Need Home Appliance Insurance? – Cover for all your home appliances Click Here for a quote! Check the burners If you want to try a DIY solution – only if you are confident in your abilities, because if you tinker and make things worse it could affect the validity of your claim – then you can try some of the following trouble-shooting tips. Remember: If you have to call a technician, ensure they’re Gas-Safe registered.
Obviously, the exact problems differ from cooker to cooker, but there are some commonalities that apply to malfunctioning ignitions.
However, chances are that your cooker has a much more modern ignition system, unless you’re cooking with a family heirloom. There is an older style (early to mid-1970s) electronic ignition system that can also still be found in some cookers: The ‘constant’ pilot electronic system.