Before anyone says anything, I am not going to be fixing this myself.. I will have a go at fixing anything but not gas... But I am just curious for your advice.
I came home last night and the house was up to temp but I started to notice it getting cold...
This isn't uncommon as I have an ongoing issue with the midposition valve (fitting a replacement this week), but this was different.. The boiler was running and all appeared normal.. But it was certainly getting colder.
A few hours later I checked again and the boiler was still running, but when I felt the pipes they were warm... It was at this point I looked in the inspection window and found no flame.
If I listen carefully the igniter is clicking but it never fires..
I then found if I switch it off for a while and then back on, it fires and I get a roaring flame.. But just when I think its looking good, the flames die down and go out.. And the igniter just sits the clicking.
Having watched it for 24 hours its clear that ever so often it fires.. And this is confirmed as the rads are warm to the touch.
It looks like it gets into a cycle where it cools to a point where gas starts to flow and then it fires until it warms up.
So does this sound like a solenoid/valve issue? Or something else?
The reason I am asking this now, is that I had an engineer booked, but "they are running late" and no-one wants to come this evening as its Halloween... So I am stuck until tomorrow.. And now its time to dig out my old oil filled radiator and some bar fires to get a bit of heat in the house.. And guess I will have to reconnect my immersion heater too for some hot water.
Does anyone have any thoughts as to the likely cause based on the symptoms above?
Thanks in advance
Jon
I came home last night and the house was up to temp but I started to notice it getting cold...
This isn't uncommon as I have an ongoing issue with the midposition valve (fitting a replacement this week), but this was different.. The boiler was running and all appeared normal.. But it was certainly getting colder.
A few hours later I checked again and the boiler was still running, but when I felt the pipes they were warm... It was at this point I looked in the inspection window and found no flame.
If I listen carefully the igniter is clicking but it never fires..
I then found if I switch it off for a while and then back on, it fires and I get a roaring flame.. But just when I think its looking good, the flames die down and go out.. And the igniter just sits the clicking.
Having watched it for 24 hours its clear that ever so often it fires.. And this is confirmed as the rads are warm to the touch.
It looks like it gets into a cycle where it cools to a point where gas starts to flow and then it fires until it warms up.
So does this sound like a solenoid/valve issue? Or something else?
The reason I am asking this now, is that I had an engineer booked, but "they are running late" and no-one wants to come this evening as its Halloween... So I am stuck until tomorrow.. And now its time to dig out my old oil filled radiator and some bar fires to get a bit of heat in the house.. And guess I will have to reconnect my immersion heater too for some hot water.
Does anyone have any thoughts as to the likely cause based on the symptoms above?
Thanks in advance
Jon