Brand new Biasi 32 kw boiler not igniting

[allenvb]

Help,

A friend of a friend fitted a boiler for me today, and had to shoot off early, he told me how it to ignite it, but nothing. I have checked the gas cock is on, the gas at the metre is on, there is power, the gas is run in 22 mm.

I am thinking as this is the first time its been powered is there some sort of commisioning procedure that should be done??

Any help will be aprriciated as I am f**king freezing.

Thanks

 

[chrishutt]

A friend of a friend fitted a boiler for me today

Well you ain't going to get a lot of sympathy here mate. If you choose to use unregistered and irresponsible installers you'll just have to lump the consequences.

 

[allenvb]

He is registered, the reason that I told you he was a friend of a friend, is because he had to shoot of early and is not avalable for 2 weeks and I am still f**cking freezing.

Can anyone else be as as constructive as Chris??

 

[chrishutt]

Registered?...maybe, but responsible, NO. Under no circumstances should a customer be invited to use a boiler that has not been properly commissioned. Your best bet is to get a decent Corgi engineer in to commission it. It might be dangerous to use it otherwise.

 

[Paul Barker]

Is he corgi registered in his own right or doing a guvvy job for which he isn't corgi registered? Will he gas work notify the job?

He left before the boiler was commissioned, is the benchmark log completed?

You need a corgi registered person to complete the job and notify corgi.

 

[Agile]

You say that he is a "friend" !

Surely no friend would ever leave you with a boiler fitted on the wall and connected up but not commissioned and operating to your complete satisfaction.

Part of the commissioning procedure is to "demonstrate and explain" the boiler and controls to the customer. Evidently he did not do this?

It sounds as if he did not power flush the system or instal an inhibitor. Dirt is likely to block the DHE HE soon and wear out the diverter and flow switch shaft seals in a few months time. Not setting the CH output will cause lime scale to be deposited in the primary HE.

You have a NON-condensing boiler whereas the Building Regulations require that a CONDENSING boiler is fitted!

No-one else would ever want "friends" like that. I hope you did not give him any money for putting you into such a mess. Take out a summons against him to recover costs and damages.

Your only solution is to call the manufacturers ( 01902 304400 ) and ask for their local service engineer who will come and commission it for you for a small charge.

Tony

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

A stupid thing that caught me out on a Biasi was not opening the cap slightly on the automatic air vent. In my case it was on the right at the back of the pump.

 

[ChrisR]

is there some sort of commisioning procedure that should be done??

Well if you can't read the manual.....

Leaving a new boiler uncommissioned, for someone else to turn on, is illegal, stupid and dangerous. If there's something come adrift in handling, you might not find it before it literally blows up in your face.