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  1. C

    Gas bottle fire: Pilot light lifts and trips thermocouple

    I have a portable gas fire which keeps switching off. The pilot light lifts for 10 seconds, critically above the thermocouple and then the gas cuts out. It i smore noticeable when I walk past it and stir a slight breeze. I have blown out the pilot light assembly and it worked for an entire day...
  2. PappyChef

    LPG Jet for 1950s Cannon Gas grill

    Our House is now fully Heat Pumped, insulated and we have had the Gas Meter Removed. We have a 1950s foldaway Cannon Gas Grill which is on the wall above the AEG Induction hob with 1 Gas burner. It worked very well on Natural gas. We have had the local gas co. install an LPG supply using...
  3. J

    F Gas certification... Worth it?

    Hi Gents, Slightly off topic but advice would be appreciated. Thinking about getting my F Gas..... Mainly for the possible future business with heat pumps but maybe for additional work in the summer with air con (there's global warming right?) Yes or no? Worth the time and money?
  4. D

    Gas smell on ideal RS 50 boiler

    Recently noticed a gas smell coming from my ideal classic RS50 boiler. Cadent have been out and confirmed a small leak and capped off the gas. The question I have though is that the gas smell only appears when the boiler fires up not when the pilot is burning normally. Gas smell continues as...
    • Dolly1968
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    • boiler gas engineer ideal
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
  5. A

    URGENT Gas portfolio place in leeds or west yorkshire

    Hi guys I finished my gas course in September can anyone help me i need to do 2 install and services. Am living i ln leeds west yorkshire I do appreciated for any advices . MOD* Please use the forum PM Service to contact members! Thanks!
  6. J

    Can I remove a disconnected gas fire,leaving the back boiler in place?

    Hi all, I am a plumber but I do not carry out works to boilers as the majority of my is bathrooms so I am not gas safe. I have completed a bathroom for a regular customer. She is of old age and is starting to get a little clumsy and her son has asked me to look at the old gas fire/back...
    • Jcuk691
    • Thread
    • back boiler boiler fire gas engineer gas fire
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Boiler Advice Forum
  7. back2thefuture

    Gas disconnected by supplier

    Dear all, We were disconnected by our gas supplier. We have no managed to find the money to clear the bill. They have told us it will take 10 days to reconnect us. There is a vulnerable old person in the house and we have no heating or hot water. Also we are worried that the pipes will freeze...
  8. P

    Working gas pressure on Vaillant ecotec 630

    British Gas servicing the above boiler ramped up the boiler to maximum in the installer menu to do flue gas analysis. They also measured the working gas pressure on the gas valve test nipple. This fell to 8mbar on maximum and 17mbar on high setting. They then removed the isolation valve under...
  9. T

    Anyone know how to clear a f70 fault on british gas 330+ boiler

    Anyone know how to clear a f70 fault on a british gas 330+ boiler
  10. M

    Gas hob ignition issues??

    Hi guys Do you bother trying to repair hobs these days or just advise to replace? Family members hob is constantly trying to ignite. I dont do a lot gas these days since leaving my last employer.
  11. mattgriff88

    Old gas pipe? Can it be removed?

    Hi, I have recently moved in to a house and in one of the kitchen units where I want to put a intergrated freezer there is a small pipe coming out of the wall. Assuming it's a old gas pipe for the cooker that's been capped as the kitchen no longer requires it. Can this be removed by a...
  12. M

    Natural Gas Detector for home

    Honeywell made a natural gas leak detector for the home this is now discontinued. What other ones are available, and is it worth fitting them.
  13. R

    Boiler service/ gas safe course

    Hello, I am looking for an honest opinion please, with my current employment I get a lot of time off, I am considering completing a gas safe course with the view to use my spare time to potter about doing boiler services and that only, am I naive to think it’s that simple? Thanks
  14. G

    22mm Gas Feed for 35kw boiler - How do I know this is big enough?

    Hi folks, i've just moved into a property last month and begun to take note of things that may need attention. One of which is the feed to a 35kw system boiler appears to be in 22mm flexible steel pipe (tractpipe, or teslaflex or w/e). Distance from the meter is only 4m-5m or so, and I assume...
  15. abc_plumb

    British Gas 330+ SE flashing then F9

    Just been to a nightmare of a job! Had to carry out a service on the 2009 British Gas 330 + (GC: 41-019-11) It's a Glow Worm boiler. The boiler was flashing SE even before I arrived, which I assumed the service reminder needed resetting. After completing the service I contact Glow Worm to...
  16. M

    Ideal gas boiler sudden ignition lockout

    Hello - I have a Ideal 35kw combi gas boiler. Everything was fine until I switched the heating on for the first time this year. Then I got a L2 Ignition lockout error, and resetting the boiler doesn't fix it. The gas is definitely on, and the pressure is fine - any ideas? Thank you!
  17. D

    Gas smell issue in home, need advise.

    About 10 months I started having issues with a gas like smell in my home and the gas board was unable to find any gas leak I've still got the issue. When I first made contacted enviromental health I was told the following Could be my drains and to have my drains checked. Could be the sewers...
  18. N

    Question about gas supply

    Im fitting a kitchen in my own house . When removing the gas oven on a bayonet fitting and turned the gas hob off and removed a four burner gas hob. Ive noticed that the oven supply 15mm and the hob supply is 15mm but once the cupboard is out i can see the hob supply is 10mm in the wall. Which...
  19. P

    Lukewarm water problem with Veissmann v 50 gas boiler

    Hi all, thanks for adding me. My Veissmann v50 combi gas boiler has recently started to supply only lukewarm water to the bathroom above it. This is about 3 metres away, so quite a short pipe run. It supplies hot water fine to the kitchen taps, which are about 1 metre away. It also supplies very...
  20. Clarky3225

    Can a gas leak detector help me?

    Hi sorry im a newbie, pls help if u can. I had a new bathroom installed about a yr ago and since then when i flush the toilet the room stinks of sewer gas. Not only does the b/room stink it also smells in the kitchen too, which is directly below the toilet/b-room. It doesnt do it everytime...

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