Recent content by Mloclam

Thank you for all the replies and offers of assistance. While I've been out at the day job wife found a local company who will come and have a look at it. Of course it is up to them to diagnose the problem but at least I have the valve if it turns out to be that. Problem is that pilot light...

Hello, I'm looking for a qualified person to replace the Gas Valve on my Worcester boiler as pictured below. The valve is long obsolete but I have managed to get one so now looking for an engineer. My location is Royal Wootton Bassett.

Lets say for arguments sake yes but if that is a problem then no.

Thanks ScottishGasMan and 45yearsagasman. AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhhh!!! OK. Having got that out of my system, the latest is that the Pilot Thermocouple and the Boiler Limit Thermostat have both been replaced and situation is unchanged. Pilot lights fine and stays lit while...

Might be called a Highflow 3.5 bf Max output is 23kW if that helps identify it!?

I should have done that sooner but I didn't find how to do it the first time I tried. While we are talking... if a Thermocouple produces good values when tested with a blow torch, is it safe to assume it works fine? Cheers, Malcolm

ScottishGasMan, Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately mine does not have any red buttons to push. Looking at the instructions they were written 1987. Boiler is basic but preforms well and reliable. Thanks again, Malcolm

I had a problem with water leaking out of the Automatic Air Vent. Skip forward 2 nightmare days or leaks at the air vent , at then at the drain cock, and the system is now refilled and not leaking, however the pilot won't stay alight. When I drained down the system I only vented the first...