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Ken Harper and his apprentice Mitchell Ward were called to a suspected water leak on this boiler. It was not leaking water but they did get a shock when they took off the front cover. Luckily, the appliance was not in use: they made safe and a new boiler has now been fitted. Operations manager John Boxall says the company’s engineer went to install a hob. But then the property’s new owner said she had some concerns about the boiler – with good reason. The appliance was Immediately Dangerous, so the engineer capped it and raised a RIDDOR.

Tiziano Perera was called to a constant drip of water from the bathroom ceiling. The boiler’s chimney/ flue had been replaced with plastic flue pipe except the final terminal, which was aluminium. After Tiziano replaced the chimney/flue terminal, he noticed that the condense pipe from the boiler was also discharging into a copper pipe, then into a kitchen drain, where the PRP from the boiler was also connected. The condense pipe and PRP have now also been installed correctly.

Tim Welford was called to trace and repair a gas escape and found the gas pipe corroded inside the wall because it had not been sleeved. The pipework has now been replaced, complete with sleeving.