Help Please...Pilot Light on No heating/hot water!

[bash_2357]

Hi

Can anyone help a newbie please? This morning no heating/hot water but the pilot light is still working. Someone suggested it could be the thermocouple? If so can that be done by me or do i need to call out a plumber? My concern is that i don't get ripped off!
I reckon the boiler is around 10-14 years old and it is not a combi boiler.

Thanks in advance

 

[ChrisR]

Not the TC if the pilot's still on.
Then it depends on the boiler.....

 

[kevplumb]

but the pilot light is still working. Someone suggested it could be the thermocouple?

someone is talking silly then

or do i need to call out a plumber? My concern is that i don't get ripped off!

so you post on the plumbing forum

I reckon the boiler is around 10-14 years old and it is not a combi boiler.

how about a starter for 10

 

[bash_2357]

This guy suggested to me that the TC is not identifying the fact that the pilot light is on and therefore not working and hence needs replacing? Complete Rubbish?