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Don't think so to be honest. He's close to retirement and says he is quite happy doing the servicing and small fix it jobs. Did ask him about boiler replacement once and he wasn't interested.

Great thanks. That's good to know. Wonder why my engineer made a big song and dance over it?

I have a Baxi Bermuda 552 Back Boiler and was told by my gas safe engineer who services it that the ignition is on its way out. Hence, tricky to reignite. When I asked him if he could replace it, he said that the problem is getting the parts as is a very old boiler and it's unlikely he'd be...

Decided not to in the end as called my heating engineer to arrange a future appointment for him to fix properly. He advised against tightening as can cause the seal to break up and make it worse. He also advised against bunging thr spout as can cause leakage at the screw part. So managing the...

Thanks all, not sure I want to pack any sealant in the spout though as will need that clear for when I eventually drain the system. Will try attachimg a small section of hose jubilee clipped to the pipe. Then seal the other end of the hose somehow.

Was thinking about somehow bunging the spout where the drip is coming from and leaving the main fix job till the summer. Blocked section of short hosepipe jubilee clipped in place. With the spout bunged though, I guess there is the possibility that the leak could then come from the other part...

Sounds a bit risky for me.

Old baxi Bermuda boiler.

Think the seal on my radiator drain valve has gone as its started dripping from the valve spout. Want to unscrew the whole inner section to ensure all seals are replaced. Pretty sure I can get from screwfix. Looks like a simple job but don't fancy draining the system down to fix. Sounds more...

Do these things tend to wear out if constantly changed? Are the wires low voltage?

My Dad tends to keep his central heating controller set to continuous and just switches the heating on and off when he needs it using the thermostat on the wall. Possibly a weird way of doing things but that's another story. Anyway, he was complaining that when he goes to switch the heating on...

Thanks. I'll take a look

Engine oil was changed a few months ago. Oil level OK. The problem only occurs when car not been run for a while in freezing conditions. Once warmed up, all OK.

When my Vauxhall Zafira (Diesel 2014) is left for a long period (usually overnight) in freezing conditions, I am unable to move the gear stick from left to right. As the day warms up, it is ok again. Had the same issue this morning, so left the engine running for about 10 minutes and all was...

Agreed. Have told them. My local engineer said he didn't do anything in particular to light it apart from having the front off thr boiler for the service. Maybe I had lit it briefly but couldn't see the flame. Not sure....

Absolutely. Agree with that but he should have tried. Just interested to know more what the hell I was doing wrong.

All is well now. Local gas bloke came round and ignited it with usual button etc first time. Did my yearly service too whilst there, so all good. No idea what I was doing wrong. Will pick his brains later as was out when he came this morning. I followed the instructions by setting up controller...

Hotpoint bloke didn't even attempt to light it

I did. They said that if I wanted a different engineer, it would be late next week some time. The idiot came back last night and put the grill back in the cooker the correct way round so cooker fine for now. My local engineer coming this morning to hopefully sort the boiler.

I did take it up with Hotpoint who just called him and relayed the message back to me saying that it wasn't his responsibility and he didn't have experience with these boilers anyway. Pretty useless... I'll ask the gas engineer who's hopefully starting the boiler today about getting a valve...