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[Best]

thats what got my attention first

and best bypass looks right

after pump but before mv

not straight tho which is - points

But behind the bypass valve, - it looks in photo as if the pipes are joined together with a tee off going to an elbow?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

But behind the bypass valve, - it looks in photo as if the pipes are joined together with a tee off going to an elbow?

Drain off cock type a I think

 

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Drain off cock type a I think

You are right Shaun. My mistake, I can see it know. It had the illusion of a pipe joining to an elbow in my eyesight.

 

[gmartine]

Looks like they tried to pack it all within the width of one kitchen cabinet, what floor stander is that btw Shaun?

 

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Looks like they tried to pack it all within the width of one kitchen cabinet, what floor stander is that btw Shaun?

I was wondering about the same. Looks similar to an oil boiler - Grant Vortex

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Post up a guess martine and will see whose close

 

[gmartine]

Post up a guess martine and will see whose close

Firebird?

 

[mutley racers]

How is this for an install. Wonky boiler, piles all over the shop and can you imagine having to change the cylinder?

 

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I arrived to service a Warmflow combi oil boiler that was in constant use and looked on the outside wall and asked the guy where the flue was. He said, It is in here somewhere, and started to pull the turf up to reveal this.

And the boiler room is part of the basement of the house and the young couple have a baby.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Do I see a water main down there as well best ?

 

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Do I see a water main down there as well best ?

Yes Shaun. Well spotted! Luckily it is a balanced flue, so heat from flue gases is going straight out - when the grass etc was removed. It is an older standard efficiency boiler, so very hot gases. That photo doesn't really show the black grass that is directly in front of flue.
The house is a bit of a bodge.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yes Shaun. Well spotted! Luckily it is a balanced flue, so heat from flue gases is going straight out - when the grass etc was removed. It is an older standard efficiency boiler, so very hot gases. That photo doesn't really show the black grass that is directly in front of flue.
The house is a bit of a bodge.

least when it snows, will melt it away for you

What you going to do move the flue or new boiler ?

 

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least when it snows, will melt it away for you

What you going to do move the flue or new boiler ?

I come across stupid things like that often.
The owner as I insisted, had to later dig the ground away clear of the flue pipe.
I suggested a new boiler with an unvented cylinder, rather than a combi, if they want the expense.
But it is in the countryside and work has been done for maximum profit I suspect by some farmer type. It could be a can of worms.

 

[PriestyUK]

I haven't got a photo but a guy on the firm I work for fitted a pressure relief valve thinking it was a automatic bypass...WTF I know, and his in his early 50's thinks he knows it all, there was no telling him either, another guy on the firm also piped a new radiator upside down, with the grills on the bottom. There is a photo of that one, will get my hands on it lol

 

[SmokeyJ]

Came across this Potterton profile (positive pressure case) where the case hooks had snapped off. Case held on with cable ties both sides, been like it for last 2years....