Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:21 pm
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So ... after 37 years of marriage and home ownership we have suffered our first central heating failure.
We're in house number 4, the first two were brand new from builders, the third was a much older house, and the boiler was about 30 years old when we moved in but gave virtually no problems in the 20+ years we were there. Is was old tech and not very efficient, but it worked.
In there current house, built in the 50's the boiler is about 12-13 years old. It is not an up to date condensing boiler but it does have some electronics in the control system. It appears the electronics have given up.
I called someone out, he thought there were some questionable joints on the PCB so had a go at re soldering them. That didn't wok so a new PCB was prescribed as being the answer to the problem.
After 72 hours without the boiler the new PCB should arrive and be fitted in the morning. I really don't like that I have no knowledge/understanding of the boiler systems and am totally reliant on the integrity/expertise of the heating engineer. He did come a result of a personal recommendation which I'm trying to tell myself is a good enough reason to trust what we are being told.
If all goes well in the morning and the new PCB is fitted and fixes the problem we'll be about £400 out of pocket. Given that this is the first boiler cost we have incurred in 37 years I am trying to tell myself that we've not done too badly ...
We're in house number 4, the first two were brand new from builders, the third was a much older house, and the boiler was about 30 years old when we moved in but gave virtually no problems in the 20+ years we were there. Is was old tech and not very efficient, but it worked.
In there current house, built in the 50's the boiler is about 12-13 years old. It is not an up to date condensing boiler but it does have some electronics in the control system. It appears the electronics have given up.
I called someone out, he thought there were some questionable joints on the PCB so had a go at re soldering them. That didn't wok so a new PCB was prescribed as being the answer to the problem.
After 72 hours without the boiler the new PCB should arrive and be fitted in the morning. I really don't like that I have no knowledge/understanding of the boiler systems and am totally reliant on the integrity/expertise of the heating engineer. He did come a result of a personal recommendation which I'm trying to tell myself is a good enough reason to trust what we are being told.
If all goes well in the morning and the new PCB is fitted and fixes the problem we'll be about £400 out of pocket. Given that this is the first boiler cost we have incurred in 37 years I am trying to tell myself that we've not done too badly ...