Vulcan boiler gas valve repair

[stuey43]

Hi my mother in law has a Vulcan Autostat boiler which is obviously now an antique !!!! the gromet in the gas valve is perished and our corgi fitter has shut it down. Does any one know where I can obtain a gas valve that will match or replace (maybe some kind of Honeywell although I have found their customer service to be v unhelpful!)
A replacement boiler would be costly and seems unecessary if a repair is poss

Thanks

 

[stuey43]

Hi my mother in law has a Vulcan Autostat boiler which is obviously now an antique !!!! the gromet in the gas valve is perished and our corgi fitter has shut it down. Does any one know where I can obtain a gas valve that will match or replace (maybe some kind of Honeywell although I have found their customer service to be v unhelpful!)
A replacement boiler would be costly and seems unecessary if a repair is poss

Thanks

Oh by the way the gas valve no. is V8267A1236

 

[oakland99]

blimey vulcan autostat must be 25 -30 years old...give honeywell number of gas valve and they should tell you of a direct replacement, but don't be too surprised if its obsolete,,maybe time to get the mother in law a new boiler.

 

[stuey43]

Thank you, I guessed it would be difficult although if you dont ask!!.......I have just been searching the web and found a solenoid valve suppliers and emailed them the details.....have you any other ideas apart from Honeywell for a replacement??

 

[Agile]

I cannot immagine what this "grommet" is meant to be!

The Vulcan is probably little more than 50% efficient compared with a new boiler at 94%.

I can see little point in repairing such an old boiler. The savings would pay for the new boiler within a few years.

Tony

 

[John M]

Ya can't tell the diff between My Ma In Law & a old boiler

Norah Battersby fer ferk sake ....... I kid you not

 

[ChrisR]

Buy her some thicker woolly tights?

 

[giblets]

Have just finished taking a similar beast out for the same reason. That, and many of the joints in the h/e were leaking fumes as proved by a smoke test.

TBH, if you wife values her mother, it's new boiler time I'm afraid.

 

[energyassessor]

the vlcan is a g rated boiler and would qualify for replacement under the warm front or coldbusters grants depending on your mother in laws circumstances. she would have to be over 70 or on qualifying benefits..
may be worth exploring ???????????

google the energy saving trust for available grants

 

[Agile]

For your first post you have succeeded in replying to a posting from THREE years ago!

Hopefully within a few weeks of the original they will have replaced the boiler.

It seems you are unaware of all the hassles of having a Warmfront installation even for those who qualify.

Tony

 

[energyassessor]

yep tony i see that now

still good advice though cold busters and warmfront are still ongoing no hassle at all

i can say that because my wife is disabled we had a new condensing combi system installed last summer under cold busters and just had cavity wall insulation done under warm front..............no cost to us

might even do myself an epc........

 

[Corgigrouch]

Several times I have directed customers who might qualify to Warmfront, the last time, both were registered disabled and I had to turn off their boiler, ID...... They are delighted with the boiler that I ended up fitting as Warm front couldn't fit a new boiler till January.