servowarm heat exchanger

[sarahproperty]

i am looking for a heat exchanger for a servowarm 80 elite. the gc code is 417 1429.

apparently this part is obselete, so can anyone recommend a stockist i could try that might just have this part in stock, sitting there on a shelf all dusty....

the reason i want to repair the boiler with the heat exchanger is because this is a free service under my boiler repair cover. if i replace the boiler, i have to pay for everything myself. so the difference is zero cost or thousands of pounds!

 

[Soggy_weetabix]

I think CORGIMAN may be able to help you on this one.

Dave

 

[corgiman]

i am looking for a heat exchanger for a servowarm 80 elite. the gc code is 417 1429.

apparently this part is obselete, so can anyone recommend a stockist i could try that might just have this part in stock, sitting there on a shelf all dusty....

the reason i want to repair the boiler with the heat exchanger is because this is a free service under my boiler repair cover. if i replace the boiler, i have to pay for everything myself. so the difference is zero cost or thousands of pounds!

I will have a go tomorrow, but if you have your insurance with homeserve/servowarm then you are plum out of luck for the part as they make em and you cannot get em anywhere Else



BTW thanks Sogs

 

[Agile]

i wonder how you can be so sure that there is any problem with that part and even if there was that it cannot be repaired.

Fitting a new boiler will be more efficient, save you money on gas and help the rest of us by reducing carbvon emissions! Why not spend a little to benefit the whole world?

Tony

 

[Rob]

Why not spend a little to benefit the whole world?

Tony

Because by the sound of her name she's a landlord i.e scum of the earth!

Atleast she knows how to say please and thankyou when asking for free advice

 

[Vic Spanner]

Why not spend a little to benefit the whole world?

Tony

Because by the sound of her name she's a landlord i.e scum of the earth!

Atleast she knows how to say please and thankyou when asking for free advice

She could also be SARAH Beeny from PROPERTY ladder. Now im sure we will all help

 

[sarahproperty]

i'm not sarah beeny, but yes its a rental property. whilst i might be a landlord (on the side only) there is not sufficient profit to fork out on a whole boiler unnecessarily (especially if a repair can be done for free), so i apologise for not saving the world this week.

the insurance cover is with british gas homecare not servowarm. i hope corgiman can help find me find my spare part, even if my boobs arent as big as sarah beeny's.

by the way, thanks; i didnt realise blokes were into all that manners stuff; certainly the builders i've had to deal with so far weren't.

 

[Agile]

Dont wait too long for Corgiman, I am not sure he realises the task you have imposed on him judging by his last posting.

I still wonder if it really needs changing. These sometimes leak at a joint or cover plate which can be mended by anyone with the will to do so.

BG have no interest in fixing old boilers, they would prefer to sell you a new one.

Tony

 

[sarahproperty]

british gas came to do the annual maintenance inspection and said the heat exchanger was leaking, and so they isolated the whole boiler, until the new part is found.

do you think this could be repaired, if i can find out if the leak is only at a a joint or cover plate? is this just a soldering job, then?

 

[corgiman]

sorry sarah

No joy that havent got any sorry

 

[werewolf]

How long since h/exchanger not available?
Seems B.G may have been taking money off you even though parts not available for several years.

 

[corgiman]

no idea

Just rang servowarm and they have none in and aint getting none, didnt ask when they stopped it

 

[ollski]

How long since h/exchanger not available?
Seems B.G may have been taking money off you even though parts not available for several years.

That is why they say every year that the boiler is getting old and parts are getting short etc and then end up with the familiar comments as per Tony above:

BG have no interest in fixing old boilers, they would prefer to sell you a new one.

Damned if they do and damned if they dont.

 

[ChrisR]

Is that the one where the HEX looks like a bent copper pipe with fins on? What's happened, corroded though, split, or...??

 

[corgiman]

Is that the one where the HEX looks like a bent copper pipe with fins on?

I am pretty sure it is chris