Boiler service on a modern unit - worth it?

[Howard-]

Hi all,

Our new(ish) house has a Worcester combi which was installed in 2015. Everything appears to work fine, but I was wondering if it's worth having someone round to "service" it and give the system a general once-over?

I'm happy to spend the money but I'm wondering if it's truly necessary on newer boilers.

Thanks!

[Howard-]

LookAtMyCat said:

This is a good point. I didn't think about it myself but a lot of my regular customers who I see every year are like extended family and if they ever have a problem i'm round there as quick as I possibly can. I know their kids names, they know mine etc, definitely helps you out if you get a breakdown.

On the servicing side; with modern boilers we don't do a lot. Outside of the now very long warranties you get with boilers now (10 years on most) you aren't going to get that many benefits. It used to be that servicing would spot things before they happened and turned into major problems (a well known one was the leaking Vaillant diverter valves that slowly rotted the mild steel gas pipe which then blew the boiler up a couple of years later; wrote off a load of boilers that were only 3-5 years old) but with these mega warranties that isn't as important as it was.
The upside is with the warranties you have to get them done. I do a lot more than the manufacturers ask, but even doing that I could do most services in 10 minutes if I wanted to.

I don't have any record of any previous services done on the boiler before we moved in unfortunately. Is this going to spoil a warranty claim no matter how many services I have done from now on?

[Howard-]

MJNewton said:

Poor OP is abusing his local heating engineers for wanting more than £20 to visit for a check-up.

I haven't said a word!