Plastic pipes within 1m of boiler....

martinthebandit

When you changed the radiators did you 'balance' your system afterwards?

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martinthebandit wrote: »

When you changed the radiators did you 'balance' your system afterwards?

My Dad did all the bleeding and balancing after installing the two new radiators, that's when we realised that the new radiators still weren't heating up.

Owain_Moneysaver

Are the plastic pipes connected to the boiler or just run near it?

The restriction usually applies because heat can be conducted from the boiler along pipes connected to it.

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Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Are the plastic pipes connected to the boiler or just run near it?

The restriction usually applies because heat can be conducted from the boiler along pipes connected to it.

All pipework feeding the boiler are copper to start, but there's one that changes to plastic within about 10cm and others slightly further away (under the 60cm that Worcester recommend though).

southcoastrgi

https://postimage.org

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southcoastrgi wrote: »

https://postimage.org

Thanks for that, I've added a photo to the original post and bookmarked the site for future use. :T

southcoastrgi

When you post the pics of the pipes & boiler can you post a pic of the warning notice & just to clarify this notice was done at the same time as they installed the boiler ?

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southcoastrgi wrote: »

When you post the pics of the pipes & boiler can you post a pic of the warning notice & just to clarify this notice was done at the same time as they installed the boiler ?

Done and yes, the notice is the same date as the installation. Bizarrely I have just noticed that they've checked the box saying that I wasn't present, which I was. Odd.

southcoastrgi

OP I've pm'd you

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Well a British Gas Engineer has now been to look at the plastic pipes, had a bit of a job getting to them (had to take the extractor fan off the wall as it was attached to the pipe housing).

He called Worcester to make sure, but he now knows that ALL the plastic pipes within 600mm of the boiler have to be replaced with copper. He seemed quite surprised by this.

Now I've got to wait for them to get an electrician to disconnect the oven, so that they have room to get at the plastic pipes. Engineer seemed a little too happy to tell me he was off next week and part of the week after, so someone else would have to come back to do the job.