We have one of those glass fronted, fake coal, Gas fires. The pilot light is
now burning with a marked yellow colour, and there is a sooty streak
appearing above it on the inside of the glass - is there anything I can do
about it, or is it a case for the professionals ?

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:22:22 +0000, Kent Mere wrote:

We have one of those glass fronted, fake coal, Gas fires. The pilot
light is now burning with a marked yellow colour, and there is a sooty
streak appearing above it on the inside of the glass - is there anything
I can do about it, or is it a case for the professionals ?

This would depend on your level of gas fitting skills.
As always, if you need to ask then you are probably not quite ready to
tackle the job unaided. essentially it's a matter of crap removal from
the pilot burner assembly.

However it might just be due to a number of other quite serious problems,
what's more this is a front line safety critical component all of which
explains why this is a probably a job for a pro.


--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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On Mar 11, 9:22*am, "Kent Mere" wrote:
We have one of those glass fronted, fake coal, Gas fires. The pilot light is
now burning with a marked yellow colour, and there is a sooty streak
appearing above it on the inside of the glass - is there anything I can do
about it, or is it a case for the professionals ?


I was just nosing around on the internet and came up with something
that might be important for you to know!


Carbon monoxide may be present if there are any of the following
danger signs:

Gas flames that normally burn blue burn orange or yellow instead.
Sooty stains appear on or just above appliances, regardless of the
fuel being burnt.

Carbon monoxide is deadly so if i was you i wouldnt take a chance n
get it looked at straight away!