This can be an expensive and time consuming exercise which may necessitate some considerable time on site, the ordering of parts and a follow up visit to install the new parts. If we are lucky, the obvious first step works. If not, you just have to continue until you have tried and tested everything or until the problem is resolved.

We try our very hardest to deliver the best possible service so that we do not have long and expensive jobs, but sometimes, problems are hard to identify and there may be several faults that contribute to a system failure. We often find ourselves as the last port of call when other engineers have failed to identify the fault.

After a time, the cheapest boilers suffer corrosion and all boilers begin to fail over the years. If there are several faults on an old boiler or a fault requires expensive work and parts, we would recommend a new boiler. We cannot guarantee replacement parts to old boilers will fix the problem indefinitely. Often, when boilers start going wrong everything starts to go and it costs more to replace individual parts than to install a new boiler.

New Boilers.

Since April 2005, government legislation has made it mandatory to fit high efficiency boilers. This is to save energy and reduce CO2 emissions. It is important to note that these boilers are very efficient - usually in excess of 90%. With high and ever rising energy bills, installing these boilers with new controls will save you a considerable amount of money over time.

In order to obtain this high efficiency, these boilers extract the heat from exhaust gases. This leads to a plume of water vapour leaving the boiler flue and condensate being produced. This condensed water needs to be drained away which can sometimes lead to additional difficulties when old boilers are exchanged for new.