Not the quickest boiler to service!

[Bunker]

Firebirds may have improved but there are plenty of the older ones around. Another annoying problem is the plastic outlet for the condensate which disintegrates after a couple of years leaving a nasty rusty sludgy mess all over the bottom of the boiler casing, and occasionally messes up the customer's laminate floor around the boiler.

Older ones are ok, they clearly wern't built by the delinquent welder that caused all the problems. The blue nut underneath has long been replaced by a neat small bottle trap which for years they would post out for free as a replacement.

 

[lame plumber]

if you ask nicely they still post them out 🙂, that or she liked the sound of my pleading