you are stood behind him, looking over his shoulder telling him you have been on the tinternet and the problem is ..... or he should be looking at .....
not a nice situation.

 

[salawinder]

....or it could help me be sure the plumber is not quoting for work that is not needed.

I'm not trying to get on anyone's nerves, just wanting to know what the likely cause is, the likely cost to repair, and whether I should consider replacing the whole thing.

 

[lame plumber]

call in your local gsr technician to have a look, tghen call bg and ask them, compare quotes

 

[hammers4spanner]

call in your local gsr technician to have a look, tghen call bg and ask them, compare quotes

bg upgrade £4000 with a magnaclean installed on the flow
independant cheaper and better

 

[Simon F]

so the boiler is locking out,
the question as to what that could be is similar to the "how long is a piece of string" question.
not being able to see and measure the string/boiler does present difficulties.
that being said the only advice you will be given is to get someone gas safe registered to have a look.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

for obvious reasons threads closed,get a gsr in,dont become the next gas blast news link,yes replace it its a heap,but it could also be something simple a good gsr will know