Recent content by wjhall

Thanks for that. Yes I can just about see the pilot getting smaller. I have booked a service but the engineer can't come until Friday! Is there anything I can do in the meantime to try and keep it going? I have cleaned the pilot itself but that has not made any difference.

I have a really ancient potterton Kingfisher which is overdue for replacement. However that is not due to happen until the spring. Recently it has performed very well but now I have a problem. The pilot light will stay alight no problem. However as soon as the boiler fires up it runs for...

The plumber undid 4 Screws and then pulled away from the boiler a small rectangular plate with the thermocouple, ignitor and pilot light on it. When outside the boiler (but still connected) he was able to light the pilot and it stayed lit. However when he refitted this plate to the boiler the...

I have a Kingfisher which was running fine before Christmas when it was turned off as we were going away for 3 weks. Now we are back trhe pilot won't light. I have replaced the thermocouple but that was not the problem. I called a plumber who removed the pilot light from the boiler and it lit...