HI,
Im replacing my 25 year old baxi open vent boiler any good boilers to
replace only open vent boilers suite me.

In article .com,
"Boiler man" writes:
HI,
Im replacing my 25 year old baxi open vent boiler any good boilers to
replace only open vent boilers suite me.

No. You'll need a condensing boiler, and I don't think it's
possible to make an open flued one of those.

--
Andrew Gabriel

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
.. .
In article .com,
"Boiler man" writes:
HI,
Im replacing my 25 year old baxi open vent boiler any good boilers to
replace only open vent boilers suite me.

No. You'll need a condensing boiler, and I don't think it's
possible to make an open flued one of those.

--
Andrew Gabriel

'Open Vent' Andrew, not 'Open Flued' (I had to read twice mind you).

Vaillant EcoMaxPro
Glowworm Hxi
Worcester must also do one, either a Greenstar or a Junior I guess.

Angus

In article ,
"Fentoozler" nospam@mapson writes:
"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
.. .
In article .com,
"Boiler man" writes:
HI,
Im replacing my 25 year old baxi open vent boiler any good boilers to
replace only open vent boilers suite me.

No. You'll need a condensing boiler, and I don't think it's
possible to make an open flued one of those.

'Open Vent' Andrew, not 'Open Flued' (I had to read twice mind you).

Oops, missed that.

Vaillant EcoMaxPro
Glowworm Hxi
Worcester must also do one, either a Greenstar or a Junior I guess.

Keston Celcius 25 can run on a vented system (or at least could
about 4 years ago when I installed mine, although my system is
a sealed one).

--
Andrew Gabriel

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:23:08 -0800, Boiler man wrote:

HI,
Im replacing my 25 year old baxi open vent boiler any good boilers to
replace only open vent boilers suite me.

General help in the Boiler Choice FAQ. See below.


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hi
At last i had my keston c25 installed.BUT...........
The neighbours not complaining about the plume-they have a vaillant
ecomax and the plume goes into my alleyway i dont mind coz my boiler
plume goes in to tthere garden.
they are saying your flue is so noisy and we cant open our window bla
bla,i said did i make the boiler noisy?
the y said no so i said wat the hell can i do?
to tell you the truth it sounds like a whistle. any solutions.
the boiler is super efficient my thermostat is only on 20. the
radiators are nice and warm.
thanks for the help anyway.

hi
At last i had my keston c25 installed.BUT...........
The neighbours not complaining about the plume-they have a vaillant
ecomax and the plume goes into my alleyway i dont mind coz my boiler
plume goes in to tthere garden.
they are saying your flue is so noisy and we cant open our window bla
bla,i said did i make the boiler noisy?
the y said no so i said wat the hell can i do?
to tell you the truth it sounds like a whistle. any solutions.
the boiler is super efficient my thermostat is only on 20. the
radiators are nice and warm.
thanks for the help anyway.

hi
At last i had my keston c25 installed.BUT...........
The neighbours not complaining about the plume-they have a vaillant
ecomax and the plume goes into my alleyway i dont mind coz my boiler
plume goes in to tthere garden.
they are saying your flue is so noisy and we cant open our window bla
bla,i said did i make the boiler noisy?
the y said no so i said wat the hell can i do?
to tell you the truth it sounds like a whistle. any solutions.
the boiler is super efficient my thermostat is only on 20. the
radiators are nice and warm.
thanks for the help anyway.

In article .com,
"Boiler man" writes:
hi
At last i had my keston c25 installed.BUT...........
The neighbours not complaining about the plume-they have a vaillant
ecomax and the plume goes into my alleyway i dont mind coz my boiler
plume goes in to tthere garden.

My c25 doesn't plume anywhere near as much as some other condensing
boilers I've seen. OTOH, I mostly run it at only 45C flow temp, as
that's high enough to heat the house unless it's well below freezing
outside and the heating has been off. It would be more likely to
plume at a higher temperature.

they are saying your flue is so noisy and we cant open our window bla
bla,i said did i make the boiler noisy?

Where's the flue relative to your boundary and their window?

the y said no so i said wat the hell can i do?
to tell you the truth it sounds like a whistle. any solutions.

You could extend the flue up high. Might just need to change
the fitting on the end. Mine comes out through the wall
horizontally, and I have a 135º bend on it to direct the
plume up and away from the house at an angle of 45º.

--
Andrew Gabriel

On 22 Jan 2006 05:13:45 -0800 Boiler man wrote :
they are saying your flue is so noisy and we cant open our window bla
bla,i said did i make the boiler noisy?
the y said no so i said wat the hell can i do?
to tell you the truth it sounds like a whistle.

There's one down the road from me that has a long pipe going up the
wall (I suspect the boiler is in the basement) and it sounds almost
like an organ pipe - presumably the length is such as to resonate.

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Thanks.
I'll do that lucky the flue is only50mm plastic and cheap.
I like the look of the plume its cosy anyway thanks for the info.
My old boiler was G rated sedbuk.

Many thanks

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"Boiler man" writes:
Thanks.
I'll do that lucky the flue is only50mm plastic and cheap.

You must use muPVC pipe and fittings. The same size pipe and
fittings are available as ABS (and maybe uPVC), which must not
be used. The flue must always slope back towards the boiler.
You aren't supposed to use knuckle elbows, although if the
pipe run is very short, I can't imagine it matters too much.
See the installation instructions for precise details. If you
substantially change the layout or length, you should get the
boiler mixture re-adjusted. About once every 6 months, I pour
a pint or two of water down the flue, to wash away any debris
which has collected at the bottom of the combustion chamber,
having had this block the condensate drain a couple of times
when it built up (hasn't happened since washing through the
flue in this way). So you might want to keep the end of the
flue sufficiently accessible for this.

The other thing I would do if commissioning a newly installed
Keston is to leave a hosepipe trickling into the flue for an
hour or so, and check none of the flue and condensate pipework
is leaking. If the real condensate leaks, it will rapidly
wreck things like the boiler casing. In my case, the flue
spigot was supplied leaking, but I caught it before it did
any serious harm, and rebuilt it. This flue water trickle
test would have caught it earlier during commissioning.

I like the look of the plume its cosy anyway thanks for the info.

People do route the flue up disused chimney stacks so the plume
comes out the pot. Mine were too far away for the effort to be
worth it, unfortunately.

--
Andrew Gabriel

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hi
At last i had my keston c25 installed.BUT...........
The neighbours not complaining about the plume-they have a vaillant
ecomax and the plume goes into my alleyway i dont mind coz my boiler
plume goes in to tthere garden.
they are saying your flue is so noisy and we cant open our window bla
bla,i said did i make the boiler noisy?
the y said no so i said wat the hell can i do?
to tell you the truth it sounds like a whistle. any solutions.
the boiler is super efficient my thermostat is only on 20. the
radiators are nice and warm.
thanks for the help anyway.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but condensing boilers aren't supposed to discharge
plume over a neighbour's boundary (s/b 2m from boundary shouldn't it)? This
is an additional regulation to the CORGI ones showing terminal positions for
regular FF boilers?

Angus

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:55:14 +0000, Fentoozler wrote:

"Boiler man" wrote in message
oups.com...
hi
At last i had my keston c25 installed.BUT...........
The neighbours not complaining about the plume-they have a vaillant
ecomax and the plume goes into my alleyway i dont mind coz my boiler
plume goes in to tthere garden.
they are saying your flue is so noisy and we cant open our window bla
bla,i said did i make the boiler noisy?
the y said no so i said wat the hell can i do?
to tell you the truth it sounds like a whistle. any solutions.
the boiler is super efficient my thermostat is only on 20. the
radiators are nice and warm.
thanks for the help anyway.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but condensing boilers aren't supposed to discharge
plume over a neighbour's boundary (s/b 2m from boundary shouldn't it)? This
is an additional regulation to the CORGI ones showing terminal positions for
regular FF boilers?


The requirement is not for the gas regs (600mm to a wall and 1200mm to
another teriminal).
It's for 2 Jags office who do not want air-space wars to break out.
[.... my boiler's being given an ASBO! ...] so IIRC 2.5m is want they
want. However this is in the direction of the plume so if a 45 degree
plume diverter is used then the 90 degree distance is only 1.75m (or
thereabouts).

--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html