Hi all,
I have posted here a few times now about my knackered 12-13 year old Vaillant 242 Combi.
Although I still need to get someone to look at it I don't want to waste a penny on it if it really is beyond economical repair.... likewise I don't want to pay £1000 plus for a new condensing boiler plus fitting but there may be no other option.
In a nutshell... the boilers pressure relief valve seems to be sticking open, therefore water (and it appears quite rusty) is permanent leaking from the pressure outlet pipe outside.
Also the pressure is increasing so a few people here have suggested the secondary heat exchanger is leaking internally. Add to this the fact that the hot water is really just luke warm (despite a new DHW exchanger being fitted 18mths ago) it gives me the feeling that this is going to be expensive to fix.
I don't know any plumbers and feel very much in the lap of the gods on this one.... I'd appreciate if anyone here can offer a professional opinion on what they feel might be the likely cost to fix these problems please - this will be a big help and help me decide whether to bother going for the fix or replacement.
Many thanks
DAN
I have posted here a few times now about my knackered 12-13 year old Vaillant 242 Combi.
Although I still need to get someone to look at it I don't want to waste a penny on it if it really is beyond economical repair.... likewise I don't want to pay £1000 plus for a new condensing boiler plus fitting but there may be no other option.
In a nutshell... the boilers pressure relief valve seems to be sticking open, therefore water (and it appears quite rusty) is permanent leaking from the pressure outlet pipe outside.
Also the pressure is increasing so a few people here have suggested the secondary heat exchanger is leaking internally. Add to this the fact that the hot water is really just luke warm (despite a new DHW exchanger being fitted 18mths ago) it gives me the feeling that this is going to be expensive to fix.
I don't know any plumbers and feel very much in the lap of the gods on this one.... I'd appreciate if anyone here can offer a professional opinion on what they feel might be the likely cost to fix these problems please - this will be a big help and help me decide whether to bother going for the fix or replacement.
Many thanks
DAN