Pip not facing wall

Pumarimandona85

Hi All,

I had my boiler service last week, provided by Scottish Gas, and I was advised that the 'pip was not facing wall', that wasn't important but he needed to let us know. He also left a safety advice note. I don't have more details as this was told to my husband, and I wonder now which pip is not facing, how much can cost a repair in Scotland, and if I need to call and electricist or a boiler plumbler?

I've been reading a bit, and my understanding is that the pip going along outside my external wall may not be properly aligned as I can see that some of the brackets are a bit rusted, but I have no clue if this is the issue. The boiler has 2 years, but the house is the typical mansionnette house from 1930s.

Has anyone been in the same situation and let me know if they know what this 'pip not facing wall' refers to, and how much can be to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

costwiseuk

Almost certainly the pressure relief valve discharge pipe, the short copper pipe that comes out through your external wall near the boiler. It should point downwards and back towards the wall, so that if the valve ever lets go the scalding water hits brick rather than a person. If yours points out into the open, that is a standard advisory: worth fixing, not an emergency, which is why he said it wasn't important but still had to record it.

Two things before you pay anyone. Get hold of the actual safety advice note, it will have a classification code that tells you exactly what he found, and Scottish Gas will send a copy if your husband hasn't got it. And if the boiler is only two years old, the pipe was very likely terminated like that when it was installed, which makes it the installer's problem rather than a repair you should be funding. I would go back to whoever fitted it first.

If you do end up paying, it is a small job, maybe half an hour and a bit of pipe, so somewhere around £80 to £150 in Scotland. Anyone quoting materially more is quoting for something else.

You want a Gas Safe registered heating engineer, not an electrician. On the rusty brackets, that sounds like a longer pipe run rather than the boiler discharge stub, so probably a separate thing.

Pumarimandona85

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Thank you very much for your explanation. The boiler is in warranty, should I contact the warranty to get this fix? Not sure who installed it as it was just installed when I bought the flat, so not sure if this will be covered with the boiler warranty?