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Originally Posted by zoombini
Same thing when the diaphram went, Corgi chap wouldn't even consider replacing just the diaphram, wanted £150 to replace the whole valve assy.
Cost me £17.50, took 1/2 hour & has been fine for the past 5 years.
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We have a sticking valve on our Baxi boiler at home. Had a Corgi guy out to it last year when it started to stick. He diagnosed the problem, but as it started working as soon as he turned the control knob off/on again, he said we would have to call back when it stuck again as he was not 100% sure it was the problem. Over £100 for the call out. I do not remember the exact figure, but he was talking about £200+ to replace the whole valve assembly as he said that the bit sticking (maybe the solenoid - cannot remember too clearly) was not availabale. It has stuck a few times since then, but a quick turn off/on of the gas control knob has freed it again.
Guess this is a fairly common problem. At the last house we had a simlar problem with the boiler there. The guy that came out was about to go on holiday and did not have time to get the parts in and fit them before that. As this was the middle of winter, the heating was completely broken and we had a few month old baby, he told me where to get the part and how to fit it.
The problem is, I cannot remeber where I got if from. I suspect that it was mail-order, but cannot even remember that for sure.
So, does anyone know where spares can be obtained? (I would really like to avoid having to buy a whole gas valve assembly for a few quid part.