To replce old Swift Flow 80e or no.

Hello.

In-laws have a 10-year old GlowWorm Swift Flow (yeah, right...) 80e combi.

It's been stupidly reliable, but has chust started the fan whine. It tripped out this morn and I had to go and reset it. I know bearing wear is common, and you can get new fans for £200 or recon ones - with new bearings - for £50-odd.

1 hour's fitting? So either ~£300 or ~£100 to fix.

Q - is it worth her having this done, or getting a new condensing boiler?

Thanks .

(I'll make sure the guy is GasSafe... )

 

Yep, I could.

But I won't...

 

Thanks Tom.

Yep, it's probably around 12-13 years old - it was fitted in their new build then.

Have to say, it's been no trouble at all. The only wee thing that went wrong was when they topped it up - and didn't shut off the valve fully. The SRV - of course - kept trickling...

But, that's it. Serviced every 3-odd years. It's cost them next to nothing. And this looks like an easy fix too.

Thanks for that link to LINK. They'd pay it in a oner, tho', so I'm wondering do they really need to fork out approaching £2k right now?

 

Tee-hee.

'Fess up tho', JJ - you do know, don't you, that an orn'ary cove can quite legally do gas work such as fitting a boiler in his own home provided it's been done according to the full installation requirements? I bet you do know this. You do, don't you?

 

With respect, JJ, you haven't shown the definition of competent on that other thread. What you have done it selectively picked a definition, out of context, that you believe suits your argument.

We can nip this in t'bud right now; are you saying that an orn'ary cove can not quite legally do gas work such as fitting a boiler in his own home if it's been done according to the full installation requirements? Ie, to a competent standard.

Simple yes or no - is it legal for a 'non-registered', cove to do this or not?

I say it is. What do you say?

 

Thanks P'boy. Y'reckon the rest of the boiler is on its way out too, so pretty pointless having this cheap and simple repair...?

 

How about sayin' 'yes' or 'no'?

 

Tee-hee .

Thanks all - I'll leave the decision up to themselves. (Sod's law would dictate that if I said "Repair it", it would break down big time a week later... )

 

Boiler is now tripping out repeatedly and needs resetting...

Is this likely to be connected with the worn fan bearings or yet another fault?!

Nan doesn't want a new boiler for the time being as I pointed out that almost certainly the tiles on the boxed-in pipework will need removing... On the kitchen she had tarted up (new tops, sink, hob, etc only a few months back.)

So, she's calling the cove who last serviced the boiler to ask if he'd willing to source and fit a reconditioned fan, or would only entertain fitting a new one.

Do GlowWorm still do 'fixed price' repairs, anyone know? (Chust about to check, but in case anyone knows of a good alternative to this?)

Ta muchly.

 

Cool - Vaillant do fixed price at £199. Nan going for this - they'll only fit new parts, won't they? So that's cheaper than chust the fan on its own.