Recent content by EvilChap

OK, that's my quote. Having never had anything like this done before I have not much idea if this is good or not. The £80 an hour somebody mentioned appears to be spot on what I have quoted, if that were fixing my car that would seem steep, is it on the high side for gas work? Thanks...

I have had a look and the central heating is stated as being in good order in the conveyancing paperwork, it was installed in 1999 which doesn't feel that long ago. How long are these sorts of things usually good for? The hot water cylinder was replaced in 2003 I can see from my paperwork...

Haha yes, PCB not PCD, my day job is selling wheels for I must have PCD on the brain! Thanks for the feedback, I will report back in the morning :)

Slightly troublingly the BG man hasn't given me a written breakdown yet, I will get this tomorrow. The flue was the main expense with anything suggested as incidental, but I dont want to make this assumption 100% into fact before I have the breakdown. The flue will possibly/probably need...

Boiler is in the garage, and next to it is a WC. The flue is boxed in once it goes through the garage wall into the WC. The BG chap shone a torch from the outside and could see all the light escaping I believe, and also the flame was behaving in a way which made it clear it wasn't working...

Indeed - proving how it was 2 months ago will be a challenge for sure. I didn't mean to suggest it should be done in a standard service, more it should have been spotted as the service is the annual inspection, and the only attention the boiler gets. As it stands we cant use the heating...

British Gas just finished their initial inspection at my place I bought just over a month ago. It was 'serviced' by another firm in August this year and they put just 1 note on the receipt - that they could not access the flue. It turns out the flue is full of holes, and we're unable to...