Goodremy

Sorry it was leaking radiator water not gas. The liquid caused the corrosion. The CO detector works perfect; we regularly check it's functioning

Yeah, I'll try to that; the problem is they all say BG knows what it's doing. Here's a pic. Again it wasn't the gas pipe leaking; I think it's probably central heating water.

Thanks everyone for replying to the post. I have been busy chasing quotes the whole day. This condemned boiler, here's the story: so, we have had British gas (BG)Homecare contract for over 4 years which includes among other things, central heating and boiler service. On 2/11/22, the BG engineer came to service the boiler which was working perfectly ( 22 rads, loads of hot water). About 3 mins into the service, he called out alarmed, asking if the boiler had ever been serviced. I was confused. I told him it's been serviced annually by BG! He showed me a hole in the casing and pointed to a horrible looking yellowish crusty weepy joint on top of the boiler; apparently it had been leaking over a long time and it had caused corrosion on the case. On close examination, the whole area behind the flue is rusted. This is a room sealed boiler and so it's an integral part of the boiler. The leaky joint is clearly visible when the front cover is off - it appears prior BG engineers couldn't be bothered to fix it while certifying the boiler as safe. Might I add that the carbon monoxide alarm present has never detected any gases. British gas denied responsibility for negligence and say that the boiler was old anyway but as a Matter of "goodwill" they've offered to refund 2 years worth of boiler service fees we paid and also one central heating cover totalling - which is still somewhere in the post. Now we've got about 5 local plumbers in but all of them say it's unsafe and only quote for a new boiler. I think we are now tending towards a system boiler as the hot water was so slow to get to the tap and we have two showers with 2 pumps - like I said we have 2 separate plumbing systems (original house and extension. Well get it combined. We'll be renovating but with high prices we'll wait So perhaps in 2 years time. For now we'll upgrade the mains - we'd thought we'd do it with the renovation but it is what it is.

The current boiler is a regular boiler and the price is for replacing like with like. The higher price is for a system boilet. This includes boiler, invented cylinder, removing cold water tank from loft, upgrading pipes.

We're at a fix; any help will be welcome. Regular boiler has been condemned because of hole in casing but it was in good working condition. Currently we have 3 massive feeder tanks in the loft in opposite sides of the house; everything in this house is in twos as it was extended by previous owners and nothing was consolidated. We are planning a big renovation in 18 months and will be moving out while this is done. We were looking to install a system boiler then; we are a family of 6. Right now we don't have heating and hot water. The question is what boiler do we get? Having a system now will cost £4300 and a regular will cost £2500. If we got the system boiler now, all pipework will need upgrading including the external mains. On the other hand a new regular boiler would use the current setup but we'll be using it for only a short time until we renovate. If we got the system boiler now, can it be disconnected (when we evacuate the house) for a year while the house is being built? Also what about storage? Will the inside mould? Our current cylinder is very old and doesn't make the most of our solar so we were looking to invest in a twin coil solar one. The two showers we have right now run on two separate pumps that keep breaking and drawing too much hot water that the hot water is finished only after two people have been in. We always hoped this current boiler would function until the big build.