Gas Solenoid Valve tripped

[ElTel04]

Hi
New to the forum

I was wondering if I need to call out an engineer to sort a tripped gas solenoid valve or whether it can be sorted by following the a manual.

I don't want to do it if it should by law be carried out by an engineer for safety reasons

Thanks in advance

 

[ianmcd]

How do you know that the solenoid has tripped ?

 

[ElTel04]

As that what I have been told ... what else could of happened as not getting any gas thru

 

[muggles]

Some more clues about boiler make/model/symptoms would help, although if it is gas related you will need to get a boiler engineer in

 

[ElTel04]

So it could be electrical which could be rectified by resetting ... don't mean to sound dumb lol

 

[CBW]

Do you have a credit gas meter and ran out of gas?

 

[oldbuffer]

1. If you are talking about the gas valve inside the boiler (or other gas appliance), you need a gas safe registered engineer to sort it.
2. If you are talking about a solenoid operated gas valve outside the boiler, then:
2a. Only a gas safe registered engineer can touch any of the gas components.
2b. You might well be OK to sort out any electrical issues stopping the solenoid from activating, but you'd be well advised to get a professional to do it.
2c. You would, in my opinion, need a gas safe registered engineer to check the correct functioning and gas tightness of the repaired solenoid.

 

[ElTel04]

Thank you very much oldbuffer

 

[Madrab]

@ElTel04 - Where is this gas solenoid?