Worcester 28i Junior won't ignite

mrpmorris · 9 Jul 2009

Now and again my boiler won't ignite and the warning light flashes. Often pressing the reset button will fix this, but not today apparently.

Any ideas what I can try? I noticed that the water pressure level has somehow crept up from 1 to 2.5 - how do I release some of the pressure, do I have to bleed some radiators and do you think it might help?

Thanks!

plummerman · 9 Jul 2009

You could try thr yellow pages or the local free ads. There's a big section devoted to plumbers and heating engineers with registered GAS SAFE numbers!!!

mrpmorris · 9 Jul 2009

plummerman said:
You could try thr yellow pages or the local free ads. There's a big section devoted to plumbers and heating engineers with registered GAS SAFE numbers!!!

I know, but if I can just press a button or turn a dial then I'd rather not pay someone a call out fee, so I thought I'd ask on here first.

gas4you · 9 Jul 2009

Check your filling loop is not letting by, by disconnecting it.

Release the excess pressure via a drain cock under a raditor or the boiler.

This probably has nothing to do with the intermittent problem of not firing, but do this first anyway

fatplumber · 10 Jul 2009

How old is it? This is, in my experience, one of the most reliable boilers on the market. It does need servicing though. If this hasn't been done for a while there could be a build up of crap in the condensate trap and combustion chamber. The gas valve could have gone out of range and there is a whole load of stuff that can be wrong.

mrpmorris · 10 Jul 2009

fatplumber said:
How old is it? This is, in my experience, one of the most reliable boilers on the market. It does need servicing though. If this hasn't been done for a while there could be a build up of crap in the condensate trap and combustion chamber. The gas valve could have gone out of range and there is a whole load of stuff that can be wrong.

It's about 2 years old, not been serviced at all. I'll give someone a call to come and service it, I expect getting it to ignite should come as part of the service.

Cheers

fatplumber · 10 Jul 2009

No, if there is a problem that isn't fixed by servicing then you will have a bill.

BingoBongo · 10 Jul 2009

mrpmorris said:
fatplumber said:

How old is it? This is, in my experience, one of the most reliable boilers on the market. It does need servicing though. If this hasn't been done for a while there could be a build up of crap in the condensate trap and combustion chamber. The gas valve could have gone out of range and there is a whole load of stuff that can be wrong.

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It's about 2 years old, not been serviced at all. I'll give someone a call to come and service it, I expect getting it to ignite should come as part of the service.

Cheers

do not phone someone for a service when it clearly requires a repair!!!!

ask for a repair then a service

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