Biasi Garda Intermittent Shut Off

[sithomas]

Hi everyone, new to the forum.

I have a Biasi Garda HE boiler which was in the house when I bought it ( not sure how old it is) which has an annoying intermittent fault.

Boiler details are:
Model: M96.24SM/B
Serial: N191200106 GB
GC #: 47-970-25

Basically, the boiler will intermittently display the 'Lack of burner ignition (no ignition signal from the full seqence ignition device)' error and will shut itself off. Some days, the boiler will run for hours before it does this, other days it will do this every 10 minutes or so!

I've had a corgi reg'd friend look it over and he suggests I should just get it replaced. Can anyone offer any more advice as I'm a bit strapped for cash after Xmas!

Thanks
Si

 

[Tibbot]

There are a few things that need checking. Unfortunately they all require a visit. Your boiler is repairable and it's highly unlikely you need a new one. However you do require a proper boiler engineer. Someone who's simply Gas Safe registered is of little use.

 

[Agile]

Your friend clearly has little repair experience. Presumably just an installer who wants a good value job from you!

That boiler is about the most reliable Band B ever made and totally repairable.

Because its basically working a very small fault too. But it does need to be diagnosed at the boiler.

Not quite so easy in a less populated area where there will be less RGIs to be able to find one who specialises in repairs.

 

[sithomas]

Thanks for the advice guys. Is there a list on here anywhere of specialised boiler repair engineers?

I've spoke to a few local engineers and the general consensus is to go with British Gas and their fixed price repair guarantee they've currently got on offer. My concern is that due to the intermittent nature of the fault, I don't want to be paying out for a British Gas engineer who sees the boiler working fine, and for him to decide there's nothing wrong with it!

Cheers
Si

 

[Agile]

Call Biasi and ask if they have a service agent near you. They may try to sell you a repair.

I would expect to be charging less than £100 inclusive if it was in my local area!

Tony

 

[sithomas]

Thanks for the advice Tony. I'll get on to biasi in the next day or two, although I won't hold out much hope out here in the sticks!

If I can get this successfully fixed, what's the standard life expectancy of my boiler?

Si

 

[Agile]

10-15 years!

I have only ever replaced two Biasi boilers but fixed a few thousand.