A quick question - must the PRV on a sealed CH system be vented
outside? I would've thought so, however the surveyor made no mention of
it on a friend's survey (a full Building Survey I believe) so either he
missed it or is not obliged to check such things?

As it currently stands the PRV would empty onto the kitchen floor in an
over-pressure condition.

Mathew

In article .com,
"Mathew Newton" writes:
A quick question - must the PRV on a sealed CH system be vented
outside?

Yes.

I would've thought so, however the surveyor made no mention of
it on a friend's survey (a full Building Survey I believe) so either he
missed it or is not obliged to check such things?

I would not expect a surveyor to know this, although some might.

As it currently stands the PRV would empty onto the kitchen floor in an
over-pressure condition.

You need to get that fixed. In a worse case failure condition,
that might be ejecting 40kW of steam, and that could seriously
injure or even kill someone in the kitchen.

--
Andrew Gabriel

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from (Andrew Gabriel) contains these words:

I would not expect a surveyor to know this,

I wouldn't expect a surveyor to know £$%* all.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Sat, 20 May 2006 12:19:56 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article .com,
"Mathew Newton" writes:
A quick question - must the PRV on a sealed CH system be vented
outside?

Yes.

I would've thought so, however the surveyor made no mention of
it on a friend's survey (a full Building Survey I believe) so either he
missed it or is not obliged to check such things?

I would not expect a surveyor to know this, although some might.

As it currently stands the PRV would empty onto the kitchen floor in an
over-pressure condition.

You need to get that fixed. In a worse case failure condition,
that might be ejecting 40kW of steam, and that could seriously
injure or even kill someone in the kitchen.

Although this is an extremely unlikely condition, ISTR that one of the
crimes a house-of-horrors punter did was exactly this.
The person in question is currently banned from working on gas by the HSE.




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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
Gas Fitting Standards Docs he http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFittingStandards

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article .com,
"Mathew Newton" writes:
A quick question - must the PRV on a sealed CH system be vented
outside?

Yes.

I would've thought so, however the surveyor made no mention of
it on a friend's survey (a full Building Survey I believe) so either he
missed it or is not obliged to check such things?

I would not expect a surveyor to know this, although some might.

Thought as much - thanks for the clarification. Just wanted to check if
this was something that needed raising with them.

You need to get that fixed. In a worse case failure condition,
that might be ejecting 40kW of steam, and that could seriously
injure or even kill someone in the kitchen.

Sure - will sort it for 'em tomorrow.

Mathew