Am I out of my depth? Boiler pump

[JohnBristol]

Have not had any takers on my advert yet so what is generally the best way to find a decent plumber? Is there an association or group or something that the best ones are members of?

Might it also be more cost effective to get the boiler serviced now(if I get them to agree that the trap should be cleaned in the service) rather than pay a callout fee and then get it serviced in a month or 2 anyway?

 

[chris watkins]

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[JohnBristol]

Excellent found 3 on there that are just around the corner!

Thanks

 

[JohnBristol]

I spoke to the person closest to me unfortunately he is in the process of retiring and did not renew his gas safe last year but has thankfully recommended someone who he thinks could help.

Fingers crossed

 

[JohnBristol]

I am sure you are all desperate to see how my little adventure finished.

In short I eventually managed to get a decent plumber in. He cleaned the trap, did notice a tiny crack on the corner of it but not enough for it to drip. Then checked the probe and rods, which both seemed to be fine and in the right position.

Meaning the only thing really left is the PCB. The problem though was how inconsistent it was being. Sometimes firing straight away, sometimes after a short wait and sometimes not at all.

In the end he tried a fresh PCB and it instantly became much more consistent and fingers crossed has been working really well for a week or so now.

So all of this including a service was £330 inc VAT. Which I thought was pretty good. If it isn't please don't tell me 🙂

Thanks for the help in working out the previous person was trying to make me buy stuff I did not need and also helping me find a decent one to do a proper job.

 

[chris watkins]

Hi John
Thanks for letting us know & glad all is now sorted, hang on to that plumbers number & pass it around, good plumbers & heating engineers are very hard to find. (any one can call themselves one)
Hopefully you want need him for a while.