grant water jacket

[hitch61]

has any one had problems with water jackets failing on grant vortex pro combi.

 

[kimbo]

One of my customers had one fail but I put that down to bad installation

 

[Bunker]

My neighbour had one go after about 4 years, couldnt happen to a nicer guy (not)...that was an external.

 

[WHPES]

No, had a few Firebird Enviromax ones fail though.

 

[Roger Welton]

Only grant combi ones I've seen go have been due to lack of servicing (flat or undersized vessels) though have seen a 56kW heat only grant fail on a weld recently, though was replaced under warranty.

 

[Killy Bing]

Worcester's with the silly condense connection on the top...condense leaks and rots it like mad

 

[SimonG]

Big 32 - 50Kw Worcester went on the weld, only about 8 months old. Worcester came out, supplied a new shell but refused to fit it on health and safety issues, said the boiler house was too small. But it had been big enough three months earlier when they replaced the oil pump. Just didn't want to get their hands dirty. Only took a few hours to swap it over.

 

[hitch61]

Only grant combi ones I've seen go have been due to lack of servicing (flat or undersized vessels) though have seen a 56kW heat only grant fail on a weld recently, though was replaced under warranty.

I ask because I have a customer who has a 7 year old combi and i have ried to order a replacement water jacket but grant are being a pain and will not supply replacement. I have gone through a couple of different parts suppliers but get the same answer that grant will not supply it as a spare. When I spoke to technical at grant I just get put through to sales. Seems a bit strange.

 

[Killy Bing]

for the price of it, and the trouble even more so as it's a combi you're as well to go for a new one and use the old for spares.

the water jacket is pretty much the whole boiler....

having been the muggins who's been let to replace them on my apprenticeship i can safely say you will curse doing it

 

[kimbo]

When grant replace water jacket now they supply the whole boiler minus the burner. They then charge the trade price gor the boiler.