2 times in the past year i have had the boiler man out to solve this situation and im not sure if im being fobbed off or not as it doesent make sense to me.
Boiler is an ideal logic combi 35.
Basically what happens is the boiler starts lighting and as soon as it kicks in it makes a horrendous groan (which you can hear upstairs) for about 2 seconds, then once its lit it goes quiet, until it relights again. Sometimes during this the boiler stops and comes up with the code for FLAME FAILURE. (F2)
Both times it kept doing it for a day so i got the boiler person out who basically said the condensate pipe was clogged, popped a hoover on and sucked all the **** out. Then the boiler works fine for about 4 months.
This has happened twice in the last year. Now its just happened again but i changed the boiler from E (according to the manual this is the temperature required for condensing mode) and put the temperature up to max for the heating.
Suddenly the noise has stopped and its been running fine for days, just makes a bit more sloshing noise (im assuming the water is a lot hotter so maybe bubbling a bit), so if the condensate pipe was clogged how could turning up the temperature suddenly fix it, makes no sense to me??
Boiler is an ideal logic combi 35.
Basically what happens is the boiler starts lighting and as soon as it kicks in it makes a horrendous groan (which you can hear upstairs) for about 2 seconds, then once its lit it goes quiet, until it relights again. Sometimes during this the boiler stops and comes up with the code for FLAME FAILURE. (F2)
Both times it kept doing it for a day so i got the boiler person out who basically said the condensate pipe was clogged, popped a hoover on and sucked all the **** out. Then the boiler works fine for about 4 months.
This has happened twice in the last year. Now its just happened again but i changed the boiler from E (according to the manual this is the temperature required for condensing mode) and put the temperature up to max for the heating.
Suddenly the noise has stopped and its been running fine for days, just makes a bit more sloshing noise (im assuming the water is a lot hotter so maybe bubbling a bit), so if the condensate pipe was clogged how could turning up the temperature suddenly fix it, makes no sense to me??