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gas boiler leak!

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  • 09-10-2012 9:46pm
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    dickwhittington
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭


    well

    came home this evening to puddle of water underneath the gas boiler, pipe seemed a little wet but noting else and seems to work ok. im wondering has anyone got any ideas what it could be and how to fix it? or any reasonable handyman/plumbers that could take care of it witout being ripped off? this owning a house is expensive.........

    sound all.


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    karbonkoncepts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭karbonkoncepts


    dickwhittington wrote: »
    well

    came home this evening to puddle of water underneath the gas boiler, pipe seemed a little wet but noting else and seems to work ok. im wondering has anyone got any ideas what it could be and how to fix it? or any reasonable handyman/plumbers that could take care of it witout being ripped off? this owning a house is expensive.........

    sound all.

    All boiler using a mains gas supply will need to be serviced/ repaired/replaced by a registered gas installer for safety reasons.. Carbon monoxide is odourless and tasteless ... Just be careful

    Try Fairfield gas.. Reasonable too


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    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    I have pretty much the same problem.

    Gas working fine, no water getting pumped to rads or taps.

    Do I need a plumber or a gas contractor?


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    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    wmpdd3 wrote: »
    I have pretty much the same problem.

    Gas working fine, no water getting pumped to rads or taps.

    Do I need a plumber or a gas contractor?

    Have you tried bleeding the radiators?


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    thomasm
    Registered Users Posts: 1,503 ✭✭✭thomasm


    karbonkoncepts wrote: »
    All boiler using a mains gas supply will need to be serviced/ repaired/replaced by a registered gas installer for safety reasons.. Carbon monoxide is odourless and tasteless ... Just be careful

    Try Fairfield gas.. Reasonable too

    Another vouch for fairfield gas. Find them excellent


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    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    longshanks wrote: »
    Have you tried bleeding the radiators?

    Really, that I can do!

    Thanks a mil for that.


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    bradknowell
    Registered Users Posts: 739 ✭✭✭bradknowell


    wmpdd3 wrote: »
    Really, that I can do!

    Thanks a mil for that.

    Lol bleeding the radiators still makes me feel like a legend at all the house work


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    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    Well, it wasnt the rads!

    THe boiler has bit the bullet, had a brilliant guy out from Byrne gas this morning that comfirmed it.

    Looking at €1600 for a replacement :0

    I can get a 2nd hand boiler, but who would install it?

    Couldnt see Byrne touching it and I know I have to get a REGI person.

    Any ideas?


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    Sikie
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭Sikie


    What exactly does "bit the bullet" mean. Looking in from the outside it's all too ease in my mind for the REGI to come to this conclusion.

    Repair = 1 more call out + part + time to repair = 150 to 200

    Replace = 1 more call out + time to install = 400 + margin on new boiler.

    Maybe a second opinion?


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