Smelling Gas

southcoastrgi

keystone wrote: »

Is this one going to run on like last night? In which case I'll get the popcorn ready.

Oh and by the way Transco became National Grid, what was it? Oh yes - six and a bit years ago. 'bout time people caught up really.

Cheers

Hi KS yes you are right, sorry but you know what we are like, i still get calls asking if i'm corgi reg & they seem very surprised when i say no, i'm gas safe reg, here in the south where i am it's southern gas networks, older boilers do give off a smell it's got nothing to do with the additive they put into natural gas because if it did then your boiler hasn't got complete combustion which in it's self is a prob, the op asked the question then when they are given good advice like get your local gas transporter to check it out, they just say i don't have a prob all the checks have been done & if i had a gas leak then i would have blown up !!!! so if you know everything why ask for expert advice on here, if as you say you have had a candle put in there (never heard it called that before) then you have an open flued boiler so IMO it's prob time for a new one anyway.

Mojisola

keithgillyon wrote: »

the op asked the question then when they are given good advice like get your local gas transporter to check it out, they just say i don't have a prob all the checks have been done & if i had a gas leak then i would have blown up !!!! so if you know everything why ask for expert advice on here

That's what I was wondering.

Canucklehead

Hi.

I have to say (in your posts) there is no suggestion that the smell is only there whilst the boiler is running. I would have come to the same conclusion as everyone else.

Using a candle to prevent CO could be a money spinner though. You might want to get a patent on that.

It won't cost you anything to call Nat Grid so why not do it?

Your posts also suggest only one engineer has ever serviced the boiler . Maybe he is missing something?


GSR

mytarps

Myser wrote: »

Turbine? Do you mean boiler? I don't think the OP is generating power!

Sorry, It's a mistake, when i replied i think about boiler nor turbine. Yes both are different i know about it. :T