Help with bleeding oil burner

[Killy Bing]

Being new i don't mind going back two times.
its leading to more recommendations

 

[lame plumber]

most folks would prefer it fixed first time round, that will get even more recommendations

 

[Best]

Wonder what oftec rules would say to cleaning a boiler full of soot? :smile:

Question :-
You go to a pressure jet oil boiler that is very heavily sooted. Do you....

(a) Jump into your van & drive away.

(b) Carefully vacumn & brush the shell.

(c) Carelessly vacumn it, bursting the bag & empty the vacumn inside customers bin when they aren't looking.

(d) Raise the burner air setting, start the boiler, putting loads of half burned soot into the atmosphere & over the neighbouring clothes lines.

 

[Dotty]

most folks would prefer it fixed first time round, that will get even more recommendations

The boiler gets cleaned as thoroughly as possible. Oil pressure gets checked and reset then the air gets set with the smoke gun.

You want to stick your nice expensive fga into a boiler that could still be blowing particles about? You go ahead big lad.

Me, I'd rather keep the costs of fga repairs down and return a few days later for a second check.

The punter gets this fully explained.

 

[SimonG]

most folks would prefer it fixed first time round, that will get even more recommendations

Experience suggests that people dont mind a second visit as long as they have heating and hot water between the visits. I like the boiler to have run a while then re visit to adjust the combustion. As long as its explained to the cust then they arent too bothered.

 

[WHPES]

As you say Croppie, just what I thought. No point cleaning every last speck off everything - To do it fully would take more time than a second visit anyway.

 

[Best]

Expect your smoke reading to be yellow on first visit.

 

[Lou]

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