Nope he didn't do a thing, he turned the gas ON put boiler plug in wall socket fuse tripped and said "PCB blown old boiler no parts ... new boiler £1800", turned gas off, I asked him to confirm in writing, he said he will do in few hours but nothing since yesterday. He didn't even open front panel. So I suspect he is not genuine and making it a big issue. I think I won't tell the next gas engineer that boiler was turned off for so many years, I will just say tenant left and turned gas off.
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Leave the gas off, reset the tripped MCB, without plugging the boiler in does it trip?
Plug the boiler in and turn it on, does it trip?
Plug the boiler in and turn it on, does it trip?
The MCB doesn't trip without plugging the boiler.
When he plugged the the boiler and turned switch on the mcb tripped.
I am going there tomorrow, will test if socket is faulty, if so try different socket and then I may turn gas on and see if boiler works. Is this a good idea?
The idea of it. Ring the socket is clutching at straws. Presumably the plug is for the whole system? Did he or you see a flash or hear a pop at the boiler?
Make, model and pics would help.
Don’t be dishonest or even economical with the truth. A decent guy will appreciate the heads up, and his questions will probably reveal the truth anyway, when upon it may be a bit embarrassing.
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Unlikely to be that if it only trips when you plug the boiler in. Also more likely to trip the MCB than blow a fuse, generally speaking.
Be honest with whoever you get to look at it though.
Don't know model number. Only have the pic which doesn't tell a lot, I am going there tomorrow. No flush or hear anything
There was nothing plugged in that wall sockets when engineer came yesterday.
Your picture doesn't show.
These all I have old pictures, am going tomorrow will take more details
Very unlikely there is an issue with the socket.
What is likely to be the issue?
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The boiler. Could be several things wrong with it but impossible to be precise.
Andy, I dont think that commercial landlords are required to have an annual inspection (LLGSR), but could be wrong. Most commerciall leases are FRI (full repair and insurance, where the tenant is responsible for ECERYTHING!
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Seriously? You've had someone look at it and you don't believe them. You've seemingly ruled out the pump and you want a precise answer as to what is wrong.
I could give you a big list of possibilities if you like.
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