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This seems to have fixed things, thanks all!!!!

yep, it was popped out. The pilot light has come back on and seems to be starting up ok. Should i expect the pilot light to stay on?

I don't have a room stat, I'll give it a go. Hope it works. Thanks for all your help Pete, starting to make sense of it a little.

Thats a start Pete! At the moment I have the heating and water switched off still, should i turn them back on to see if anything kicks on?

I have the programmer which lets me switch and time the heating/water on and off downstairs under the boiler but I do not have a thermostat in the house to adjust the temp.

yep, with an allan key the head moves freely

cant seem to find the thermostat for the tank, this might be it but it has no proper cover?

ok valves all open, heating switched off and big silver screw (sorry!) off. how do i test?

Don't think that it is it, removed the screw as shown in the pic (box on the right). Is the pump on the top of the cylinder??

the pilot was switching on and off earlier....now its not coming on at all. I stupidly messed about with the valves from the hot water tank. Got the feeling i may have closed something off or opened something that shouldn't be.

there is no temp guage on the stat. It's simply 1-6 then max

ok i've turned the stat on the boiler up to max and i've got the tap running.....I'm assuming your looking to see if the pilot light come on on the boiler?

ran the hot tap, boiler does not fire up

Could anyone help with a little advice? Just moved to a new house and I'm not very good with any of this stuff so here goes: I have a Potterton Prima F boiler in my kitchen, at the moment my gas central heating nor my hot water is coming on. I have a hot water tank upstairs in a cupboard which...