Recent content by chestnutplumbing

I am sorry if I have offended you boilerman 2. I would have lots to learn from you and there is so much more I would like to know. I withdraw from this forum.

As Tibbot has said the prices differ regionally but also I include all the parts normally needed on a boiler service (not breakdown) in my price so you are not comparing like for like. As it will be impossible, but good try and I hope your man does a good job and your boiler keeps going on for...

As do I once you are in the house and trusted you get all the plumbing and heating works. I'm in the south east of the country and cannot book any more work in till early Feb as I am fully booked. cheers ps a bit snowed in at the moment though.

Atlast someone on the same level, to me mate you are doing all the right things as do I. I do the same things but take longer as I mostly get boilers that no-one has checked and as you said customers say the old guy never did that. I get my money you get yours the main thing is we leave the...

So how much do you charge to do a PROPER JOB then. Or are you just doing the bare minimum

I charge £150 inc vat for a service and I am suprised at the prices I see on the internet, they are so cheap. But if you read there description of their service no-one mentions taking the boiler apart and cleaning the insides of all the soot and sulphur deposits. Not meaning to rant but the...

oh and you 30 yrs experience plus I am not saying that the knowledge you have isn't invaluable but are you saying that you can't learn something?

well well, you old dogs out there with your fading eye sight and muffled hearing maybe, just maybe a calibrated gas analizser can smell more than you. And yes I do quote OFTEC rules and guidelines because I follow them, don't you? tut tut I am replying to a message from over six months ago so...

I service oil boilers for a living and your man DID NOT service this boiler properly. You use a flue gas analiser to tune the boiler properly testing for CO, CO2 and approx 6 other gases. You test the oil pressure going into the burner and adjust if too high or low. A proper clean out of the...