Just found out today that our Halstead Best 60 Boiler has been leaking. I saw some drops of water on top of the microwave, to be told there has been water there for the last week and it had been wiped up every day!!!!
Anyway took the side panel off and found that there was a drop of water coming from the top 28mm blanking plug. This has not been touched since the Boiler was put in about 20 years ago.
It was not what I was planning for today, but drained the system via the boiler drain tap and removed the blanking plate. Luckily for me I had a new plastic cap in my plumbing spares box, and by luck managed to get a rubber sealing ring that fitted ( although I did order a couple of the Halstead spares for any future need!). All filled up and working again and without the leak, which is always a good result.
Other than the fan unit, which only lasts about 2 years (Due to the bearings drying out and the unit gets really noisy), it hasn’t done too bad. Because of this I have a second fan, that I strip down and replace the bearings each time ready to go back.....repair cost about £6.50 !! Better that the cost of a new fan unit each time.
However, I imagine at some stage the actual Boiler will need to be replaced, can anyone suggest a direct replacement that would fit without having to have loads of work done.
