Pilot Light

[JillW]

Thats cold

 

[WDIK]

put a jumper on then and fingerless gloves

when i was a lad we moved to a brand new house and the only form of heating was a coal fire in the lounge, in winter we used to draw in the frost on the inside of the windows, much to the annoyance of mother .

we never felt cold we just dressed accordingly

 

[JillW]

Update!! The boiler man has been and fixed it for me I now have heat and hot water I have booked him to come back and give it a service, so a happy ending

I remember frost on the inside of windows too!

 

[JillW]

I'm know I'm showing my ignorance now, but how high should a pilot light be and can a plumber say the boiler should be condemned and not close it down so it continues to be in use?

 

[tonybhoy]

About 10 mm to 15mm above the thermocouple tip and nice and blue in colour.

If it's longish (about 40 to 50 MM and yellow) then you have a blocked pilot injector or worse.

However if it's small ,blue and just touches the thermocouple tip then you have a blocked pilot injector.

BTW, you have a really old boiler and I mean really old.

 

[sooey]

Lunchtime it was 21° C inside and 17.5° C outside!

Even now at 0100 its still 10.5°C outside ( and 1017 mB ).

Tony

What time's the shipping forecast?

Or, was that it?

 

[JillW]

Its almost as old as me, think it may be time for a new one

 

[tonybhoy]

Its almost as old as me, think it may be time for a new one

Twenty five's not old

 

[JillW]

Not quite an old boiler yet then

 

[tonybhoy]

I was being polite

 

[JillW]

Wating for a " How to look good Naked" central heating prog

 

[tonybhoy]

Gok Wan 24 hr plumbing and heating.

"Don't change that old boiler.Paint the casing and it'll look cool,there's life in it yet.Thirty years?Pah! Fifty is the new twenty"

CO2 is KOOL! Comas are in!

"We can supply and install hyperbaric chambers for a fraction of the cost of a new boiler,call us today for a free no obligation quote!"

 

[andytheplumber]

Wating for a " How to look good Naked. Just take your clothes off and wiggle, as long as your scrubbed up your look fine to me

 

[JillW]

This old boiler wont be featuring then

 

[tonybhoy]

Wating for a " How to look good Naked. Just take your clothes off and wiggle, as long as your scrubbed up your look fine to me

You calm yersel boy