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Hi all
I have a Vailant Turbomax VUW 242 (Yea I know its 20 years old but its been working away quite happily until now) that has recently been reading a higher than normal pressure (had always been on about 1.2 bar previously) which now is 2 bar cold then rising to just under 3 when on about 4.5 on the heat setting.
I was supposedly covered by BG homecare but when the BG engineer came out to do a service and spotted the pressure he said it was due to the pressure vessel and that he couldn't re-pressurise it as the diaphragm might split and the part was no longer available if it did. Also, I was now no longer covered on the homecare insurance!
My understanding is that re-pressuring the vessel is a fairly standard procedure and that ALL boilers require this from time to time? I was also somewhat pee'd off to find the diaphragm is readily available from plumbase for a mere £10!
Any advice on what I should do next please?
Thanks
I have a Vailant Turbomax VUW 242 (Yea I know its 20 years old but its been working away quite happily until now) that has recently been reading a higher than normal pressure (had always been on about 1.2 bar previously) which now is 2 bar cold then rising to just under 3 when on about 4.5 on the heat setting.
I was supposedly covered by BG homecare but when the BG engineer came out to do a service and spotted the pressure he said it was due to the pressure vessel and that he couldn't re-pressurise it as the diaphragm might split and the part was no longer available if it did. Also, I was now no longer covered on the homecare insurance!
My understanding is that re-pressuring the vessel is a fairly standard procedure and that ALL boilers require this from time to time? I was also somewhat pee'd off to find the diaphragm is readily available from plumbase for a mere £10!
Any advice on what I should do next please?
Thanks