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Worth a try Mark, I'll give them a ring and see what they say.
I must admit, last time I rang them I wasn't overly impressed, The boiler wasn't working as the fan had stopped. Now I knew it was the fan as I could hear the blade tinging against the casing as it was trying to turn but even telling the guy that over the phone he got funny with me implying that I might not know what I'm talking about
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I must admit, last time I rang them I wasn't overly impressed, The boiler wasn't working as the fan had stopped. Now I knew it was the fan as I could hear the blade tinging against the casing as it was trying to turn but even telling the guy that over the phone he got funny with me implying that I might not know what I'm talking about
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Hi Wozz,
He's probably being an ar$e because he believes your not a Corgi registered gas fitter and therefore not capable of understanding how to fix it. My combi boiler is about 8 years old and you should have seen the amount of repairs we've had done to that!
We had one guy sent out by the council to do an audit of the Corgi guy's annual service, he made a backside of putting the inner seal on - you could hear it drawing in air afterwards to the point the it would draw in a naked flame. That was a test that one of the Corgi guys showed me years ago.
The thing is that the boiler was working fine after it's annual check and it was the auditor that caused the problem!
Regards,
Ian.
He's probably being an ar$e because he believes your not a Corgi registered gas fitter and therefore not capable of understanding how to fix it. My combi boiler is about 8 years old and you should have seen the amount of repairs we've had done to that!
We had one guy sent out by the council to do an audit of the Corgi guy's annual service, he made a backside of putting the inner seal on - you could hear it drawing in air afterwards to the point the it would draw in a naked flame. That was a test that one of the Corgi guys showed me years ago.
The thing is that the boiler was working fine after it's annual check and it was the auditor that caused the problem! Regards,
Ian.
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Could it be variable water pressure. My brother in law usually has great pressure, but at peak times it drops of drastically. Is there any pattern to when it fails?. Could it be that CH still works as the pressure there is created by the circulation pump, hence will always be high enough. Only guessing here as I've never really studied the inner workings of a combi.
Phil
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hi wozaah i have these boilers ideal boxer c28
they do cover for 16 quid a month which includes a annual service they come out within 3 days and all parts are covered dunno if it helps but have the number for them
dave
ps u have pm
they do cover for 16 quid a month which includes a annual service they come out within 3 days and all parts are covered dunno if it helps but have the number for them
dave
ps u have pm
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You've probably got to the bottom of this by now, but as i've only just seen the post I will add my twopennyworth anyway.
I also rely on a combi, though not the same make, and at intervals have the same problem as you, always initially at times of peak usage, ie, lowered mains pressure. First occurrances are when the tap is only turned on very slightly or very slowly. As time progresses, the problem gets more frequent, and is accompanied by little black bits in the hot water (bits of diaphragm). I have found that a diaphragm lasts between 6 and 7 years and that to replace it I have had to buy a complete diverter valve each time which seems a bit silly, but there you are.
Incidentally, the failure of the diverter diaphragm has never had any affect on the operation of the CH side of the system.
Hope this helps, even if it is a bit late.
By the way, it can be anything up to 3 or 4 months from initial problems to complete failure as the diaphragm deteriorates reasonably slowly
I also rely on a combi, though not the same make, and at intervals have the same problem as you, always initially at times of peak usage, ie, lowered mains pressure. First occurrances are when the tap is only turned on very slightly or very slowly. As time progresses, the problem gets more frequent, and is accompanied by little black bits in the hot water (bits of diaphragm). I have found that a diaphragm lasts between 6 and 7 years and that to replace it I have had to buy a complete diverter valve each time which seems a bit silly, but there you are.
Incidentally, the failure of the diverter diaphragm has never had any affect on the operation of the CH side of the system.
Hope this helps, even if it is a bit late.
By the way, it can be anything up to 3 or 4 months from initial problems to complete failure as the diaphragm deteriorates reasonably slowly
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Thought I should post a follow-up on this seeing as I'm always moaning that others don't post follow-ups. 
The fault got worse and got to the stage where I couldn't get any DHW unless I put the heating on so I had a guy out to look at it today. He replaced both diaphragms in the diverter and all seems well. Although the diaphragms weren't holed they were both stretched and that's what he thought the problem was.
Anyhoo, it seems ok and we now have hot water without having to put the heating on.
The fault got worse and got to the stage where I couldn't get any DHW unless I put the heating on so I had a guy out to look at it today. He replaced both diaphragms in the diverter and all seems well. Although the diaphragms weren't holed they were both stretched and that's what he thought the problem was.
Anyhoo, it seems ok and we now have hot water without having to put the heating on.
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The boiler's not that old and other than the fault we had it's in really good shape so probably worth spending a little on it to keep it up together. The new h/e is £92 so not too bad really.
He didn't mention descaling it, he's ordered the part now so probably a bit late to cancel it.
He didn't mention descaling it, he's ordered the part now so probably a bit late to cancel it.
