Firstly Greetings to everybody here.
I came across this forum yesterday and can't believe I didn't find it last year when I first had "trouble"
I too have the dreaded barcelona boiler (it was already here when I moved in nearly three years ago)
Last year it wouldn't ignite due to the ignition pcb (dry joints?)
Once I had replaced this we were all good.
We have had the associated bangs and from what I have read this is pretty normal, until yesterday.
Boiler keeps going into lockout, I reset it tries to fire up and nothing.
I took out the condensate trap which was nearly full, emptied it and cleaned it out. This didn't have any sensors on it, they are just loose.
As I don't know what I am doing apart from stripping it, this is all I can do.
When I reset I get these noises in order
ignition
fan
switches on board ( this happens several times and then lock out )
reading the threads on this boiler yesterday have helped me to understand that this boiler is not very good.
I have got bg out to have a look today and they are coming back tomorrow with a new control board, flow switch and electrodes ( bg man said it was weird that ignition was starting before fan ) I still don't know how he came to the conclusion that it is the control board. He also said that pressure coming into boiler was a little too high (24?) and that Transco would be able to turn it down.
I'll keep you posted on the progress with bg
As I have a 2 week old daughter I really need to get this sorted asap.
what sort of price am I looking at for installing a new reliable boiler?
Any advice or offers of service would be appreciated
I came across this forum yesterday and can't believe I didn't find it last year when I first had "trouble"
I too have the dreaded barcelona boiler (it was already here when I moved in nearly three years ago)
Last year it wouldn't ignite due to the ignition pcb (dry joints?)
Once I had replaced this we were all good.
We have had the associated bangs and from what I have read this is pretty normal, until yesterday.
Boiler keeps going into lockout, I reset it tries to fire up and nothing.
I took out the condensate trap which was nearly full, emptied it and cleaned it out. This didn't have any sensors on it, they are just loose.
As I don't know what I am doing apart from stripping it, this is all I can do.
When I reset I get these noises in order
ignition
fan
switches on board ( this happens several times and then lock out )
reading the threads on this boiler yesterday have helped me to understand that this boiler is not very good.
I have got bg out to have a look today and they are coming back tomorrow with a new control board, flow switch and electrodes ( bg man said it was weird that ignition was starting before fan ) I still don't know how he came to the conclusion that it is the control board. He also said that pressure coming into boiler was a little too high (24?) and that Transco would be able to turn it down.
I'll keep you posted on the progress with bg
As I have a 2 week old daughter I really need to get this sorted asap.
what sort of price am I looking at for installing a new reliable boiler?
Any advice or offers of service would be appreciated
