Ideal icos, vertical flume leaking

[oliver bennett]

Having repetetive issues with water entering the boiler via the flue and blowing the pcb etc and leaking out bottom.

Has been happening for a while but now if it rains at all the boiler gets full of water, and dies.

Tradesmen from a well known company keep replacing the electeonic parts at a big cost to me, but say they cant touch the flue even though they said there is evidence of corrosion on the bolts etc internally in the boiler, but the roofers say they won't touch it because they are not gas qualified.

Is water meant to come down a vertical flue? Is there a common fix?

 

[Exedon]

Yes well known cure for icos problems replacement! they are and always will be a bag of crap.
Put it out of its misery .

 

[catlad]

Probably a poor flue installation.

 

[oliver bennett]

Thanks ive got home insurance hopefully to replace it, in answer to 1st reply the boiler itself seems fine, the flue system seems to be the problem, but thanks for the constructive advice

 

[Exedon]

Unfortunately just the truth re icos and the isar well know for blowing the orange control box . Plus internal leaking heat exchangers.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Unfortunately just the truth re icos and the isar well know for blowing the orange control box . Plus internal leaking heat exchangers.

Plus inadequately temperature rated, over heated wiring up the back of the boiler to the fan, being damaged, resulting in the PCB being wrecked.

 

[Exedon]

Plus inadequately temperature rated, over heated wiring up the back of the boiler to the fan, being damaged, resulting in the PCB being wrecked.

Plus they really hated been turned off for a period!

 

[oliver bennett]

Thanks for updating with legit reasons, i do appreciate it, and now mentioned i have had some of these issues, however its the affordability factor of a whole new system that prevents me from changing it in the current climate, granted over time it may be more expensive but i dont ha e the upfront funds to replace it whole sale, not for the short term anyway, would like a combi when possible but current quotes i got were around the 5k mark i think like for like is around 3 - 3.5k too much for my wallet just now all in 1 go

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

would like a combi when possible but current quotes i got were around the 5k mark i think like for like is around 3 - 3.5k too much for my wallet just now all in 1 go

Is a change to a combi essential/worthwhile at all?

Your like for like swap quote, if heat only boiler - dependent or area, seems excessive. I had an Ideal Icos swapped out for a much better Vaillant heat only for £1800, including an optional filter, adding in a new set of fancy Vaillant controls, for £200, added by me a couple of years ago. The job was though, very straight forward, no complications at all.