Recent content by Auriol

Well, in the best case scenario, something like 'don't worry, all combi boilers have safety settings which mean they won't blow up, they'll just shut down' or 'gas doesn't smell like ammonia, so that's probably XYZ'. I've got a CO detector. Having said that, weirdly I have suddenly developed a...

No sh*t. It's a Worcester 240.

What good would posting a photo of my gas certificate do? Don't you think I've got better things to do than troll people about gas boilers? Pretty sure if I was going to do any trolling I'd pick a more salacious forum. Any chance you can post your address so I can send your wife a sympathy card?

Obviously I don't know if it's dangerous, hence I'm asking for advice - thought I might find someone who knows what they're talking about, but I'll keep looking. Turning off my access to heating and hot water for 4 days is not ideal, but if an expert told me that the circumstances I've described...

Really? Does this sound dangerous to you? It will be a massive inconvenience (not so much the heating but the hot water) - but obviously I'd rather be safe! Thanks for your help.

Hi all My boiler is fairly old (not sure how old, but the gas man said that they can't get parts for it any more). He said it was safe (provided the cert), but then a few days later the switch stopped working, and so now we have to turn it on and off at the mains to get heating/hot water. I...