Recent content by McElias

Solicitor basically responded to say its an old boiler that operates well "commensurate with its age and design" and that the buyer "is not entitled to any betterment".

Thanks again Tony. I'm dealing with this issue directly. The solicitor has already responded twice - at no cost - to deny responsibility but the buyer is persistent. To be honest, I think the solicitor took pity on my mum because the buyer delayed the completion date three times at very late...

The sale has already gone through, but the buyer has raised it as an issue within 7 days. Happy to pay if the noise does constitute a genuine problem, but if it's merely an annoyance the I'd rather not. Pump is readily accessible in a cupboard. Thanks.

Yes, just the pump (sorry for the confusion). Re the cost, you've answered my question. I guess that brings me round to my initial question again: does the fact that the pump itself is noisy necessarily mean that it's inefficient? If yes, I'll happily pay to have it replaced for the new...

Thanks Tony. The gas fire itself was serviced recently and the pump noise mentioned to the engineer. He suggested to her that it wasn't something to be concerned about but I had my doubts. That said, it doesn't seem to have got any worse over the 5 or so years it's been occurring, but it's...

Hi Folks I 've read a lot on this forum about how to fix noisy boiler pumps. Can I ask the experts though whether a noisy boiler pump is always a problem (other than potentially being annoying). My mother lived for several years with a somwhat noisy gas-fired boiler which seemed otherwise to...