Homecare & British 'laughing' Gas quote

Homecare & British 'laughing' Gas quote

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Ken Figenus

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5,708 posts

118 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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My Worcester Bosch bit them! So they are out for revenge!



They gave me a comedy Homecare policy renewal quote 2yrs ago so went elsewhere. However they gave me a quote half the previous renewal this year so I went back with them again...and then the DHW heat exchanger clogged. Big job but they fixed it and then noted that despite the fact I have a magnetite filter in circuit that it needs a Powerflush costing half the cost of a new boiler! Its a one man one day job right - rig a powerful pump in place of the circulation pump and flush? (no details at all of process/additives/process etc on the quote - never a good idea that...)

There is nothing implied in the quote that they wont continue to cover the system if not done but the engineer did grumble such mutterings.

I will likely get it done by a far more reasonable local heating engineer, but any advice welcome here.

thx

Ken Figenus

Original Poster:

5,708 posts

118 months

Wednesday 29th June 2016
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That seems more like it and what I thought it should cost - Brit Gas is a big machine to feed plus their shareholders want a divvy!

Ken Figenus

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5,708 posts

118 months

Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Ouch!

Do they remove the rads on a powerflush to tip any sludge out and is this why they count the rads? As I said zero detail on what they actually do on quote despite the several pages of writing!