What is the cause of sooty carbon type build up that has recently appeared in the burner of my gas fire?

Question

really odd also the colur of the flame is more orange than usual.

thanks for all your answers, will sort it out!! Cheers Happy Christmas!

Answer 1

Do not use it, it requires servicing, plenty of locals capable to do this, BG will be most expensive, company I work for also have appliances on cd rom, it is not exclusive to BG.

Answer 2

The World Trade Center buildings did not collapse due to fire alone. The fire certainly helped, and yes large amounts of heat can weaken steel. But in this case, there were two large airplanes that crashed into the building, undoubtedly causing structural damage by putting a large moment on the core supports of the building and damaging it, which could allow the ten or so floors above the point of impact to collapse down, causing a large force on the floors below in places that weren't meant to hold so much weight. In addition, the two heavy airplanes were lodged near the top of the building, thus putting extra force on the supports and raising the building's center of gravity. All of these factors could have contributed to a collapse. Osama bin Laden is technically a civil engineer, he's no idiot. That thing was well planned out. Might not have killed as many people as those terrorists may have hoped though though.

Answer 3

The coals are placed at the wrong angle. The individual coal lumps are different and the handbook will show how they should be set up. If British Gas service your fire, they look on a small laptop the make of your fire and look at the picture plan of the coals.

Mine was fine but one of the kids must have knocked them and the soot has started again.

The flame below is blue and as it burns through the soot off a coal, it turns orange. Just get it serviced as it should pose no threat if the ventilation to it is OK.

I hoover mine out, reset the coals but my gas service bloke showed me what to do cos he's a mate.

Added : Carbon Monoxide is only a threat if the ventilation path is blocked (in this case the chiminey).

Answer 4

Get the gas board in quick to check your fire. Sooty build up and an orange flame mean it's not burning the gas properly. This could be a problem as if it's not burning properly it could be combusting into carbon monoxide rather than carbon dioxide (which is obviously very dangerous).

Answer 5

No doubt the Air to the burner is blocked. Remember bunsen burners at school? When you have insufficient air, the flame will be yellow, the gas only partially burnt. Has something slipped and blocked the air? The flame should be blue, not yellow/orange.
That said, if you cannot correct this by clearing the blockage around the air supply then yo must call the gas board now....

Answer 6

agree with tilly, prob a blocked jet, get the appliance cleaned and checked, also get a carbon monoxide checker to monitor the applience, If you feel tired or drowsey while it is on stop using it and open a window

Answer 7

Just to enforce what the first answer said;

You must get this checked out immediately. The fumes could kill you and your family.

Switch it off straight away and get the gas man in.

DO NOT use it.

Answer 8

this happened to our fire once..got the gas board out and he put a "DO NOT USE..DANGEROUS" sticker on, until the man came to fix it...get it sorted now.

Answer 9

TURN IT OFF IMMEDIATELY !!!!

DO NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED OR REPLACED.

ORANGE FLAMES = LACK OF PROPER AIR/FUEL MIXTURE AND INCREASED CARBON MONOXIDE PRODUCTION.

This can be from various reasons.

Answer 10

tilly is correct turn it off and do not use again till it is checked out by an engineer