Hi!
So, my boiler cut out the other day, and after about an hour with the manual and a lucky guess I figured out it was the fan. Anyway, I bought a fan and after taking a look at the one already in my boiler I figured it wasn't impossible to fit myself, just 4 screws and 2 tubes.
Well, I was wrong it turns out it was 4 screws, 2 tubes and a pipe around the back for ventilation. Anyway, I took it out with no problem and put it all back exactly the same. Except for the pipe round the back. I know for a fact it wasn't airtight before as it just sat over a cylinder leading to outside, but I don't know if I got it exactly the same as before. Eventually, I decided the fan did most of the work anyway, so as long as it led outside it'd be fine.
But after about 2 hours having "fixed" my boiler (now runs well) I'm getting extremely paranoid about a possible carbon monoxide leak due to incomplete ventilation and thus burning. So, to check I decided I'd see the colour of the flame in the boiler (assuming blue meant complete combustion and orange meant possibly warning signs). Its mostly blue with licks of orange here and there (if I had to give a %, about 75-80% blue, 20-25% orange).
Now I have no idea how blue or orange it's meant to be normally and I also have little to no experience in fixing plumbing/heating (though I do a little basic DIY around the house), but is this normal?
Thanks in advance.
So, my boiler cut out the other day, and after about an hour with the manual and a lucky guess I figured out it was the fan. Anyway, I bought a fan and after taking a look at the one already in my boiler I figured it wasn't impossible to fit myself, just 4 screws and 2 tubes.
Well, I was wrong it turns out it was 4 screws, 2 tubes and a pipe around the back for ventilation. Anyway, I took it out with no problem and put it all back exactly the same. Except for the pipe round the back. I know for a fact it wasn't airtight before as it just sat over a cylinder leading to outside, but I don't know if I got it exactly the same as before. Eventually, I decided the fan did most of the work anyway, so as long as it led outside it'd be fine.
But after about 2 hours having "fixed" my boiler (now runs well) I'm getting extremely paranoid about a possible carbon monoxide leak due to incomplete ventilation and thus burning. So, to check I decided I'd see the colour of the flame in the boiler (assuming blue meant complete combustion and orange meant possibly warning signs). Its mostly blue with licks of orange here and there (if I had to give a %, about 75-80% blue, 20-25% orange).
Now I have no idea how blue or orange it's meant to be normally and I also have little to no experience in fixing plumbing/heating (though I do a little basic DIY around the house), but is this normal?
Thanks in advance.