Hi, I have had the above boiler for around 8 years now, but have been having problems lately. Unfortunately, the boiler hasn't been serviced in that time.
Firstly, the shower (bath shower mixer tap) has a tendency to run hot-cold-hot-cold.
Also today, there was no hot water, or heating. When I switched the boiler to constant, it didn't fire up, though the pilot was on, and stayed lit at all times.
I thought it may have been a blocked covered flue (dad told me it may be this, as he had similar problem at his home), so checked out back, and cut-back some nearby ivy. The Boiler fired up. I thought this must have been the problem. But when I switched the boiler off, and back on, it didn't fire again. After trying this a few times, i managed to get it fired again, but it is now fairly intermittant.
Would never fire up each time I tried.
I know these things can be a bit vague, but would rather have an idea before calling an engineer, who may try a few things before finding the fault, and thus, cost unnecessary money.
Cheers for any advice/info offered.
MJ
Firstly, the shower (bath shower mixer tap) has a tendency to run hot-cold-hot-cold.
Also today, there was no hot water, or heating. When I switched the boiler to constant, it didn't fire up, though the pilot was on, and stayed lit at all times.
I thought it may have been a blocked covered flue (dad told me it may be this, as he had similar problem at his home), so checked out back, and cut-back some nearby ivy. The Boiler fired up. I thought this must have been the problem. But when I switched the boiler off, and back on, it didn't fire again. After trying this a few times, i managed to get it fired again, but it is now fairly intermittant.
Would never fire up each time I tried.
I know these things can be a bit vague, but would rather have an idea before calling an engineer, who may try a few things before finding the fault, and thus, cost unnecessary money.
Cheers for any advice/info offered.
MJ