Will a local gas engineer be good enough to fix this boiler from your own experience? British Gas also offer a one off repair cost, but I don't know how value this is and how quickly they can come as they aren't the fastest responder.
Worcester Bosch themselves will give you a list of accredited engineers, but I have a feeling they are for install rather than repair and being able to install a boiler is a completely different skill to being able to repair a boiler.
What has your experience in terms of the best way for boiler repair?","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51609941","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"newbie68"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T18:29:12.000Z","text":"Until I found one person who services correctly, every other service I have had has done nothing more than a gas safety check and inspection (they called it a service).
If you're bothering to service your boiler find someone who actually services it as it should be done. If your paying a special £49 boiler service you are wasting yout time and money."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51607294","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"wpj"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T13:49:16.000Z","text":"They usually have 7/10 year if it has been serviced regularly.
Ours is now 8 years and the condensate pump had gone at the last service a few weeks ago, so this was replaced without charge (and they didn't charge for the service!)."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51608623","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"George200191"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T16:14:19.000Z","text":"My Worcester boiler is 10years old and are local engineer said could go for another 2. Hopefully longer "},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51609490","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"sidhoooooo"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T17:43:27.000Z","text":"I went for a boiler services from a local company highly rated, very professional, everything done on line etc, until I ended up calling an manufacturer approved engineer, who showed me a number of areas on the boiler that had not been opened to be serviced properly ( the screws within the boiler had as alignment paint, the manufacturer engineer, stated it would be nearer impossible with 8 different screws so they lined up with the factory paint, therefore the screws had never been removed)
Additionally all boilers have programmes and nuances in their settings a manufacturer approved service engineer, would likely have seen faults a number of times therefore a quicker fix ( I have another story about this)"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51615038","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gj9382"},"datePublished":"2023-11-29T09:49:00.000Z","text":"WB boilers are popular and as such, any engineer worth his salt will know how to service and repair one.
BG plans, IMO, are a waste of money. Find a local independent and get it serviced by them.
Same goes for your car."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51606815","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"JimboParrot"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T13:02:31.000Z","text":"Have you had it serviced every year?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51607793","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"HonourableGentleman"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T14:43:26.000Z","text":"I used a local company for installation and they've serviced it every year since then with zero issues."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51607819","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Uridium"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T14:45:04.000Z","text":"Check your warranty, my 3 year old Worcester Bosch has a 10yr warranty (as long as its serviced yearly)"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51607848","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"JimboParrot"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T14:48:09.000Z","text":"The warranties can vary according to the installer's accreditation. I have a Vaillant and that has 10 years' cover, but not all do."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51608613","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"JimboParrot"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T16:13:19.000Z","text":"I can't believe you've never had it serviced. Mine is done every year and the amount of 'stuff' the Magna Clean captures is quite surprising. You are extremely lucky you've not had any issues.
Out of interest, how often do you have your car serviced and oil changed etc?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51614894","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"TheUrbis"},"datePublished":"2023-11-29T09:35:57.000Z","text":"My WB is now 17 years old. Serviced annually, never had an issue.
People that don't service things confuse me."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51635617","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"HellriderUKDeals69"},"datePublished":"2023-12-01T10:26:06.000Z","text":"I have my Baxi boiler serviced every year (around £90) as it's a mandatory requirement for the Home Emergency cover add-on for a small additional cost (it was around £35 or something on top of Contents cover insurance).
The Home emergency cover provides for up to £1000 labour+costs in case of boiler breakdown with no call out charges or excess."}],"commentCount":25,"interactionStatistic":7,"articleSection":"Ask"}