Ulrich boiler ends pump replaced? Part?

miss_daisy

Hi there,

I have an ulrich boiler in house and the pump needs replaced. Modes anyone know where parts can be gotten for this boiler brand?

Thanks in advance

shane 007

miss_daisy wrote: »

Hi there,

I have an ulrich boiler in house and the pump needs replaced. Modes anyone know where parts can be gotten for this boiler brand?

Thanks in advance

Are you in Kilkenny?

miss_daisy

shane 007 wrote: »

Are you in Kilkenny?

Yes, I am actually?? Whys that?

shane 007

miss_daisy wrote: »

Yes, I am actually?? Whys that?

Cos those boilers are a piece of crap installed horrendously with the worst restrictive pipework I've come across.
UFH ground floor feeding cylinder on 3rd floor with rads on top 2 floors.
Crimp fittings all in 20mm.
Russian boiler imported via Poland that the person who imported them bought a couple of extra boilers to salvage as so called parts.
Am I correct?

shane 007

And you are just off the Kells Road....

miss_daisy

shane 007 wrote: »

And you are just off the Kells Road....

Ha! Yes we're just off the kells road, and I had heard they were imported from Poland alright.
Didn't know that the importer just bought a few extra to salvage as parts.
So are u saying parts are not available anywhere??

jimf

shane 007 wrote: »

And you are just off the Kells Road....

feckin related to keith barry or what

shane 007

First off, they are not new parts that are available as they are stripped off old "new" boilers.
Secondly, the supplier will not supply parts as he wants to have the call out charge from Wexford to Kilkenny to fix them himself. The supplier is the original installer.
I changed one of those boilers for an overseas client recently so I might be able to get hold of a pump from the old one. He kept the boiler via his brother here.
Be prepared for hardship with the boiler as parts eventually fail. Most RGI's around won't work on them.
The wiring of them & the installation controls are also pretty bad. I ended up part re-wiring that one also.

miss_daisy

shane 007 wrote: »

First off, they are not new parts that are available as they are stripped off old "new" boilers.
Secondly, the supplier will not supply parts as he wants to have the call out charge from Wexford to Kilkenny to fix them himself. The supplier is the original installer.
I changed one of those boilers for an overseas client recently so I might be able to get hold of a pump from the old one. He kept the boiler via his brother here.
Be prepared for hardship with the boiler as parts eventually fail. Most RGI's around won't work on them.
The wiring of them & the installation controls are also pretty bad. I ended up part re-wiring that one also.

Ok, im with you. I don't really want To change the boiler as it's just a house im renting out- would you check if the guy has a pump in his old boiler for me?

shane 007

miss_daisy wrote: »

Ok, im with you. I don't really want To change the boiler as it's just a house im renting out- would you check if the guy has a pump in his old boiler for me?

Yes but you will still need an RGI to fit it. You will also have to go through your landlord as it is their boiler & their responsibility. I will email him as he is in Oz. Not sure of its condition as that boiler was destroyed with limescale.

The main local service contractor for Bord Gais also lives in your estate & he refuses to work on them. He dumped his on day 1!

shane 007

Also many RGI's, including myself, will not fit 2nd hand parts to gas boilers.

miss_daisy

I'd appreciate you doing that for me. I am the landlord, just the tenants contacted me about th boiler and I had the plumber that usually works on it to look at it . He came back to me and said it needs a new pump but getting the part could be am issue, hence my thread.

shane 007

miss_daisy wrote: »

I'd appreciate you doing that for me. I am the landlord, just the tenants contacted me about th boiler and I had the plumber that usually works on it to look at it . He came back to me and said it needs a new pump but getting the part could be am issue, hence my thread.

Ok. Is your plumber an RGI?

miss_daisy

I think so ye, he has a business in kilkenny and has workd on it many times. He says he doesn't mind putting in second hand part if we can source one. He's going to check with his suppliers to buy isn't too hopeful.

shane 007

I'll bang off an email to him. Hopefully it's not scrapped as the heat exchanger's in them are copper.

miss_daisy

Thanks a lot keep me posted if you can..

miss_daisy

miss_daisy wrote: »

Thanks a lot keep me posted if you can..

Any joy for me shane007?

shane 007

miss_daisy wrote: »

Any joy for me shane007?

I just got a reply saying he needs to check with his brother.

miss_daisy

that's grand, hopefully now something will come of it. itd be great! wonder how much id be looking at if I needed to replace the boiler altogether ?

shane 007

miss_daisy wrote: »

that's grand, hopefully now something will come of it. itd be great! wonder how much id be looking at if I needed to replace the boiler altogether ?

As soon as he gets back to me, I'll let you know. I can pass his brother's details to you if it's available so you can deal directly with him.
Regarding boiler replacement, you have a very restrictive system. The boiler is on ground floor, piped directly to 3rd floor to cylinder, then back to each floor to serve 2 floors of rads & finally back to ground floor to serve UFH.
20mm crimp fittings as main flow & return which is akin to 1/2" pipework because of the restrictions in the fittings.
Wiring is a mess also. They were wired by the same original installer. Everything is crammed into a 3" x 3" Obo box in the hot press!
You will definitely need a mechanical & chemical powerflush before any changeover.
You will also need a boiler that you can force high speed non-modulation in the pump.

shane 007

PM me the name of your plumber

DGOBS

Shane, think these one of them still in Mountrath with a good pump, have a look on Tuesday.