I get that Luke, but you’re quoting paying £300 - cheaper getting a local engineer. What I meant was, I wouldn’t be paying this, if you’ve already forked out for a service, which I believe you’ve not had.
Oh, I see what you mean. Well, with regard to local engineers and putting things right, a year or two ago (perhaps 3 — time goes so fast), there was a recurring fault on this boiler. It
kept on failing, intermittently with periods of being OK. It's a long story, which I will spare you. I had two separate local firms to look at it (one of them came twice, and was a firm of some stature, not a one-man business), and they could not cure it. Another local engineer that I
phoned about it said that I needed a new boiler, and tried to get me to order one for him to fit. In the end, I called Vaillant and paid the 300.00. The man fixed it
immediately and was astonished that the others had not even mentioned a possibly failing gas valve (this was the fault, and the new valve cured it). The boiler has been fine since (except for the recent failure of ignition, which has not occurred again, yet) and at least, there was a six-months insurance for if something else
had gone wrong. So, it requires a fine sense of balance with regard to the circumstances. One time, it might well be OK for a local one-man business, and the next time, it may be wiser to pay for a 300.00 six-month blanket cover, with a certainty that any fault would be put right.
Regards, L.L.