What is the average lifespan of Potterton boiler?

Servicing older Potterton boilers is usually easy peasy, but you may find you need to spend money on repairs. However, it’s worth remembering that even the best brands having a life span of around 14 – 16 years.

How often should a Potterton boiler be serviced?

Regardless of whether you own one of the old Potterton Suprima or Kingfisher model, or you have newer boiler still in warranty, it’s important to get it serviced every year. Arranging a standard boiler service ensures that your Potterton boiler will be safe to run in your home.

What’s the best way to pay for Potterton Puma boilers?

A lot of the older Potterton Puma Combi boilers fitted 20 years ago are now coming to the end of the lives. What’s the best way to pay? If you don’t like the idea of paying for your Potterton boiler service up front, you may like the idea of a service plan. It’s something that’s proving very popular with our customers!

Who is the manufacturer of the Potterton boiler?

Another well-known British brand, Potterton boilers were sold as reliable boilers to homeowners back in the day. A while ago, they merged with Baxi, and now they’re not so much at the forefront of advertising, but still manufacture good products.

Can a Potterton boiler be used in a social house?

Potterton’s boilers are now aimed at social housing and new builds, and the company pride themselves on making boilers people can rely on. There’s a lot of old AND new Potterton boilers working away quietly, heating Britain’s homes. In fact, you may well have moved house to find a Potterton boiler in the property.

When does a Potterton kingfisher boiler shut down?

This boiler has a pilot light which only runs when the boiler is ON. It shuts down when there is no demand for heat. When there is demand for heat, the pilot flame lights first then about one second later the pilot lights the main burner. This misleads owners and technicians into not realising there is a separate pilot light at all.

How old is the Potterton boiler in the UK?

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What does lock out light on Potterton kingfisher MF mean?

‍The Kingfisher MF has overheat protection so should the heat exchanger overheat, the boiler ‘locks out’. ‘Locking out’ means the boiler illuminates a red ‘lockout light’ and turns itself off, requiring the user to reset boiler by pressing the ‘Reset’ button once the boiler had cooled for a while.

What happens if the Kingfisher heat exchanger overheats?

The Kingfisher MF has overheat protection so should the heat exchanger overheat, the boiler ‘locks out’. ‘Locking out’ means the boiler illuminates a red ‘lockout light’ and turns itself off, requiring the user to reset boiler by pressing the ‘Reset’ button once the boiler had cooled for a while.