Question 1, Boiler Flue dripping.

Avoriaz

Cliecost wrote: »

'Bothered', who said anything about bothered?! I have no idea where it is!

If you can't be bothered to tell me where to look or can't be bothered to be polite then don't reply!

That is so going to encourage helpful replies. :rotfl:

cyclonebri1

It was rather invited though.:A

I have seen installtions done by so called gas fitters where they have wrongly angled the flue inwards when it clearly should have been the other way round. Maybe they needed a bigger core drill:D:D

macman

Try looking on or around the boiler itself, or how about the instruction manual that hopefully came with it? Or the invoice that came with it if you had it installed? You're not giving the impression of trying that hard.
And you still haven't told us if it's a condensing boiler or not, which is the key to this.

zaax

The average peron is not going to know the different between a condencing boiler and a normal one. The model no will on the last annual service invoice, and the insulation / user manual which you would have (as its a legal requirement).

macman

I would dispute that, most people do know what sort of boiler they have. But the average person can look outside and see if there is a condensate drain, or tell us how old the boiler is (if it was installed in the last 5? years, then it's going to be a condenser).
I wasn't being facetious in my original post, it's just that no one would post a problem on here with their car, and just say 'it's a Ford', and expect to get meaningful help? We need the basic info in order to assist.

Cliecost

macman wrote: »

I wasn't being facetious in my original post, it's just that no one would post a problem on here with their car, and just say 'it's a Ford', and expect to get meaningful help?

Most buy their own cars so know what they're getting. When you tell a plumber to install central heating in a house they buy the boiler and do everything for you.

It's 4 years old.

Biasi
Model: M96A.28SM/C
Serial: N042570509 GB4
G.C. No. 47-583-18

macman

Not so, you can specify the boiler rating and model you want, in conjunction with your RGI. You don't have to just accept what they suggest. It's rather a shame you did, as the Biasi is considered to be one of the worst brands on the market.
Anyhow, what you have is a condensing combi boiler, so it will have 1) a flue, 2) a condensate drain, and 3) a PRV overflow pipe, all discharging to the outside. 2) should run to a gully or soakaway. Please confirm that it is the flue that is dripping and not one of the other pipes.

Cliecost

macman wrote: »

Not so, you can specify the boiler rating and model you want, in conjunction with your RGI. You don't have to just accept what they suggest. It's rather a shame you did, as the Biasi is considered to be one of the worst brands on the market.
Anyhow, what you have is a condensing combi boiler, so it will have 1) a flue, 2) a condensate drain, and 3) a PRV overflow pipe, all discharging to the outside. 2) should run to a gully or soakaway. Please confirm that it is the flue that is dripping and not one of the other pipes.

It was my partner's mother who paid for it so I didn't have anything to do with it.

The drip is coming directly from the flue. There is a plastic pipe that runs from under the boiler through the wall and outside into the waste water pipe, I assume this is the overflow pipe.

southcoastrgi

the flue should be running back from the outside to the boiler at an angle, if the flue is level or running down from the boiler then it is going to drip, the only way to stop it is to lift the flue up on the outside or lower the boiler

Cliecost

southcoastrgi wrote: »

the flue should be running back from the outside to the boiler at an angle, if the flue is level or running down from the boiler then it is going to drip, the only way to stop it is to lift the flue up on the outside or lower the boiler

Annoyingly the flue is parallel. Those solutions sound like they involve building work and for the sake of a drip I'll just have to live with it.

Thanks anyway.