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its a blue light. well, thank you for all your advice. I have posted an ad on "rated tradesman" to get a Corgi out. Fingers crossed its somthing simple. Many thanks once again.

I think it is a Thorn EMI Olympic 38/50B. We have followed the instructions exactly. My husband says he has pressed the ignitoin so much his thumb hurts and he feels like he is playing 1980's pacman!

oh no!! thats is the last thing I need at the moment -how much roughly should I be expecting to pay for this to be fixed? Thank you for all your advice - very helpful

yes, we can see a spark

Hi Thanks for your reply. The pilot is not igniting. I dont knwo when it was last serviced - we only brought the house 2 months ago. Is replacing the thermcouple/failed ignitor expensive? Thanks

sorry - whats a thermocouple?

Hi Yesterday we turned our gas mains off. Today . we can't ignite our Thorn EMI boiler. My husband is about to throw it out the window I think and we have no hot water for baths for kids etc It was working fine until we turned the mains off yesterday (and yes, we have checked the mains...