Baxi Bermuda 551 - Pilot light turning off
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Tend to spend 45 minutes on these once I have hoovered the dead cat and Co. Poisened pensioner out of the way.
I think you'll find he's adding £50 to the £80 for renewing the T/C, so he'll already have the firefront off.
So if it were £130 to service the boiler & fire, including replacing the T/C would that sound better?
OP, orange pilot may indicate a fault. Ask the gas fitter to check the oxypilot tube is clear while he does the service.
So if it were £130 to service the boiler & fire, including replacing the T/C would that sound better?
OP, orange pilot may indicate a fault. Ask the gas fitter to check the oxypilot tube is clear while he does the service.
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I allow about 75 minutes for servicing these and add £12 if it needs a new thermocouple. I only replace them if the output voltage is low.
Sometimes a bit more if its really dirty as in never serviced for last five years.
More still if sooted up !
Tony
Sometimes a bit more if its really dirty as in never serviced for last five years.
More still if sooted up !
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Steel can you not see the rocket science involved in this complicated appliance
Thing is agile will ONLY change TC if voltage is low , I guess he doesn't bother changing them when TC tip is split.
I like you Tony but you spout nothing but ****e , the experienced certainly chuckle to themselves when reading your carp.
Hello,
Thanks for your replies. Interesting to see that you disagreed on whether £50 was a reasonable price, I did think it seemed a bit cheap!
The £80 for the new thermocouple was a different guy to the £50 for the service guy. I cancelled thermocouple man and went with service man.
He took it to bits, cleaned it all out with a paint brush, hoover etc. Checked the smoke was going up the chimney properly and some other test that stank. He showed me the pilot when it was open and it looked much fiercer and totally blue. He said it was in really good condition for such an old boiler, barely sooted up at all, and insisted on only charging £40. He said there was a bit of an obstruction in the pilot light, no big deal. It took him just over an hour. Though it would have been much quicker if we hadn't been chatting so much haha!
The only thing is that after he left we went to look at the pilot light through the viewing window and you can't see it properly any more. No idea if that's a problem? It is lit, the heating and hot water are working fine, coming on and off no problem. There's a flickery blue glow through the window which must be the edge of the pilot light and I can hear it. The heating's working though, and the alarm hasn't gone off! So... that's ok is it?
Thanks guys
Thanks for your replies. Interesting to see that you disagreed on whether £50 was a reasonable price, I did think it seemed a bit cheap!
The £80 for the new thermocouple was a different guy to the £50 for the service guy. I cancelled thermocouple man and went with service man.
He took it to bits, cleaned it all out with a paint brush, hoover etc. Checked the smoke was going up the chimney properly and some other test that stank. He showed me the pilot when it was open and it looked much fiercer and totally blue. He said it was in really good condition for such an old boiler, barely sooted up at all, and insisted on only charging £40. He said there was a bit of an obstruction in the pilot light, no big deal. It took him just over an hour. Though it would have been much quicker if we hadn't been chatting so much haha!
The only thing is that after he left we went to look at the pilot light through the viewing window and you can't see it properly any more. No idea if that's a problem? It is lit, the heating and hot water are working fine, coming on and off no problem. There's a flickery blue glow through the window which must be the edge of the pilot light and I can hear it. The heating's working though, and the alarm hasn't gone off! So... that's ok is it?
Thanks guys
Hello,
Thanks for your replies. Interesting to see that you disagreed on whether £50 was a reasonable price, I did think it seemed a bit cheap!
The £80 for the new thermocouple was a different guy to the £50 for the service guy. I cancelled thermocouple man and went with service man.
He took it to bits, cleaned it all out with a paint brush, hoover etc. Checked the smoke was going up the chimney properly and some other test that stank. He showed me the pilot when it was open and it looked much fiercer and totally blue. He said it was in really good condition for such an old boiler, barely sooted up at all, and insisted on only charging £40. He said there was a bit of an obstruction in the pilot light, no big deal. It took him just over an hour. Though it would have been much quicker if we hadn't been chatting so much haha!
The only thing is that after he left we went to look at the pilot light through the viewing window and you can't see it properly any more. No idea if that's a problem? It is lit, the heating and hot water are working fine, coming on and off no problem. There's a flickery blue glow through the window which must be the edge of the pilot light and I can hear it. The heating's working though, and the alarm hasn't gone off! So... that's ok is it?
Thanks guys
That is really inexpensive - especially for your neck of the woods. I suspect it is because he has just set up - most guys starting out do not know there overheads will be far greater than expected, and often do not have the confidence to charge a proper rate. At those rates, he will be in trouble if his van engine goes south etc.
Having said that you were happy, he was not ripping you, so I would suggest you should keep him as your preferred gas man. Customers loyalty is often returned in the ensuing winters!
It is not normally a problem that you are struggling to see the pilot, especially as he had the common sense to show you it before reinstating
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