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But my boiler doesn't make any noise when it locks out. Do you still think it could be the same thing?

This sounds very near the mark because it does do both 'A' and 'B'. I'm not sure if anyone has looked at the switch (because I don't know what it looks like) but to be honest I wouldn't be surprised it they hadn't checked it. And also, there is a leak on the boiler.

Actually I'm a girl but no offence taken :wink: All the advice given has been really useful (altho most of it has gone way over my head) and it has definitely given me some confidence when speaking to BG reps. The point with the flow switch makes sense. Do you think it could be a...

Next installment will be on Fri night/Sat because they're coming over Friday morning. This time the big chief is coming too which must be a good thing :? Watch this space

Thanks for the reminder. Will be sure to mention it. Do you know what this means......."You can often isolate fault to pcb by pushing the knobs in which bends it a bit and makes the problem go/come.".........which knobs?

Hi, Wanted to try something a little different and paint my bedroom a base colour (white) and then paint large blocks of colour on top. The room was originally an electric blue colour which was going to be one block. So, I masked off a block and proceeded to paint the rest of the room white...

Well, another BG came round today. He replaced........something......air pressure something :oops:, cleaned out the venturi again and tightened the connections of the thermostat. Was looking good and I felt a little more confident. Came home tonight and the heating was on - wohoo, but...

Well, today I decided to carry on banging my head against a brick wall with BG because, afterall, I do pay them for a service. So, another BG guy came round measured the pressure, and lo and behold, told me its fine! He's the first BG guy to actually look at the sticker on the boiler that...

I'm slightly worried now about what I've gotten myself into here! I hope this doesn't all cost too much.....what do you think the odds are of postponing Christmas :wink: Thanks for all your advice guys - mucho gracias

What are my options and what solutions are available?

To be fair to BG (which I'm loathed to do at the mo) they could've checked it at the meter afterwards because the meter is outside and I didn't hand around to see what he did. But thinking back, a strange thing did happen. The first BG guy said it was more than likely the gas pressure which...

Is the inlet the boiler? If so, I think the BG guy said it should be at least 15 (working) but it was dropping below this and the fluctation was causing the lockout.

So who would be able to unblock the supply? And please tell me its not a case of ripping up floors and walls and replacing pipes? :( And do you think its worth asking BG to clean or change the venturi or does this sound like something totally different?

Yep, Transco measured at the gas meter whilst boiler was running. It was 20 before, and then after the regulator was changed it was 21.5. The BG guy measured at the boiler. Does that mean the pipework is dodgey? If so, that sounds like major work? And what do you mean BG are responsible...

Well, I've had a nightmare today. The boiler continuously locked out so I called British Gas out as I've got a service agreement with them. A BG guy came over and I told him to check the venturi and he just laughed at me! He said there wasn't enough gas pressure coming in and it was up to...

Thanks Corgiman. Is it a big job or is it relatively straight forward and will I need to win the lottery in order to pay the gasman to do it for me?

Hi, Have a Halstead Finest combi boiler and the safety lockout randomly trips. Very annoying as you can imagine. Doesn\\\'t seem to be any pattern to it tripping out, and sometime will need to be reset over ten times in a row before it\\\'ll work again. Know nothing about boilers or DIY...