Emergency
Excessively noisy burner on Chaffoteaux Flexiflame 140

Your boiler is making a loud 'roaring' or vibrating noise because the fuel-air mixture is not burning smoothly inside the unit.

Act immediately

Turn off your boiler and stop using gas appliances. Call a Gas Safe engineer now. This fault can be dangerous if ignored.

Technical description

Pump noise or vibrating, heat exchanger partially blocked, over-gassed, dirty burner bars, or burr on injectors.

Engineer required

This is a emergency severity fault. Stop using the boiler and call a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do not attempt gas-related repairs yourself.

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