Recent content by tandt

funnily enough the insurer's engineer was saying all this stuff about "why don;t you get a nice new boiler.... if you had a car that was 20 years old and the engine leaked, wouldn;t you get a new one... not worth repairing etc, it's a lesson to all of us to read the Ts & Cs more carefully..."...

Actually they already replaced the burner for us (wow didn't realise it was so expensive! :shock: ) -- they are saying the HE is dripping on the burner and that is probably why it is not combusting properly. Will get Potterton guy to take a closer look at the HE to see where the leak is...

Darn - wrote down the wrong model number! I have written down the model number the repair guys gave me... the actual number on the boiler is 41-601-85. Was wondering if that was accidentally-on-purpose -- leading to an obsolete part! :evil:

The reason why they condemned it is that the CO gas emmissions were too high, which they said was probably resulting in the burner not combusting the gases properly. I don't think they have proved that this is the case, but I don't think they can be bothered to try to repair it. We did have...

It is leaking (a slow drip). Our supplier has now condemned it (Immediately Dangerous) and told us to buy a new one. As we have an insurance policy for parts and labour - I insisted they attempt to repair it but they have told me the HE assembly part needs replacing and is obsolete - I just want...

Does anyone know a good website to find out what spare part numbers are for a particular make of boiler? Specifically we are looking for a suitable replacement for the Heat Exchanger assemby in a Potterton Kingfisher II (41-601-19 -- no sorry it is actually 41-601-85, see later post). So...