Recent content by DIYniubee

thanks everyone for their advice. apologies for late reply as not online often. i re-lighted the pilot again shortly after my previous post and this time, it stayed alight. whereas previously, the pilot would go off again after a couple of hours. just as well, given the cold weather that...

thanks greemyamochop does the pilot flame going out twice or the pump not working initially suggest a gas leak please? is relighting the pilot flame safely done by the user or best left to a heating engineer please?

thanks kevplumb and greemyamochop the pilot flame hasnt gone out ever till now when it went out twice. I left it a while before relighting the pilot flame per the instructions on the boiler. when the pilot flame was relit, the c/h and h/w didnt come on as the pump didnt work till i...

greemyamochop - my boiler is potentially dangerous? what should i look out for as signs of danger please? e.g. the pilot flame going out? thanks

yes ihatemyjob, i did put the gas control knob to the on position. Boilerman2 - no, the pump wasnt running even though the pilot flame was alight, danfoss timer was on and the pump control was at 1 (1 being the lowest position which i usually use, 3 being the highest). i moved the pump...

yes, the pilot has remained alight since i relighted it. first time it had gone out in the 3 to 4 years i have been livingin the flat (the boiler is much older tho). it was easy to relight but unfortunately, the boiler didnt fire tho both the boiler thermostat was on at 3 (out of 5) and the...

any advice gratefully received. thanks

yes, power is on, and danfoss timer was set to both h/w and c/h there doesnt seem to be a reset button, jsut the igniter push button which i used to relight the pilot flame on the Glowworm Fuelsaver Mk II thanks again.

pilot flame on my glow worm fuel saver Mk II died a month ago. I relighted it a few days ago. But both central heating and hot water doesnt work. would there be just a few most likely causes? or long list of equally likely possibilities? would this be something anyone can easily address...