Recent content by et08

Oh what a dilema! called baxi, £289 for fix and year cover. I wish i had known in feb when it got a new burner £200 and last month when it got a new diverter valve £50 !!! Its still cheaper than a new boiler but then again the new bioler would have a 2 year or more waranty. The next year of...

Thanks, it does help. I will give the gas safe guy a call today. what is this insurance with baxi you speak of? can i buy it on an old boiler with faults or will they smell a rat is i take out some sort of cover and then call them with a fault?

The expansion vessel is ok, the gas safe eng recharged it in feb when new burner was fitted. I did the suplementary earth wires as suggested by the guy on the phone at baxi, it seemed to work and i thought i had cracked it, however tonight the wife went for a bath straight after the kids and...

thanks chaps, if only it were that simple! the gap is 3mm as per the manual, the gas safe eng who fitted the new burner had the box open, cleaned it all out and fitted a new seal. The baxi people suggested checking the earth continuity back to the incoming mains, did this with a meter and it...

At a complete loss for this one, theboiler sometimes fails to ingnite on both ch and hw, sometimes it ignites with an audible bang, and sometimes ignites normally. the gas safe ing has been out a couple of times and found that the spark electrode is sparking outside the combustion box! fitted a...