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Post by raythesailor on Mar 3, 2018 21:59:13 GMT
All the adverse weather this week my cent heating with thermo control has been off and on 24hr per day for some time.
Yesterday it just seemed to stop, and when I checked the pressure in the system had dropped to zero !
Recharging the preasure it will come on again but I need to keep my eye on it as it will maintain preasure for several hours or just suddenly drop again and the heating turns off.
After several days of hibernation I todaywent to my village local and heard that many others were having similar problems.
Almost ceartainly this has been caused by prolonged sub zero temps. Anybody else struggling ?
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 3, 2018 22:07:59 GMT
If it's one of those condenser things then there's posts all over FB about hot water to defrost the external condenser outflow pipe.
Then reset the boiler.
Got a couple of heating engineer mates who've confirmed this...
there are also plenty of 'engineers' making a killing on call-outs for this simple solution.
I'm boiling kettles to keep the upstairs sink and bath flowing.
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Post by Northy on Mar 3, 2018 22:33:25 GMT
mines been fine, i lagged my condensate pipe when it went in
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Post by Billybigbollox on Mar 3, 2018 22:40:46 GMT
Our central heating pump fucked up on Tuesday, right at the start of the snow. Our house has been fucking freezing. It was so cold on Monday that I saw a brass monkey in our lounge with tears in his eyes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 23:07:14 GMT
mines been fine, i lagged my condensate pipe when it went in Ours was lagged when it was installed as well but our exhaust pipe faces north-east so has taken the full blast of cold weather. Hopefully this other piping and insulation will avoid a repeat. Hopefully we won't have any more Siberian weather for a good few years ! |
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Post by iancransonsknees on Mar 4, 2018 5:55:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2018 6:20:22 GMT
We're getting a trace heater kit fitted to our system so hopefully no more frozen pipes.. It's just frustrating (and bloody freezing) to find that there is seemingly a fairly common problem with the condensate type boiler under certain (extreme) conditions, as many people seem to have discovered this week. |
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Post by harryburrows on Mar 4, 2018 6:23:19 GMT
Just had a new condenser boiler , works a treat . No freezing touch wood
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Post by John Smiths Upper Fan on Mar 4, 2018 6:41:01 GMT
The sure fire way to ensure no freezing is to run the condensate pipe internally either to a trap used by a sink/basin/washer or internal soil stack. Obviously this isn't always possible but is the cheapest and best method if a trap or soil stack is nearby.
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Post by stokebloke on Mar 4, 2018 7:07:28 GMT
The pressure in my Worcester has started to regularly drop every 3 months or so..it is about 10 yard old now so it could be on it's way out.😦
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Post by John Smiths Upper Fan on Mar 4, 2018 9:01:38 GMT
The pressure in my Worcester has started to regularly drop every 3 months or so..it is about 10 yard old now so it could be on it's way out.😦 Is it dropping suddenly every 3 months or gradually over a period of 3 months? If gradually likelihood is its nowt to do with the boiler rather a tiny leak somewhere on the system. A few drops a day over a 3 month period would drop the pressure but not enough of a leak to cause any stains or damage as each drop would either evaporate or dry before the next arrives. Worth getting your boiler serviced to check its general condition if everything is fine having to top the boiler up every 3 months is surely better than forking out 1.5k - 2k on a new boiler. Don't consider using any of those leak sealers they do more harm than good to your boiler. |
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Post by elystokie on Mar 4, 2018 17:20:04 GMT
The pressure in my Worcester has started to regularly drop every 3 months or so..it is about 10 yard old now so it could be on it's way out.😦 Lots of life in it yet mate, the boiler in the house I've just left was over 35 years old! |
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Post by Timmypotter on Mar 4, 2018 19:05:44 GMT
Spent an hour this morning pouring hot water over my boiler's condensate pipe, convinced this must be the reason it wasn't coming on. Nope - we've just run out of gas (we have an LPG tank). Bloody hell - it'll be days until they can get out now too, as they have a backlog of deliveries  That's over £350 quids' worth of gas used in 4 months. Ouch! |
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Post by John Smiths Upper Fan on Mar 4, 2018 19:13:35 GMT
Spent an hour this morning pouring hot water over my boiler's condensate pipe, convinced this must be the reason it wasn't coming on. Nope - we've just run out of gas (we have an LPG tank). Bloody hell - it'll be days until they can get out now too, as they have a backlog of deliveries That's over £350 quids' worth of gas used in 4 months. Ouch! Hopefully over the worst of it now. Roll on spring! |
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Post by scfcwebby on Mar 4, 2018 19:59:53 GMT
Got a hairdryer on my outlet pipe as it froze over last week, water started posting it of the pipes under the boiler and plumber said to get a hairdryer on it, said he must have had 100 phone calls in 2 days about the same thing, could have made a killing in call out fees
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Post by maninasuitcase on Mar 4, 2018 21:22:51 GMT
My condensation pipe froze solid and split causing a leak through the kitchen ceiling.
Stripped it all out.
6 kettles of hot water sorted it and replaced the broken pipe.
However boiler wouldn't fire up. Went to ask neighbours advice as he's a plumber.
Said the gas had dropped as the boiler is in the old airing cupboard and higher than the supply.
Said to keeping resetting it and eventually it kicked in.
All seemed well until I discovered my repair had jiggled the condensation pipe out of the boiler itself so I had another leak.
Reattached it and touch wood it's all fixed.
Lagged the condensation pipe outside to prevent further issues going forward.
Got away cheaply in the grand scheme of things.
Total coat was about a tenner, but could have been far worse if i hadn't got the nous to do a bit of research and fix it myself.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 17:49:35 GMT
The internet is brilliant I had an EA fault on mine the other day 5 mins searching 10min of hot air bingo.
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Post by stokebloke on Mar 17, 2018 16:15:41 GMT
The pressure in my Worcester has started to regularly drop every 3 months or so..it is about 10 yard old now so it could be on it's way out.😦 Is it dropping suddenly every 3 months or gradually over a period of 3 months? If gradually likelihood is its nowt to do with the boiler rather a tiny leak somewhere on the system. A few drops a day over a 3 month period would drop the pressure but not enough of a leak to cause any stains or damage as each drop would either evaporate or dry before the next arrives. Worth getting your boiler serviced to check its general condition if everything is fine having to top the boiler up every 3 months is surely better than forking out 1.5k - 2k on a new boiler. Don't consider using any of those leak sealers they do more harm than good to your boiler. Not sure as it's in the loft so I don't regularly check the pressure etc. I've got British gas homeserve cover so it's services annually...it was done last month but forgot to mention it to the engineer. |
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