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Hi folks, first time poster apologies if this has been asked before.
We have an old boiler (according to plumbers who've been round) which up until recently has been serving us well. Three years ago we went on holiday, turned boiler off. On return, it would tick but not ignite. We rang a friend of a friend who told me to whack a certain part a few times with a screwdriver, and turn it off and on. It worked!
Three years later, same thing has happened. But now, multiple times a day, there's no hot water and we have to turn the boiler off at the mains and back on. Most of the time it ignites. If it doesn't, we hit that part a few times and it comes back on. We're being told there might be a blockage somewhere.
The thing we have to hit, is the black bit in the centre of the picture.
Does anyone know what this part is , and whether it can be replaced? Rather than save for a new boiler, I'd obviously try this cheaper method of replacing parts
Thanks in advance!
We have an old boiler (according to plumbers who've been round) which up until recently has been serving us well. Three years ago we went on holiday, turned boiler off. On return, it would tick but not ignite. We rang a friend of a friend who told me to whack a certain part a few times with a screwdriver, and turn it off and on. It worked!
Three years later, same thing has happened. But now, multiple times a day, there's no hot water and we have to turn the boiler off at the mains and back on. Most of the time it ignites. If it doesn't, we hit that part a few times and it comes back on. We're being told there might be a blockage somewhere.
The thing we have to hit, is the black bit in the centre of the picture.
Does anyone know what this part is , and whether it can be replaced? Rather than save for a new boiler, I'd obviously try this cheaper method of replacing parts
Thanks in advance!