Condemned boilers in Bromley usually don't have to be replaced, but can
be repaired. There are various reasons for condemning a boiler, but
the bottom line is always that it is not safe to use, at the moment
of the test.
This is usually no worse than your car failing the
MOT due to worn brakes. It can be dangerous, and should not be used
until new brakes have been fitted, but there is no reason to scrap
the car. The same goes for your boiler.
If you have been told you need a new boiler and you want to a second opinion:
Mon-Fri 08.30-20.30
0208 265 8822 Emergencies and out of hours 07852 736 626
Condemned boilers show up in in all types of houses in Bromley. Home owners now find themselves in a
peculiar situation. You have a maintenance contract or a
boiler insurance, and in stead of the company sending
somebody to repair it when it has packed up, they send somebody to
turn it off when it was working perfectly.And what is more, the
repair is usually not covered under you boiler insurance or
maintenance contract, so they leave you without heating. It is not
surprising that more and more people say goodbye to the big (and
expensive) national companies, and find themselves a good local
heating engineer.
Why are there so many more condemned boilers in Bromley now, then there used
to be?
The number one reason without a doubt,
is that the Government have recently tightened up the safety
criteria. Leaving out the jargon, what used to be considered as "not
quite what it should be, but it will do" has been changed to: "not
acceptable".
The result of this is that many people
who had their boiler serviced or checked every year on a contract,
always had it approved year after year. Engineers working for
companies like BG or what people still call the gas board, now have
no choice but to condemn the boiler, even if it has worked fine for
20 years.In this way more and more people are having to face up to
dealing with condemned boilers in
Bromley.
There are other reasons why you can
suddenly find the boiler that has always been fine has now suddenly
been labelled dangerous. deterioration of the casing of the boiler,
or the flue not being sealed properly any more are also common.
Usually, this can be repaired safely. Sometimes, this is not
possible any more unfortunately. Whether or not condemned boilers
can be repaired, depends on the situation. The only way to find out
is for the heating engineer to inspect and test that particular boiler.
Although there are defects that are more common in Bromley, and
others that occur more in other areas like Kent or Surrey due to the
different styles of building, there is no way to predict what the
reason was for turning the appliance off. This means that it is
impossible to give you an estimate of the cost over the phone, let
alone a quote.
In the majority of cases it will be
clear what the best line of action is. Usually it is a modest amount
of work that will get everything back to working perfectly. When it
turns out the system can't be fixed because the boiler is so old
that the parts that are needed can't be found any more (rare, but it
does happen ) it is also an easy decision.
The real challenge comes when the
parts are still available, but extremely expensive, and a large
amount of money for a lot of labour on top of that. This is a
situation where the engineer can't really advice you. He could tell
you what he would do, but it is your boiler, your house, your money,
and therefore it should be your decision what happens when your
boiler is condemned.
You may want to bookmark this page for
future use when somebody gives you the old spiel starting with the
sharp intake of breath, followed by: "Ooooohh, sorry guv, but it
looks like you need a new one to me".
If it happens to you and you want it to be made safe again in stead of spending over a
thousand pounds on a new one that you don't need,
call a good central heating engineer.
Mon-Fri 08.30-20.30
0208 265 8822 Emergencies and out of hours 07852 736 626
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The important thing to remember is
that if you are one of the hundreds of people with condemned
boilers in Bromley, is to call this number before you waste
hundreds if not thousands of pounds on a boiler install that you
don't need.
If all this is too technical or too
complicated for you to really get all the finer details, don't
worry, and just remember one thing.Of all the hundreds of condemned
boilers in Bromley this year alone, 90% do/did NOT have to be
replaced.
The same is true all over London.
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