On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:46:13 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

Ed Sirett wrote:

This boiler choice FAQ is nearly twice the size of the original and
has incorporated a number but not all of suggestions.

Nice work Ed.
Ta!


A few odd bits that jumped out:

"As a rough rule of thumb using 2005 figures I estimate any repair of
less than £100 is worth doing. For a boiler less than 20 years old you
may want to allow a bit more on a sliding scale so that with a younger
boiler you are prepared to much more for its repair"

Seems like you need a "spend" toward the end of that.

"The condensate is slightly acidic same as fruit juice it might just rot
a metal pipe given time but not overnight."

Needs a comma or perhaps a "the" in there.

"This is not a disadvantage nearly always there is more wall space than
floor space."

"since nearly always"?

Very end of section 5 you have a embedded br tag after the end
paragrapoh tag /p - that upsets the formatting (causing the end of the
sentance to be chopped) when the font sizes are increased in Mozilla.

All the above accepted with thanks.


On the flue location bit toward the end of chapter 8, might it be worth
including the building regs minimum distance (600mm?) from a boundary as
well as your recommendation for 2.5m as a distance that ought to
completely avoid the issue?

I check on the ODPM site they are saying 2.5m either as the rules or as a
proposed amendment, I was unable to work out which.
The 600mm would be from the installation manual and typically would be
repeat the contents of BS 5440. I.e 600mm to face a wall or fence and
1200mm to another terminal.

In practice I take into account all sort of factors like:
How they get on with the current neighbours.
Which boiler might be fitted and what bits are available. Does the
neighbour have a pluming flue already fitted.





"The third group obvious have relatively little influence"

"obviously"?


Glossary:

"A feature where the boiler can alters it power output usually to suit
conditions."

"alter"?

"The cloud of steam (actually a mist of tiny water droplets) often seen
coming out of a condensing boiler flue in cold damp weather. "

"cold dry weather" would cause a more noticable effect would it not?
In dry weather which in winter is usually cold weather the plume
dissipates but in damp still conditions (Foggy weather) it lingers.
However the two effects might well work against each other so I'll just
say "cold weather".


"or electromagnetically bewitching the input mains water (efficacy
uncertain)." LOL - I like that turn of phrase!

As Terry Pratchett says: "Writing is as much fun as anyone can have by
themselves." My favourite bit is the "Hades Utopia 80 CF" anyone in the
game will picture exactly the model of boiler I mean.


--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html