Hi all
I have a baxi 105e (installed new about 6yrs ago) which has never missed a beat. That is until british gas serviced the boiler about 6 weeks ago the boiler started to whistle loudly like a kettle. A different engineer came out and said they can't do anything until they hear the noise (quiet as a bl00dy mouse when he was here) and promptly left. We called them out again (it was getting louder!) and they put some boiler silencer in and left. Still no good. Called them out again and my wife gave a printout of this thread to the engineer //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6615
Engineer somewhat reluctantly changed the entire fitting on the hot water connection. Now the boiler still whistles but this is coupled with a noise like the loudest hoover you have ever heard!!!! Engineer number 4 comes out (always whilst i am at work and my wife has to deal with them) tinkers around and claims to have fixed the boiler. It was then quiet as a mouse. sorted? nope all he had done was to turn the temp right down on the front of the boiler so my heating was running day and night but rads were only luke warm, when i adjusted it slightly noisier then ever. Yesterday eng number5 came out and put a new thermistor on cos he thought it was over heating 4 a.m this morning sounded like a plane taking off!!! What a saga anyway long story short (a bit late i know!!!)
The boiler is massively noisy (except when an engineer is in the house)
It is a loud whistle coupled with a hoover type sound
It is seemingly only through night/ early morning
It is only when the boiler gets a bit of heat in it
It can be stopped by lowering the temp on the front of the boiler(when pilot light goes out and pump/fan are still running there is no noise)
I am a spark by trade but would like any info i can pass on to an engineer (if they blame vibration again I think I will scream!!!!)
I have a 6 month old baby who has started sleeping like a hibernating bear and now can get no sleep for the boiler (don't like to turn it off cos her bedroom gets quite cold)
I have a baxi 105e (installed new about 6yrs ago) which has never missed a beat. That is until british gas serviced the boiler about 6 weeks ago the boiler started to whistle loudly like a kettle. A different engineer came out and said they can't do anything until they hear the noise (quiet as a bl00dy mouse when he was here) and promptly left. We called them out again (it was getting louder!) and they put some boiler silencer in and left. Still no good. Called them out again and my wife gave a printout of this thread to the engineer //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6615
Engineer somewhat reluctantly changed the entire fitting on the hot water connection. Now the boiler still whistles but this is coupled with a noise like the loudest hoover you have ever heard!!!! Engineer number 4 comes out (always whilst i am at work and my wife has to deal with them) tinkers around and claims to have fixed the boiler. It was then quiet as a mouse. sorted? nope all he had done was to turn the temp right down on the front of the boiler so my heating was running day and night but rads were only luke warm, when i adjusted it slightly noisier then ever. Yesterday eng number5 came out and put a new thermistor on cos he thought it was over heating 4 a.m this morning sounded like a plane taking off!!! What a saga anyway long story short (a bit late i know!!!)
The boiler is massively noisy (except when an engineer is in the house)
It is a loud whistle coupled with a hoover type sound
It is seemingly only through night/ early morning
It is only when the boiler gets a bit of heat in it
It can be stopped by lowering the temp on the front of the boiler(when pilot light goes out and pump/fan are still running there is no noise)
I am a spark by trade but would like any info i can pass on to an engineer (if they blame vibration again I think I will scream!!!!)
I have a 6 month old baby who has started sleeping like a hibernating bear and now can get no sleep for the boiler (don't like to turn it off cos her bedroom gets quite cold)