Hi,
I have a fused brass inline fire valve (oil boiler) located outside the house in Yorkshire on a North facing wall.
When I turned the boiler on it filled the room with awful fumes and I discovered the fire valve has fused (closed itself), the solder around the valves spindle has melted. The only heat is from the Sun. This is the only explanation unless it was faulty. I bought it off EBAY £7.
It is difficult to explain the smell. It is a room sealed Danesmoor 15/19 but I guess it is not as "room sealed" as one might hope. Additionally there was no fuel getting to the boiler. I guess it was continually attempting to ignite non existent fuel and this caused the smell?.
Anyway, I managed to screw open the fire valve (makes no sense I know as if the valve had fused this would not be possible but there is a depression where the solder used to be) and the boiler works perfectly.
Mike
I have a fused brass inline fire valve (oil boiler) located outside the house in Yorkshire on a North facing wall.
When I turned the boiler on it filled the room with awful fumes and I discovered the fire valve has fused (closed itself), the solder around the valves spindle has melted. The only heat is from the Sun. This is the only explanation unless it was faulty. I bought it off EBAY £7.
It is difficult to explain the smell. It is a room sealed Danesmoor 15/19 but I guess it is not as "room sealed" as one might hope. Additionally there was no fuel getting to the boiler. I guess it was continually attempting to ignite non existent fuel and this caused the smell?.
Anyway, I managed to screw open the fire valve (makes no sense I know as if the valve had fused this would not be possible but there is a depression where the solder used to be) and the boiler works perfectly.
Mike