Post by Melanie A on Feb 21, 2018 10:25:26 GMT -5
Hi,
We've just purchased a house, and with a rough guestimate the Powermax 140 in the property is around 15 years old.
The decorator we employed to do a full redec before moving in noticed that the boiler was leaking through to the ceiling beneath it. The boiler is above the stairs in a little cupboard in one of the bedrooms.
Stupidly, we didn't get a property survey done before purchasing the property, which may have picked up on the leak. But now having read up on the all the horror stories concerning the Powermax brand we're more than a little concerned that we may have made a costly mistake.
We turned boiler off when we first entered the house and don't intend on turning it back on until we move in during March. Would turning the boiler off have made it leak?
We have a boiler engineer coming out to look at the boiler tonight, so at the moment I can't be specific as the problem, but if the repair is going to be costly and the boiler is renowned for breaking down would you recommend that we bite the bullet and get a new boiler entirely?
Needless to say, I'm slightly annoyed because no doubt the previous owner knew about the reputation of the boiler and about the leak, but has left it to us to bear the brunt of the cost.
We've just purchased a house, and with a rough guestimate the Powermax 140 in the property is around 15 years old.
The decorator we employed to do a full redec before moving in noticed that the boiler was leaking through to the ceiling beneath it. The boiler is above the stairs in a little cupboard in one of the bedrooms.
Stupidly, we didn't get a property survey done before purchasing the property, which may have picked up on the leak. But now having read up on the all the horror stories concerning the Powermax brand we're more than a little concerned that we may have made a costly mistake.
We turned boiler off when we first entered the house and don't intend on turning it back on until we move in during March. Would turning the boiler off have made it leak?
We have a boiler engineer coming out to look at the boiler tonight, so at the moment I can't be specific as the problem, but if the repair is going to be costly and the boiler is renowned for breaking down would you recommend that we bite the bullet and get a new boiler entirely?
Needless to say, I'm slightly annoyed because no doubt the previous owner knew about the reputation of the boiler and about the leak, but has left it to us to bear the brunt of the cost.
