Hi Guys,
Very quick one I hope. I have a heatline vizo 24 boiler. Installed 6 years ago with no problems. Over the past week or so it has has classic signs of a clogged up heat exchanger. The dhw is going hot and cold.
I hoped to solve this myself by draining the boiler, unscrewing the secondary heat exchanger and washing out as appropriate - or indeed replacing if necessary. (Power flush will be undertaken by a qualified person ASAP).
Now it seems that there is not enough space to physically remove the heat exchanger unless the side casing is taken off (as the manual does state). So, in order to remove the side casing, I need to remove the silver front casing.
My question is; is this silver front panel, when removed, opening up the combustion chamber (I can't see behind this panel so not sure if there is an additional chamber)? Therefore a task I need a suitable qualified gas engineer to take care of? Or am I clear to open this up and seal back once finished?
If a suitable gas engineer is the answer then obviously safety first and that is the advice I will take. However, if there is a simple method of removing the heat exchanger safely then I am happy to do this.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jack
Very quick one I hope. I have a heatline vizo 24 boiler. Installed 6 years ago with no problems. Over the past week or so it has has classic signs of a clogged up heat exchanger. The dhw is going hot and cold.
I hoped to solve this myself by draining the boiler, unscrewing the secondary heat exchanger and washing out as appropriate - or indeed replacing if necessary. (Power flush will be undertaken by a qualified person ASAP).
Now it seems that there is not enough space to physically remove the heat exchanger unless the side casing is taken off (as the manual does state). So, in order to remove the side casing, I need to remove the silver front casing.
My question is; is this silver front panel, when removed, opening up the combustion chamber (I can't see behind this panel so not sure if there is an additional chamber)? Therefore a task I need a suitable qualified gas engineer to take care of? Or am I clear to open this up and seal back once finished?
If a suitable gas engineer is the answer then obviously safety first and that is the advice I will take. However, if there is a simple method of removing the heat exchanger safely then I am happy to do this.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jack