just commented this, thank you. it is a part of the service

How long wojld you say a standard service for a combi boiler would take?

@@ahms8689 I would say about 1,5 hours.

@@sarunassurvila7857 1.5 hours for a standard service?? No chance!

@@steventhomson2104 how long according to you?

@@sarunassurvila7857 Providing your flue gas analysis is within tolerance etc, a service should be around 30 minutes on a combi. If you have to clean the heat exchanger or anything additional, then slightly longer, but a standard service would be around 30 minutes easily. Strip down service would be longer but would only be done according to Mis. 1.5 hours for a service is wild. I'd be sacked if I took that long.

Sniff the knickers when checking rads

what a load of shit. Always check vessel. Non of us carry nitrogen, granted, but air is better than fuck all if its empty...@PlumbRevs

bob bob yep how the fuck did he miss that one 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

You are doing servicing not fixing

@PlumbRevs you are so incorrect about not needing to check vessel

I thought that

Thats what i noticed ;;; About 4 times first of all 🤔

Why would you not ? Just curious as I've just bought the same unit

Mel Makavali VILLAGE HEATING ARE SHIT COMPANY AND NOT ORGANISED

Mel Makavali perhaps you should show us how it's done.

DZ Malekvali he also most crucial thing I think he never electrically tested the boiler or meter to begin with he touched the boiler without testing if it is live a lot of engineers have died due to this

@@davidbrown7988 can you tell us more about this?

Black mamba...toolstation

Not on the Baxi Potterton range

its good practice

Well then all he did were readings and didn’t check expansion vessel, safety valve or pressure test while running….if your boiler is going over 3 bar then you may need to get the expansion vessel re- pressurised and the Safety valve checked.

On A rated boilers or premix burners if you like, you decide based on your analyser test! If combustion is ok and gas rate spot on then no need to take that burner off! Regardless of years!

Viessmann insist on a burner strip/clean annually (replace seal every 5 years) regardless of readings (and clean stainless exchanger with a soft cloth (never polish it! -looks wonderful but this introduces micro scratches on the metal which increase its surface area and life expectancy) and vinegar. Vaillant always used to want a burner strip annually . Had a customer who had a new patio laid in the winter. This combustion chamber was covered in indian sandstone dust that had been sucked in from outside

Yep, you can't check the integrity of the flue if the burners taking it's air from the room!

But not all boilers need a new seal when the burner is removed, just fit a Viessmann!

Spot on Big Dave Must have comb chamber cover on to check air intake Absolutely no need to disturb that G10 if you’re first analyser test passes! Just making all others look bad cause now customers will think it’s a must... Terrible video

Thats not the combustion chamber cover, its the balanced compartment cover which also need to be fitted when you analize appliance.

I just watched a video of a cockney geezer promoting an extended bi annual service his firm does on vokeras. Apparently the manufacturers instructions aren't necessarily wrong but they're not right because of blah blah blah, it looks like they strip the bloody things down and replace stuff that don't need changing. I'm torn between them just being old school or just taking the piss, I'll go for taking the piss..... If said cockney geezer was a doctor he'd have ignored my test results which indicated I was fine then replaced my perfectly good liver... I paid a tidy sum for my analyser and if says that boiler is running fine I don't mess with it..

Not required on every boiler.

Well after 38 years it’ll be hard to find parts especially rubber as even sitting on a shelf they go brittle in that long a time, also nobody wants to pay the time engineers invest in searching for something that might not be out there any more. Talking from experience! And lastly on cast iron heat exchangers you’ll have to drain your most likely open vented system as the isolation valves will be seized as well and you’ll pay for a whole days labour for a gas engineer and still have a E rated boiler with less than 50% efficiency! They have done you a favour by replacing it!

There you go. Wouldn't find anything like that nowadays. Just put in a new bulb yesterday, today it's blown !

Ok, two bob.

Of course it's dangerous without that seal. You sound like one of those low grade heating bods.

I cant think of many 38 year old boilers that had rubber seals in the flueways, yes rubber seals on waterway joints & manifolds etc, what make/model was it?

There's no need to be unhappy Young man, there's a place you can go I said, young man, when you're short on your dough You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find Many ways to have a good time

That's why I serviced my boiler recently after 4 years, engineer said boiler all good lol

@@mob9334 you should be gas engineer registered to service it first thing Second thing did you knew how to do tightness cumbusion ,pressures tools and stuff ?cos If you dont do it right this can create carbon monoxide which could result in death worst case scenario Third thing abut price I agree with you it should be around 50 and your boiler strips down and most engineer clean it properly unlike some out there And also we go through 4 year graft to get the qualification not that easy otherwise you won't see a shortage and plenty of work out there you don't pay it they go somewhere else don't matter

Christian Pereira exactly my thoughts as well lol

Testo I think.

Nothing wrong with Testo mate....German engineering......Just the guy using it ! LOL

Village Idiot

muhamad afifuddin my thoughts also