Our fucking boiler has packed up -- Lozzo Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite they churn out)
If it is one of the new condensing boilers then clear the condenser drain as it will freeze solid if the frost can get to it. the proper repair is to use a larger diameter pipe of rout it all inside.
Throw it in the same skip as our bloody shower that decided the water didn't need to be heated up anymore. Tried to order a similar one (for ease / speed of fitting) from Tesco Direct, only to be told they wouldn't deliver to the frozen North anytime soon, managed to get the same model from ebay, ordered Thursday & despite being held up twice because of 'adverse weather' it arrived this afternoon, so thumbs up to UPS! -- Frooty GSX1300RX - The FAST AS FECK wan TT250R - The wee dirty wan Lifan LF50QGY - The wee monkey wan Down to just three toys :-[
This was the problem, all fixed now. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite they churn out)
Yep, same as my pop's house. There's not much fall on the pipe outflow, so it iced up in the minus double digit outside temps. Quick pop of the coupling later, it's now draining into a bucket. It's spewing a surprising amount, considering.it's only condensate ... Paul.
In message Yes, hmm this happened to us, except half the pipe is routed indoors and has enough capacity in it to last for a couple of days after the outside has frozen. Unfortunately around this point the drain pipe from the washing machine enters the same pipe, and with no warning that anything was wrong (new boiler type fitted this year) L put the washing on. Took a few days for everything to dry out, one of the benefits of having real wood flooring (over laminate) is that it all dried out fine.
All sorted thanks Geoff, was a frozen condenser pipe. It's a Glo-worm Flexicom 18SX and it's always giving different problems -- Lozzo Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite they churn out)
It's contagious. Really, I was feeling pretty immune to the weather bitch feast here. And I think I've had great reserve in not snickering about it, too. I mean, I have no idea what a grit truck looks like, much less what the stuff is. It _never_ snows here. But we do get rain - 4" in the last 2 days, and this in a place that gets 10" a year. I got up at 4am to put buckets on the living room floor where the roof was leaking. When it was light, I went into the garage to get a mop. The floor was covered with water. I looked up and saw 3 more roof leaks. But that wasn't what caused the water on the floor. The relief valve on my water heater had popped and it was spewing a stream. I can blame you for spreading the germs.
Governments (& developers) don't usually plan for worst case scenarios. Around here, it's more like 60% of worst case. So, when biblical floods, fire storms or earthquakes happen like they do around here entirely too often, the crappy infrastructure fails. Same old story - people want good roads, clean water, etc, but refuse to pay for it. My problems, OTOH, were all caused by the previous owners who were very creative with the remodel design, not so much with quality of work. As for the leaking tank, it only took 4 trips to Home Depot to get a new water heater and all the correct hardware to install it. Being in an earthquake zone, we have to raise the heater 18" off the floor and strap it to the wall so it can't fall over. It also requires a pressure relief valve and piping from said valve to a proper drain. All done, and I can now have a hot shower again.
