The pilot light was still on, and no breakers were tripped. This wouldn't so bad except for the fact that it's snowing outside and the inside of my house is sitting at 52 degrees and falling. I called for a repair and they can't come out until tomorrow unless it was life threatening which it obviously isn't, but it sure does stink! As I'm typing this I am dressed like I'm camping, baklava and all!
Hi. Sorry about what is happening but I thought I would pass along what happened to me in a similar situation. The first thing I would try is to completely turn off the power to the system for a minute and then turn it back on. If it has a brain it may reset and you would be back in business. If it does have a brain it may be blinking fault codes and you can look the codes up in the owners manual. Sometimes this is not much more to the codes in that they just say get a repairman though. If this does not work the next thing I would try is to cycle the individual zone valves to see if I could at least get some heat back on. Look on the zone valve for a lever to move from 'closed' to 'open'. This will manually connect the necessary electrical to make the boiler come on an circulate some hot water. Of course you would have to manually turn it off also when the temperature came up. Hope this helps.
It can't be fixed. It sounds like your boiler has burst. You are going to need a new water jacket most likely
Please forgive my answer, as I am only an electrician, who has never even seen a boiler. If your pilot light is working, that means you have gas to it, but just not enough for a larger fire. Whatever gives it more gas seems to be the problem. It might be a faulty thermostat or something. Can you manually increase the gas flow? Not sure why a gas thingy would need electrical power, but sometimes breakers dont appear to be tripped, but they are. If you see something labeled boiler, turn it off then back on. Now some advice: buy an electric heater for about 30 bucks for times like this, and it will atleast keep your room or several warm. Cover your windows with blankets, towels, as most of the cold air seeps thru windows. You can use a hairdryer or even an iron temp. in your bedroom to warm the room. The smaller the room your in the better, as your body heat will also help. Seal the bottoms of the doors with towels, as the heavier cold air will seep thru underneath. This should get you thru the night. Good luck to you
