Recent content by SCAman

Thanks Tony, Now tried two local Corgi reg engineers and neither have been able to identify or resolve. I agree with you - local should be cheaper but, short of the recommendations I've already tried, I think I now have little choice but to bite the Vaillant bullet.

Not looking promising. Air Pressure Switch changed, flame sensing electrode and lead checked - no change. Last throw of dice = Flame Supervision Control Board and Vaillant engineer - as long as total charges is not prohibitive. Boiler has done 15 years after all so, even if we get it...

Thanks guys - excellent holiday. Tried powering boiler off for 10 days that away, but more for safety than a vain hope. Fired up okay after several resets but 3 days on and it's taking ever more resets. However, now just found another potential symptom/indicator when I opened top door and...

Hi Tony. Unfortunately not - and we have had some occasional warm dry days since Easter!! Same failure whether auto or manual starts 0600, 1200, 1600, 2000. Thanks for the thought.

Thanks for all your contributions. Answers to the queries as follows: Rob884: Oh yes, it lights okay, runs for varying intervals 5 - 15 secs then cuts out. Eventually seems to stay in once you can hear the water starting to pump to the cistern - I'm presuming the pump is thermostatically...

Hi, the above boiler has been in use for 15 years. Very intermittently over the last two years the flame failure device has activated on timed start-up, but has reset fine. My local engineer could not identify any apparent cause at each of the two last annual services. In the last 3...