Recent content by gcn504

In the end I signed up for a British Gas service contract and had the fault fixed that way. Although I cant be more specific it turned out to be an internal part that quite commonly deteriorates over time. It was replaced and I havent had the problem since. If I can find the paperwork I'll...

Thanks I'll get a ladder up there and take a look. This is possibly the worst of the 3 occasions its happened as the boiler circuit board is wet. I've turned it all off and will leave it a few more hours to dry out and see if it fires up. It didn't a short while ago.

I think you're right as its a Worcester boiler. Can you buy longer flues?

Folks, Just had a pretty heavy rain storm and water has come flooding in through the boiler and dripped down through the ceiling to the kitchen below. My boiler is located upstairs against a back wall. I need help with identifying a part and/or any suggestions you may have. Take a look...

I thought my problem was solved but the heating went off a week or so ago again. What I did then was replace the "room stat" - once again the heating worked for a week or so but once again today it has switched itself off. So far the room stat and the LP522 timer unit have been changed. I...

I don't want to count my chickens but I think it's fixed and what you wrote led me to the answer. So thanks. Firstly, I am so non-diy that I really didn't have much of a clue what the above all meant but on Saturday when it went off again I started looking around. Firstly, I took the power...

I have a Worcester 19/24 cbi boiler controlled by a Drayton Lifestyle timer. Currently the timer is set to ONCE so heating/hw comes on at 6am and stays on till 10:30pm. What seems to happen, intermittently but strangely on cold days is that the boiler keeps turning itself off. So at 6am...