Hi All,
Just a background enquiry for the gas / heating / Corgi panel if I may.
A mate has a Potterton Netaheat Electronic wall mounted b/f gas boiler of some sort and last Sunday it stopped working. He has had a service contract with BG for many years so called them out. The guy appeared on Tuesday and diagnosed a faulty fan. He was unable to remove it (insufficient access or rounded nut or summat) so told my mate he 'needed a new boiler'.
Mate called an independent Corgi guy round to quote for a new boiler and he looked at the old one and easily remove said fan. He suggested he get BT back to fit the new fan (under the contract).
Mate calls BG back and they are concerned about (now this is third party info from a non d-i-y person remember) the seal of something, 'possibly' a small pipe that (I think he said) pokes through some part of the assembly and into a grommet in the back plate? Positive pressure sense input?
The BG guy phoned his HQ, Baxi and the consequence was he decided not to fit the fan and to disconnect the gas and stick a red sticker on the boiler instead? I *think* the issue revolves around sealing this small pipe. It has been mentioned that flexible sealants can no longer be used ..??
Now I know there are issues with (some?) Netaheat boilers (or any that use the positive pressure idea) but does anyone know what the BG guy might be concerned with especially here?
He told my mate he had been doing that game for 5 years but this was his first Netaheat!?!
Mate is keen to do what's best which could well mean a new boiler but we were keen to try to understand what is really going on here please (out of general interest).
Cheers, T i m