Recent content by BillD

Well that problem of mine certainly got a nice airing and some down to earth language from you professionals . I tend to agree with your comments but I saw the replacement burner go in , with new seal ,with my own two eyes , and on startup quiet as a mouse . !!!!!!!!!

Micky there may well be lots of people out there who are led to believe that a WHOOOOMP on startups IS the norm . Were they to complain , it is possible more burners would be identified as being the culprit !!!!!!! You are as good a judge as any with your Vaillant experience ,so I`ll doff my...

Tony the installer commented originally that all boilers behave like that on startups In blissfull ignorance one is often prepared to accept this as gospel ,so you put up with it . The Vaillant guy said immediately that there was a fault and no way should it make a WHOOOOOOMP on startups. The...

I took the advice and called Vaillant ,explained the problem ,a big Woooomph on startup !! Engineer arrived the following morning , and established ,after numerous tests that the burner appeared to be the culprit . He ordered a replacement and the Reading based engineer fitted it a couple of...

Thankyou MickeyG . The co/co2 values are 0.0007 and when I called the installer back who did a tiny adjustment to the gas valve ..... ( made no apparent difference ) the second reading was 0.0005 . prs in mbar was 0.00 and 0.06 .

I`ve just had it installed in the kitchen . When there is a call for heat ,the gas on igniting creates a very disturbing mini explosion . It`s a shock as it is quite unexpected . The installer reckons this effect is standard on most boilers . Surely boiler engineering has advanced such as to...