Damsel in distress!!!!! ;-)

[kerry]

hi, me again! Finally the boiler problem has been solved!!!!!!! Ye, it's been ages, I know but until recently the pressure was continuing to drop every few days or so and still useless 'so called' Homeserve Plumbers useless! Was by pure luck that I found out. I switched boiler insurance to Eon instead and it was on his initial assessment that he said something that made me think. He went outside to look at the gas box and he looked up at the condensation pipe and said, 'does that look straight to you?' I said, yes, why? He said, 'ye, that's what I thought but it should be at a slight incline because otherwise the water will just fall backwards'. Then he said, 'Im surprised you arent losing pressure on your boiler'! Now, obviously I didn't tell him that it was in fact losing pressure because for them to insure you there can't be any probs when they check the system (or so im told) so I kept shtum! lol. All we did was put the white condensation pipe at a slight angle and BINGO! So far the boiler has remained at a constant pressure for some time! JUST WANTED TO COME BACK ON HERE AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING HELP AND SUPPORT.....CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH! Obviously none of you would have know that the pipe wasn't fitted correctly but I just thought you might like to know that FINALLY things are on the up! THANKS GUYS! Kerry

 

[fuzzy]

how does the condensate pipe make u loose pressure?

 

[ecowarm]

very strange

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

it cant do this the only way a condensate pipe would have a bearing is if the main heat exchanger or on a band b recupirater had failed

 

[Bartdude]

Instead of taking out an insurance policy with any of the growing number of "Homecare" companies,put the money in a separate account and use it to pay a decent independent engineer like the ones on this forum.

Eon,BG,SP,even the bloody AA now,who's next???!!!

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

i agree with bartdude

 

[hihowudoin]

Eon,BG,SP,even the bloody AA now,who's next???!!!

the Meerkats, simples ;-)

 

[oldplumber]

AA only does boilers now coz they can no longer fix modern cars, only tow them to a garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

AA only does boilers now coz they can no longer fix modern cars, only tow them to a garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they will be bo*****ed when they meet a icos then

 

[ecowarm]

Tesco's will be doing it next

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

probably with clubcard points

 

[fuzzy]

the AA will collect your boiler and take it to the nearest engineer

 

[Bartdude]

the AA will collect your boiler and take it to the nearest engineer

That's handy,I always fancied working from home!!!!!!

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

unless its a ideal and the aa landrover will drive over it crushing it flat

 

[oldplumber]

cant wait for tecos valueline boilers to come onto the shelves, all red and blue stripes etc

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

probably a re badged heat line

 

[ecowarm]

looked on the AA site and no mention of gas safe registration?

 

[Blackcatgas]

Back on topic, how can a condensate pipe put in level or with a slight backflow cause a boiler to lose pressure?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

it cant sounds like a load of bull TBH

 

[raymondo68]

Surely this was the discharge and not the condensate?? Still nothing to do with being straight or level though???