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Tony you're right there, I did need a professional receipt after all. Wasn't in the fine print but obviously they can insist on this (obvious in hindsight!). The powerflush sorted the problem and we didn't need the boiler people at all. Expensive lesson!

Hey thanks everyone for the most helpful replies. The boiler is way past it's warranty. I've paid for the engineer to fix the boiler. They told me later that the first visit was to mainly to assess the problem and they will come back when the system is flushed. I'm just putting this in...

Thanks for the replies. Service company I mean the engineers contracting on behalf of Alpha. They cleaned out the heat exchanger which meant the hot water worked again for a few days. They said the power flush is required before they can come and look at it again. I've read on some sites that...

My Alpha CB24 combi was playing up recently with the boiler cycling on and off while using the hot water. Then there was a breach presumably in the heat exchanger with the mains water getting into the heating circuit. This was evident because the pressure gauge shot up to mains pressure. Got the...