I moved into my property approx 2 years ago, and had a Vaillant boiler
fitted.
Middle of last year, just after summer holidays the boiler started to
go wrong, now I cannot have the heating on and run hot water at the
same time and vice versa.
Basically if I have little or no heating on i can run hot water.
If I choose to have hot water running I need the heating turned nearly
too off, for most of the day/night depending on when I need hot water
for to have a shower/bath.
Sometimes if I try to run the water too soon after turning the heating
down, the thermostat, will show 75 degree water coming through the
pipes, but cold watrer running out of the taps
I have asked a few plumbers who wont touch it because its a `vaillant`
and
`Vaillant want to charge me 175 plus vat just to look at it.
Also sometimes it seems to have a mind of its own as the heating will
be down, but the Radiators will be burning.
Just wondering if anybody had any ideas, for my local plumber
Thanks

wrote:

I have asked a few plumbers who wont touch it because its a `vaillant`
and
`Vaillant want to charge me 175 plus vat just to look at it.

Where abouts are you? A mate of mine specialises in Vailent boilers.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

In message , The Medway
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wrote:

I have asked a few plumbers who wont touch it because its a `vaillant`
and
`Vaillant want to charge me 175 plus vat just to look at it.

Where abouts are you? A mate of mine specialises in Vailent boilers.


Ed sees the odd one or two also


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geoff

I live up in Manchester, if he is nearby maybe I could give him a call
Thanks

wrote:
I live up in Manchester, if he is nearby maybe I could give him a call

Sorry, we are down in Kent!


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:37:43 -0800, alan wrote:

I moved into my property approx 2 years ago, and had a Vaillant boiler
fitted.
Middle of last year, just after summer holidays the boiler started to
go wrong, now I cannot have the heating on and run hot water at the
same time and vice versa.
Basically if I have little or no heating on i can run hot water.
If I choose to have hot water running I need the heating turned nearly
too off, for most of the day/night depending on when I need hot water
for to have a shower/bath.
Sometimes if I try to run the water too soon after turning the heating
down, the thermostat, will show 75 degree water coming through the
pipes, but cold watrer running out of the taps
I have asked a few plumbers who wont touch it because its a `vaillant`
and
`Vaillant want to charge me 175 plus vat just to look at it.
Also sometimes it seems to have a mind of its own as the heating will
be down, but the Radiators will be burning.
Just wondering if anybody had any ideas, for my local plumber
Thanks

It would help if you had said which model.
I suspect this is a turbomax plus and its the diverter valve playing up.
The diverter valve is about £100 (including VAT).
When the diverter valve plays up the boiler can also accumulate air
(depsite the auto air vent on top of the pump), this makes things even
worse.

They are fairly straight forward to exchange if you follow the book.

--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:28:28 +0000, Ed Sirett
wrote:


They are fairly straight forward to exchange if you follow the book.

Don't vaillents have a long guarantee period?

In article ,
EricP wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:28:28 +0000, Ed Sirett
wrote:


They are fairly straight forward to exchange if you follow the book.

Don't vaillents have a long guarantee period?

Not long enough... I've not been impressed with my turbomax.

Nice design, lots of clever features, but had all the
symptons of a v1.0 product.

G.

in article , G.W. Walker at
wrote on 21/2/06 09:17:

In article ,
EricP wrote:
Not long enough... I've not been impressed with my turbomax.

Nice design, lots of clever features, but had all the
symptons of a v1.0 product.


I've got a TurboMAX Plus in a property I've just bought- no problems so far,
though we don't have a shower installed, so don't know how well it will
cope. I'm wondering how I can tell what the power output is (i.e. how to
identify which model in the range I have).

I am planning to move it as part of an extension project, but may not be
able to due to build regs requirement for a condensing boiler. Would people
advise me against going for the EcoMAX Plus model? Is it a robust design for
a modern combi condenser?

Ben

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:20:28 +0000, EricP wrote:

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:28:28 +0000, Ed Sirett
wrote:


They are fairly straight forward to exchange if you follow the book.

Don't vaillents have a long guarantee period?

Well Turbomaxs had 2 years. Some manufactruers are offering 5 most only
offer 1 year.

--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html

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On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:20:28 +0000, EricP wrote:

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:28:28 +0000, Ed Sirett
wrote:


They are fairly straight forward to exchange if you follow the book.

Don't vaillents have a long guarantee period?

Well Turbomaxs had 2 years. Some manufactruers are offering 5 most only
offer 1 year.

The 5 year ones would be the Baxi Platinum - I've got one going in next
week - so I'll let y'all know what it's like!

Cheers
dan.