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Hi folks.
Bear with me, most posts on here ask for information so here it is.
Wonder if anyone can shed any light on the problems I am having with my boiler?
And before anyone jumps to the conclusion I will be looking to fix it myself - I won't, there is a gas safe plumber coming tomorrow ( sadly whilst I am at work ), anyway...
It started with E133 error, and we awoke 2 weeks ago to having a cold house and no hot water.
I called the emergency cover number we have with house insurance and a boy came out and after 2 hours at the house ( of which about 1hr 50mins was on the phone to someone) he diagnosed the boiler as unsafe ( after he magically got it going ) and then said he should turn it off, but it was cold so he was going to leave it on for us !!
He left and I turned it off, then called a plumber locally, who came out and could not replicate the first ' plumbers ' figures at all on his meter thingy. oiler started working again and plumber 2 went away 40 quid better off and I arranged for it to be serviced ( as it is done every year ) a few days later.
Couple of days later boiler was serviced, then when put back together wouldn't work and E133 again. £80 quid for service! and he did however diagnose a faulty gas valve ( I think, worth a shot changing that! ), so I drove a round trip of 50 miles to get a genuine Baxi one at a cost of about £73 quid. This was then fitted later when plumber number 2 came back. SO far about £190 quid spent and lasted a few days. 4 days ago awoke again to error E133 - no reply from plumber 2 on facebook, or telephone call.
Whilst trying to start the boiler ( and it did reset a couple of times ) the ignition noise when calling for hot water was like a SHOTGUN going off, it really was that loud!
This sounded dangerous so I turned it off and started researching what the problem could be to chat with plumber 3 coming tomorrow.
I have opened a bleed screw and taken out some water and it is clear and left that for plumber 3 to look at ( should it be clear?)
I have ordered and had delivered a magnetic and sludge filter to be fitted and researched cleaning out the secondary heat exchanger or buying a new one to be fitted.
That filter was £90 quid so now upto about £280 quid and wonder what it will cost for plumber 3 to do this work.
E133 seems to be responsible for low gas or gas flow errors ( had a new OVO gas meter fitted 3 months ago, but only problems now?)
E133 also blamed for igniting thingies not sparking properly.
E133 also blamed for blocked DHW heat exchangers.
Did I miss anything?
Any clever gas plumber folks want to have a stab at the problems - it now wont fire up at all and tries 5 times and E133 again. It's been 4 days now and we are cold and starting to smell.
ALl help appreciated, it will be passed onto plumbers 3,4, and possibly 5.
Thanks
Eric
Bear with me, most posts on here ask for information so here it is.
Wonder if anyone can shed any light on the problems I am having with my boiler?
And before anyone jumps to the conclusion I will be looking to fix it myself - I won't, there is a gas safe plumber coming tomorrow ( sadly whilst I am at work ), anyway...
It started with E133 error, and we awoke 2 weeks ago to having a cold house and no hot water.
I called the emergency cover number we have with house insurance and a boy came out and after 2 hours at the house ( of which about 1hr 50mins was on the phone to someone) he diagnosed the boiler as unsafe ( after he magically got it going ) and then said he should turn it off, but it was cold so he was going to leave it on for us !!
He left and I turned it off, then called a plumber locally, who came out and could not replicate the first ' plumbers ' figures at all on his meter thingy. oiler started working again and plumber 2 went away 40 quid better off and I arranged for it to be serviced ( as it is done every year ) a few days later.
Couple of days later boiler was serviced, then when put back together wouldn't work and E133 again. £80 quid for service! and he did however diagnose a faulty gas valve ( I think, worth a shot changing that! ), so I drove a round trip of 50 miles to get a genuine Baxi one at a cost of about £73 quid. This was then fitted later when plumber number 2 came back. SO far about £190 quid spent and lasted a few days. 4 days ago awoke again to error E133 - no reply from plumber 2 on facebook, or telephone call.
Whilst trying to start the boiler ( and it did reset a couple of times ) the ignition noise when calling for hot water was like a SHOTGUN going off, it really was that loud!
This sounded dangerous so I turned it off and started researching what the problem could be to chat with plumber 3 coming tomorrow.
I have opened a bleed screw and taken out some water and it is clear and left that for plumber 3 to look at ( should it be clear?)
I have ordered and had delivered a magnetic and sludge filter to be fitted and researched cleaning out the secondary heat exchanger or buying a new one to be fitted.
That filter was £90 quid so now upto about £280 quid and wonder what it will cost for plumber 3 to do this work.
E133 seems to be responsible for low gas or gas flow errors ( had a new OVO gas meter fitted 3 months ago, but only problems now?)
E133 also blamed for igniting thingies not sparking properly.
E133 also blamed for blocked DHW heat exchangers.
Did I miss anything?
Any clever gas plumber folks want to have a stab at the problems - it now wont fire up at all and tries 5 times and E133 again. It's been 4 days now and we are cold and starting to smell.
ALl help appreciated, it will be passed onto plumbers 3,4, and possibly 5.
Thanks
Eric
