Recent content by Flameless

Hi everyone just to let you know what the problem with the boiler is. The fan motor is sticking and no longer rotating freely. Once it is helped to start the air pressure valve allows the pilot to light and away the boiler goes.....until the noisy fan stops rotating fast enough and the air...

OK it needs a service, I planned one and lined up the engineer 2 years ago then was unemployed so could not afford it. Just gained enough to have it serviced and it stops! Thanks for the helpful advice. May try to find someone via recommendation of the neighbours tomorrow who will come out on...

Just check the gas meter outside and I can smell gas, it is a faint smell, but with my nose I only tend to be able to smell strong smells. Had the gas board out three years back to replace a leaking pipe on their side of the meter, between the main shut off valve and the meter, may be the same...

Is it worth turning the gas valves off and back on again?

Hi and thanks for the feedback. The boiler has not been serviced for some time, been unemployed for awhile and then trying to run a business in these difficult time, was about to get it serviced. I am not the landlord just the owner. I don't believe it is a permanent pilot. I have had to be...

The boiler has worked for 8 years and yesterday just stopped heating. The pump and fan still operate, but no pilot light. It gives off a sound like the fan is working but everything is dark through the spy hole. I have turned up the power knob to max the thermostat to max. I have turned off and...