On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:59:28 +0000, A.Lee wrote:

cynic wrote:

Ho hum - went shopping this morning and noticed my neighbour had a
plumber/heating installers van outside. When I returned said van had
gone and neighbour looked distinctly cold. On speaking to him it
transpired installer knew nothing about the insides of the boiler
despite having installed and "comissioned" it. Since he could not fix
it he departed.
We had very severe frost last night so I enquired if there was an ice
plug in the condensate outlet. Neighbour got ladder out to look and it
turned out there was. Soon neighbour had kettle out and a warm house
soon after.

Do some pipes constantly 'dribble' out then? Mine is stored in a small
tank in the boiler, then comes out periodically, maybe once a day.
Alan.

Same here, but I guess in this weather there's still a possibility of ice
build-up over several days. Ours empties when the 'mini-cistern' is full,
and I guess that is probably several times a day if the boiler is on all
the time, enough to get a build-up if the pipe isn't insulated and it
stays below freezing.



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