Big Rigg

I was (still am but I fixed the issue thanks to this forum ) in dispute with a technician and therefore i had to stick around the marina where he works from.

I have emailed them recently to extend my stay. They were satisfied with the reason I gave them and they extended my stay, no further questions asked.

Update: The accumulator was indeed too pressurised. It was a very simple fix. No need for a new more powerful (and expensive) water pump. I am disgusted by the technician's level of professionalism. He is a hack or a scammer. Now that I have additional evidence of this, i will pursue the matter further. I don't want this to happen to someone else and i wonder how much he would have ripped me off should I have never found out about canalworld. I will try to post a couple of pictures and update the YouTube videos descriptions in the hope that it will help someone in the future. I will also try to update this thread with any legal advice I can gather along the way. I would like to thank you all again for your input and your concerns. I will from now on always recommend the Canalworld community over any technician/engineer!

The heater would need to be set really low not to notice it in the shower.

He admitted he did not check the accumulator and he failed to identify the issue. Instead, he offered a solution which would have aggravated the situation. How can I trust the rest of his work? I can't. I have to hire someone else at my expense to ensure my boat is safe to live in. He is a license holder and he should be made accoutable for this.

Latest update: I have told him I want to check the accumulator first before spending more money on a pump. He no longer wants to work on my behalf. He is registered by the way. Do you think I have ground to report him?

"Oh and bear in mind the valve will be like that for a car tyre so make sure the pump you get has the right fitting. Racing bike tyres have a different type of valve. " Will do, thanks

Big thank you to Jess Nick Brummie and everyone else who participated. You have just saved me 150 quids. I was going to go through with it but you convinced me to do it myself. I'm going to get a bike pump and a tire pressure gauge and I will share my results. Hopefully no later than Sunday. Here's another recommendation he gave me: change the shower hose to a larger shower hose. Which I did of course, silly me. What??? Were you able to recognise the 15mm pipe from the video? Are you 100% sure Morco recommends 22mm and NOT 15mm? He installed the pipes. If what you say is correct, I have reason to sue this guy, and I will. Please confirm

There you have it. When I turn off my pump, I can get, at best, a couple of shots of water (50ml). Clearly there's no water in there.

A quick update: After much persistence, I am now in contact with the technician. He thinks that replacing my pump (2.9 gallons/l) to a 4.5 gallons/l will solve the issue. He also says the accumulator should have come already pressurized so it should not be the issue. Lets see how our next meeting turns out. Maybe he's not a hack, just a laid back kinda guy...or plain lazy.

He is meant to be gas safe registered. I didn't check personally. I trusted the Marina.

I called a Marina nearby and they recommended me this guy, who lives there. The marina are now telling me there's nothing they can do but pass on the message to him. I'm fuming.

Sound advice, I'll get on it, fingers crossed No real issue with the cold water How do you know? I was not aware of any of this before I made this thread. Guess I'll have to gear up. Am I the only one to think the technician is completely out of order?

The pump starts and stops with the surges. I had a professional who charged me over a £1000 to install the hot water (boiler+ accumulator and a couple of other things). Now, he doesn't reply to my emails/texts/phone calls. As I said in my previous post, I just had the work done by a technician recommended by a marina. He lives there I think. I haven't heard a reply from him since before Christmas.

re you thinking of an accumulator? I have googled "pressure reservoir"and all I got was accumulator, is this it? If it is, mine is brand new, installed in December