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@gas112 that’s exactly what he said Hopefully all sorted now.

@Madrab update - GSR engineer been round repeated tight test , all good, Also no leaks on pipes and joints inside and outside of casing detected but gas was from the gas valve area below casing when boiler fires up. New gas valve ordered and will be fitted this week . Said boiler in good...

I understand thanks @Madrab I’m assuming as the burner is actually inside the sealed casing and the gas was coming from outside the case and that’s where the valve is. Like I said, he sprayed all the joints and saw nothing but let’s see what my GSR engineer detects. I did actually know the...

@Madrab thanks . No pressure drop on test but using a sensor he detected small amount of gas coming from the area at the bottom of the boiler as in the photograph. As it was coming from outside of the sealed boiler casing, he did think it was perhaps the gas valve leaking , (all of the pipes and...

Don’t worry I’m not going to touch it . Just curious as to possible causes as I’m genuinely interested. Thought it could be the gas valve.

Just thinking , could be a silly question but could a faulty thermocouple cause a gas smell when the pilot is fired up and is running? The thermocouple is in that area I think?

Right, I will get them to check that @HandyMan23 . The smell only seems to be coming from the left hand side of the boiler in this area that’s why I thought it could be the gas valve leaking when more gas is put into the burner

Thanks @HandyMan23 the gas is now off at the boiler. Gas safe engineer coming tomorrow . Smell of gas is only when the boiler is fired up when it returns to normal idle low pilot flame there’s no smell, just wondered what kind of things could be causing it.

Recently noticed a gas smell coming from my ideal classic RS50 boiler. Cadent have been out and confirmed a small leak and capped off the gas. The question I have though is that the gas smell only appears when the boiler fires up not when the pilot is burning normally. Gas smell continues as...