DIY boiler service

[RedneckStumpy]

We (DH) servicing our oil boiler tonight. We heat 100% with a wood stove but the oil is our backup.

It looks to be a really easy job but just wondering if anyone knows if you should replace the filters regularly,

Yeah I'm sure it's a really simple job and I'm sure you have the test equipment to ensure it's safety when you're done fiddling. Get an OFTEC engineer in. Diying on a fuel burning appliance is not worth being killed by CO poisoning.

We have a ratchet set, we understand the risks.

Anyway job is complete, the burner, fan and nozzle are clean. We also vacuumed the heat exchanger and the firebox. It runs very well.

We have a ratchet set, we understand the risks

We have one too, but it's not a DIY job! Fgs get yourselves a CO alarm and pay a qualified and insured engineer.

We have a CO alarm, and a smoke alarm. We just flushed the pipes, as we think there may have been a air lock.

Servicing a boiler is NOT a diy job!!! How can you even be certain your CO alarm is working properly? I think you're being really irresponsible to be honest.

How can you even be certain your CO alarm is working properly?

How can anyone be certain?

Anyone who is not suitably qualified and services their own boiler could, in no particular order, 1. invalidate their home insurance; and 2. kill themselves and others due to lack of competence.

Can you imagine the responses on here if someone buying a house found the sellers had stated the boiler had been regularly serviced and when asked for proof was told, "there isn't any, we did it ourselves".

Bluesheep8

Fair enough your opinion differs to mine,

wowfudge
We are not in the UK, so different set of rules. I am not worried about selling as I have no intention of ever moving,

It was a tight month we needed to save money and we did. I feel happy that I know my way around it and understand it.

Knock yourselves out then.

There really isn’t that much difference between a boiler and a wood stove,

I’m just going to highlight that as you seem to be asking a parenting forum the best way to work on safety critical components on an appliance burning fossil fuels. A PARENTING FORUM. I hope it’s just you and DH at home because If you are risking your children’s lives to save £80 then honestly fuck you

Well said Root I cant believe what I have just read from the OP, I’m horrified.

And this year’s Darwin Award goes too...RedneckStumpy!

soupdragon you have it rested as part of a proper service?

A CO alarm isn't part of a boiler is it?

It's down as a item to be tested if present on most service sheets, some CO alarms even let you download a detailed status report and event log onto a phone or tablet.

soupdragon no it's not part of a boiler, but if there is one it would be tested along with smoke alarms and gas appliances as part of a service...