Recent content by Paular

I understand your comment and to be fair I hate insurances, I don't have any on appliances in the house. Im just happy to have heating and hot water for me and my little girl. The thought of not having this for over a week, maybe two weeks when the weather is getting colder is unimaginable...

If I put it into the bank it will get spent on something else as there is always something to pay out for. I've been thinking of getting insurance out for a while as I know boilers can cost a fortune if they go wrong. They are charging me a discount price of £15 pm which covers the boiler and...

I'm sure he would have tested it for carbon monoxide before he left. BG are charging £99 for fixing the fault but I had to take out their insurance which is what I wanted so I don't have to go through this again. They are invoicing me so I don't have to pay the £99 up front. He is coming back...

Update - engineer came, has to order part. Put tape around split in hose so I can have heating. Still dripping water slightly but he said it wasn't dangerous.

As per my previous comment, I totally understand what people were saying. I didn't realise the dangers of the problem until the others pointed it out (I am a single mum hence coming onto this forum for advice) so I'm not sure why the comment from Dan was posted!!!! No advice there, just seems...

Thanks muggles, I will try and find someone who is happy to invoice.

I totally understand what you are saying and appreciate your advice, I was hoping that the boiler being in the garage which is well ventilated would be ok (if it was in the house I would be very concerned). I will leave the boiler off until I can get an expert to come. I don't have a credit...

It is grey, similar to a washing machine flexi hose. I know I should get an expert in but don't have the money at the moment. Would it cause problems if I put waterproof tape around the split for a short term solution until I can get someone round in a couple of days. I need heating as I have...

Many thanks for your replies. One more question, can anything on the boiler cause the hose to split or do they just split over time? The boiler is only 5 years old.

I didn't realise it would do any harm taking the cover off. When an engineer services a boiler, do they have special tools to reseal it? The boiler is located in my garage with plenty of ventilation not in the house. I will keep it switched off until I have the funds to call out an engineer...

The boiler is a Potterton Promax Combi HE Plus 28. Water was leaking from boiler, from further inspection I noticed a split in the flexi hose which connects to the condensate trap and goes up into the boiler.

Can anyone tell me if a blocked condensate trap can cause the flexi hose inside boiler to split?

I have a problem with my Potterton combi HE Plus 28 boiler. We noticed a very bad leak coming from the boiler. When taking off the front cover, I noticed the leak was coming from the flexi hose which is connected to the condensate trap (the hose connects to the trap one end and goes up into...