servicing adverts £49

[mountainman]

£49 doesn't seem too cheap to me if you can get several on the same day in your locality.
Even a back boiler/gas fire can be done in an hour unless it's sooted.
If that's the case then you renegotiate the price.

 

[Barry98]

Keep seeing boiler servincing adverts for £49 advertised in my area .
IMO this cant be done properly a basic gas safety check yes but full service surely cant be possible for this price. If there is someone on here who does gas services for £49 can you explain what you offer for that because you cant be cleaning appliance properly nor chaecking over appliance adequately nor checking working parts nor offering a top up of inhibitor .Here to be proved wrong !!!!

i hear waht your saying fella , but on an inspection we had last year the GSRi asked why we were removing casing , i said cos its a service , he told me no need just fga and then if needed do a strip down (this was a duo-tec24kw) , i asked him how i can justify my price for 10-15 minutes work . this is when it startyed going pear shape and he bombarded me with stupid stuff.

imho 49 is a probe in probe out , bit of banging hear and there and gone. me i wouldnt put my name to anything like that. you pay for what you get

 

[Maff]

Totally agree with last post (mfgs), and my experiences are just so, more to the point this all depends on what a service is defined as. I would be interested to know what the initial post would charge for the proper service inc inhibitor top-up. I often get folks asking for services, then arrive to find that they actually need a repair:shout:

 

[Halesowen1]

A service now means, Analyse reading first, if it passes you dont remove the casing. You only remove the casing if it fails and needs investigating. This is why £49 is not as low as you think.
If any of you are still doing an old style service (removing case and cleaning burners etc) then you are not doing it to most companies standards.
This is why you are now probably double the price of many other local companies.
No they may not do as much as you (clean burners etc) but they are doing it to todays required standards, so why do more than you have to, if it means you losing work for it.

 

[GQuigley67]

surely you need to remove the case for a visual inspection of the condition of the appliance ???

 

[Halesowen1]

You who are taking the casing off and cleaning, are you then taking a second reading?? If not again you are not doing it correctly.
You do the flue analyser firstly, then either you are finished if it passes or you remove the cover to investigate if it faills then do a second one to see if it has passed now.

 

[Halesowen1]

surely you need to remove the case for a visual inspection of the condition of the appliance ???

No you do not remove the case if it passes, simple as that.
Well unless you want to do a second reading after the casing is put back on, thats up to you.

 

[mfgs]

I always remove the casing, I dont know why you wouldnt??? You could see a small leak which hasnt been visible from the outside yet, signs of damage from a gasket on its way out etc etc all of which could happen with the analyser reading being spot on. What do you do on the Worcesters? They require checking the fan pressure to be checked on every service.

 

[mountainman]

I'm of the old school really.
A boiler service should at least include case off, visual inspection of components, and brushing/vacuuming.
Inhibitor top-up is IMHO nothing to do with a boiler service, it is an extra.

 

[mfgs]

Agree, I dont know anyone who puts inhibitor in as standard on a boiler service.