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Gas boiler on way out?

  • 09-06-2009 04:55PM
    #1
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,475 ✭✭✭


    Think our gas boiler is on the way out. Given that I'm completely clueless about it, here's my best attempt at a technical description. We've had the house 3 years, think it was there for a fair while before that. Had a new timer system installed about 18 months ago, and the guy had a look then and reckoned we might have problems in a year or so.

    For the last few months, whenever the heat is switched on, there's a series of clicking noises, then a kind of <whumfff> as it catches, and all is well. In recent months, the clicking has gone on longer and longer, and sometimes I suspect it doesn't actually start at all, as there's been no hot water in the morning when the system had been timed to come on before I got up. It's now reached the stage where it can take an hour for the damn thing to start.

    Based on that detailed explanation, can anyone offer a guess as to whether the whole boiler needs to be replaced, or is is just some kind of control element? And how much is either alternative likely to cost?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You would have to have it looked at to really decide whats at fault, by the sounds of it the clicking would be your spark igniter sending a spark to the gas to ignite it and the <whumfff> would be the gas igniting, if you are not hearing the boiler light, it could be you have no gas or there is a problem with the ignition side of things so that no spark is hitting the gas, it may be a five minute fix, so get someone in, Gary.


  • #3
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,475 ✭✭✭MOH


    Thanks for that, I'll get someone in to look at it. Anyone got any recommendations for someone around D5 (is it allowed to ask that here? - mods please move if inappropriate)


  • #4
    darc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 677 ✭✭✭darc


    If you're upgrading the system you can get a grant of up to €700 against a new energy efficient system.

    http://www.sei.ie/Grants/Home_Energy_Saving_Scheme/HES_FAQ/Homeowner%20FAQ/#much

    Might be more worthwhile than repairing it.


  • #5
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,475 ✭✭✭MOH


    darc wrote: »
    If you're upgrading the system you can get a grant of up to €700 against a new energy efficient system.

    http://www.sei.ie/Grants/Home_Energy_Saving_Scheme/HES_FAQ/Homeowner%20FAQ/#much

    Might be more worthwhile than repairing it.

    That's brilliant, thanks for that. Good list of contractors and advice there, even if we don't get the grant. Thanks.


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