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Fault on Boiler/Heater/Control Unit in Kitchen of New House

  • 04-02-2011 12:56pm
    #1
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,039 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey Folks,

    My apologies for my complete lack of knowledge. Heating in my family home was solid fuel fired and I've lived in apartments which are storaged heated.

    Anyway we're about to buy a house of our own. I was out there on Monday viewing the work they had done on our snaglist. The list was originally much longer but it was taking so long that we cut it down to some essential things and decided we'd get the other things fixed ourselves after we moved in.

    The house is gas heated and in the kitchen there is some sort of boiler/heating unit with an LCD display. While there I opened up the false press this was hidden behind to have a look. There was an error being given as F1. There was no sticker or booklet handy to tell me what the error might be.

    So my question is, if my lack of information can help you form an answer is this. The house was built in 2007 but we'll be the first tenants. Would a boiler/heater/unit like this be expensive to service? What would a likely fault be- something minor/major? Would I be best off mentioning it to the estate agent selling the property or just get it serviced after I move in? I'd really like if possible to avoid getting the agent involved as it could delay the move by weeks..... something which has already happened due to our original snaglist.


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  • #2
    Max Moment
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭Max Moment


    Hi,

    Could be something as simple as the Gas has not been switched on yet. This could be why the fault is displaying or it may be something more serious? What model was the Boiler? This should be on your snag list. The builder's plumber will have to issue you with a conformance cert which confirms your heating system is in working order.

    Just on your snag list - I would not be in a hurry in closing your sale without addressing the snags identified. Afterall you will be parting with your hard earned cash and paying your mortgage off for many years to come. Why should you be accepting a sub-standard house? And also having to pay more to get the Builder's errors rectified.

    Remember, you only get one shot at your snag list. Once you close the sale you can forget about getting the Builder back to sort out problems.

    Just my two cents...


  • #3
    jeepers101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 707 ✭✭✭jeepers101


    Yeah, F1 fault is a 'no gas detected' fault. Nothing to worry about. It usually costs about 80 euro to get these boilers serviced but to be honest I wouldn't bother. Buy a carbon monoxide alarm instead.


  • #4
    yoshytoshy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭yoshytoshy


    If you're not familiar with heating controls and all the other bits and bobs ,it wouldn't do any harm to get a service and a run down on whats what.

    It might save you a bit of hassle further down the road.


  • #5
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,039 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Well thanks very much for the advice guys, it really is appreciated. We got in a good engineer and he drew up a very comprehensive snag list. The seller was really dragging their heels over it so we cut it down to some basic stuff that really needed to be done. We weren't too concerned about the other items as we'll sort them out once we move in.

    This sale has been really dragging on, about 3-4 months at this stage so we don't really want to hold up things any more than necessary. By buying we'll actually be better off financially than continuing to rent where we are.

    Max I'm afraid I only had a quick look at the boiler so I'm afraid I've no idea what make or model it is and that's great news with the confidence cert.


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