Please help, advice needed about condemed boiler

[Ampan]

*i take back my post,find someone in your local area with good reviews an pay their time cause your actually get an honest answer/advise.

Thank you for your advice. My hands are tied now because we paid for the BG call out. The local plumbers were either too busy or wanting to replace everything without having even seen the boiler.

 

[SavageW]

You paid for the BG call out an got told it’s condemned,what alternatives did they offer you if I can ask?

 

[Ampan]

No alternative. Only told it was beyond repair. Two days later a man showed up to quote for a new boiler. Could barely afford a repair so a whole new boiler is completely out of the question.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Can you send a picture of your old boiler? I.e location and flue route?

 

[Ampan]

I could upload a photo tomorrow. I was told that one of the pipes underneath is unsafe. This seems reasonable as it has (from moving in) been sealed with tape. The pipe work underneath the boiler is not boxed in. According to the BG man, all of the inside of the boiler is corroded. Screws broke off due to this.

 

[SavageW]

I was originally thinking you was on a homecare contract with BG which could of helped,but your not.The thing is mate you could employ any GSR spend x y z,to sort the leak and replace pcb that’s failed due to the leak,an that x y z could be a significant amount to replacing a 10 year old boiler.I get your not in the position to do this but what you could end up paying someone’s time + parts to fix your boiler is not economically viable

 

[Ampan]

Thank you for your replies. I really do appreciate them.

I understand it not being economically viable. Just had to be sure I wasn’t being fobbed off.

Thank you again

 

[jtsplumbing]

Have you been in contact with the boiler manufacture ? BG don't like repairing anything over 10 years and will try to sell you a new one, parts should be available , If Ferolli offer a fixed price repair ask if you can pay by instalments !

 

[plumberpete]

I called them out for a one off repair. The leak into the controls only happened after the control panel itself was partially removed to gain access to view the prv. When it was partially removed, the water began slowly leaking, affecting the control panel.

so the pcb only got water damaged when the bg engineer was working on it.he should have covered the panel with something to protect it.