Gas boiler - annual service really needed?

[Andy Pandy]

Don't answer the point will you, that £80 - £120 to place a sniffer in a flue is exhorbitant and acts as a deterrent to safety ! Just stick to the empty insults. It suits you.

Andy

[riccip]

No, each separate appliance must be inspected & certificated.

An additional Thirty Pounds per inspection, per appliance.

riccip

[Doctor Evil]

It's all on the same form

Get your self a decent Corgi engineer.

[Doctor Evil]

...oh no yet again another one... You need the safety checks, pressure, inspection, standing and working pressure of boiler, flue analyser, etc.

Would anyone half sane leave a car unserviced for 18 years? Well I suppose some do. The loonies on here.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Cars at one time needed a service every 1000 miles. Even less. These days

20,000 miles may be ok.

So, you of small brain, using your analogy, a 'system' that once needed an annual service might be ok now for 20 years?

BTW, didn't you know that far more damage was caused to boilers by an unneeded 'service' where it was 'stripped and cleaned' than by actually waiting until it was needed?

Of course you don't, since you're only a bar room 'engineer'.

[riccip]

If you know one who inspects additional appliances for free send him round.

riccip

[Ed Sirett]

The guidance notes to the reg 36 (landlords duties) make it clear that the duties to maintain and to have appliances and flues checked & certified are _distict_ (their emphasis).

At a practical level these can be combined on the same visit.

It is really the same duty as for a vehicle i.e. .. maintain it in a roadworthy condition and have an MOT.

[Ed Sirett]

There is certainly a downward pressure on having gas appliances in rental homes. However since the boiler will need an annual ticket there is little penalty on having a hob or even a cooker. Many fitters give a fixed price for a Landlords' on a boiler+hob. It the gas fires that often make for uncertainties.

[Andy Pandy]

Added to which you can have a comprehensive safety check, involving a fair degree of specialist equipment in a dedicted premises, employing two people, for the princely sum of £39.

Andy

[Doctor Evil]

[Doctor Evil]

Are you asking him? He has never had anything serviced in his life. He is a walking death trap. He should be locked up for his own good.

[riccip]

Agreed but that basically means if a gas appliance goes dangerously wrong before the annual check is due then by law you must get it fixed pronto.

The vehicle analogy isn't really valid because a conventional boiler has no moving or serviceable parts. However there is still no legal requirement to service a vehicle even if you rent it out commercially.

riccip

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Think you'll be losing your ISP *again* if you continue to do this without comment.

Anyone care to speculate on a new name for the re-invented Drivel?

[Doctor Evil]

[Doctor Evil]

What tripe!!!!! You obviously don't know about boilers.

[Lobster]

Apart from your one-liners disagreeing with everyone else, you haven't actually said *why* you think they are all wrong and you are right. As the OP here, I'm genuinely interested to know why you feel I need to get the boiler serviced as well as getting the Landlord's Cert??

David

[OldBill]

Same here for an old Potterton. Just recently it wouldn't light the pilot light after 4+ years of no touch. Took cover off, insect on hv ignite point. Quick brush out, cover back on, working fine. Thats all the BG guys used to do on the anuall service anyway, money for old rope.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Go on then. Tell us what in a modern boiler requires routine servicing - such as changing oil and filters etc in a car.

[Doctor Evil]

I've given them, read back.

[Doctor Evil]

I gave the outline. Not that you would take any notice as you don't service anything at all.