Unvented Cylinders

[Chris F]

One of the places I contract too has a building with 32 unvented cylinders, I noticed they havnt been touched since they were installed 3 years ago, I told them they need to be serviced so they asked me if I could do it to which I replied "of course I can " so the same afternoon I booked myself on an unvented course that I am due to do on Monday. couldnt let that one pass me by.
What do you guys charge roughly for servicing an unvented cylinder? I'm not sure what to charge.

Cheers for any ideas

 

[Ermintrude]

Get a defects pad bet there will be a few 7m d1 microbore d2 and a few missing Eco and no lagging . Get reign pump too. 48plus for just the cylinder £70 odd if boiler too

 

[Chris F]

Thanks a lot ermintrude

 

[townfanjon]

Depending on how far they are away from home I usually charge around 45 quid.
But the first service you do is the one to be carefull with I.e sorting any faults.
Give them a price for the service plus any faults you may find. After that they are dead easy.
What cylinders are they ?

 

[Chris F]

@townfanjon Mega flow ecos mate.cheers for your help

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

@townfanjon Mega flow ecos mate.cheers for your help 

That will be a full drain down on each service then mate, at least you won't need the foot pump.

 

[Chris F]

Yeah mate I just read the brochure :-( so much for in and out. At least they are all in the same building

 

[josh]

If they have been installed by someone that knows what their on with everything accessible and revelent isolation you'll be laughing.

 

[kris]

Get a defects pad bet there will be a few 7m d1 microbore d2 and a few missing Eco and no lagging . Get reign pump too. 48plus for just the cylinder £70 odd if boiler too

I have the foot pump great things but b4 i bought it i thought id be smart and i bought a battery operated gun with a pressure gauge (rothenberger) cant remember what i paid for it but the foot pumps far better, great with the long hose aswell,,

 

[Chris F]

@kris I have got that rothenberger one too

 

[kay-jay]

Get a defects pad bet there will be a few 7m d1 microbore d2 and a few missing Eco and no lagging . Get reign pump too. 48plus for just the cylinder £70 odd if boiler too

Too cheap ermi I charge 70 for a cylinder service.

 

[Ermintrude]

Yeh mines just a "saftey check" fga and I'm away......corse u can fga a megaflow

 

[AWheating]

Baxi.

 

[kris]

@kris I have got that rothenberger one too

Hey Chris there ok but the short lead and its loud also the guage isnt the best because its a wide variation , but still ok bit of kit , do you use yours or do u have pump aswell?

 

[Chris F]

I usually use it tbh but I do have a pump too. It is proper noisy

 

[kay-jay]

Yeh mines just a "saftey check" fga and I'm away......corse u can fga a megaflow

A quick twiddle of the discharge valve heads and off to maccie d's for 3 double cheese burgers and a milkshake while you fill out the form?

Thats what I do, still 70 quid tho

 

[Ermintrude]

Could you be interested in setting up a franchise?

 

[kay-jay]

Could you be interested in setting up a franchise?

I may be tempted. ....

 

[Ermintrude]

I love the business model. Do u have any plans for variations of your core strategy? I love a good BK .

 

[kay-jay]

I love the business model. Do u have any plans for variations of your core strategy? I love a good BK .

Tbh ermi any of the high street fast food chains are acceptable apart from subway! The only thing that is absolutely set in stone is five mins on the job and the price.

My particular business model applies to all of the many thousand employees I have and has been in force since I became the owner of British gas after de-privatisation.

We also service boilers by driving down your street with the fga probe hanging out the window on the way for a few burgers and fill out a form after a uv cylinder safety check.

Im looking to sell ph jones off to a suitable franchisee for seventy seven squillion dollars on the open market. But you can buy in for seventy six if interested?

 

[Ermintrude]

Ph jones I love u

 

[Megaflo-Experts]

That will be a full drain down on each service then mate, at least you won't need the foot pump.

If the above refers to recharging the air bubble, then it only needs to be drained down to the TPR valve!

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

Drain a little or a lot it's still means getting the hose out!

 

[kay-jay]

Unless you use the discharge valve?

 

[solutions]

Drain a little or a lot it's still means getting the hose out!

Or open the lowest hot tap as the megaflo suggests.
When you g3 guys fit unvented do you put an issolater in before the exp vessels assuming its not also issolating the prv? Would make checking precharge easier.