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sorry, just following up on my last post about my boiler.
AS I've been speaking to some Corgi engineers and getting prices in the region of £2-2.5K to replace mine, I though maybe its worth seeing if we can get it repaired. Just looking for some advice on if it sounds like a common or fixable problem.
Not sure what model it is, but its a fairly old vailiant boiler. The problem is that it seems particulary on cold days, that the flow of gas in the heat exchange (at least the area I can see in the glass window) is restricted.
Normally, when you run hot water or turn the heating on, the rows of flames behind the pilot light ignite and burn really tall and fiercely. However, lately, it sometimes just doesn't come on. Instead, all the rows of flames, just get a very small blue flame on them and it doesn't increase. It slowly raises the temperature, but for some reason won't fully ignite.
Usually, it will sort itself out, but it can take hours, up to 12 hours on Saturday before it decides it wants to sort itself.
Does that description make sense or sound common?
Can anyone suggest what might be wrong or if it is fixable?
AS I've been speaking to some Corgi engineers and getting prices in the region of £2-2.5K to replace mine, I though maybe its worth seeing if we can get it repaired. Just looking for some advice on if it sounds like a common or fixable problem.
Not sure what model it is, but its a fairly old vailiant boiler. The problem is that it seems particulary on cold days, that the flow of gas in the heat exchange (at least the area I can see in the glass window) is restricted.
Normally, when you run hot water or turn the heating on, the rows of flames behind the pilot light ignite and burn really tall and fiercely. However, lately, it sometimes just doesn't come on. Instead, all the rows of flames, just get a very small blue flame on them and it doesn't increase. It slowly raises the temperature, but for some reason won't fully ignite.
Usually, it will sort itself out, but it can take hours, up to 12 hours on Saturday before it decides it wants to sort itself.
Does that description make sense or sound common?
Can anyone suggest what might be wrong or if it is fixable?
