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R D S[_2_] April 30th 21 10:13 AM

Greying ceiling above boiler
 
The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey
having got that way over some years from previously 'is the ceiling a
bit grey there' to now 'it definitely is, yes'.

There's no CO2, there are 2 detectors in there.

I suppose the sensible answer is get someone in? Or is this normal to
some degree?

Dave Plowman (News) April 30th 21 11:04 AM

Greying ceiling above boiler
 
In article ,
R D S wrote:
The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey
having got that way over some years from previously 'is the ceiling a
bit grey there' to now 'it definitely is, yes'.


There's no CO2, there are 2 detectors in there.


I suppose the sensible answer is get someone in? Or is this normal to
some degree?


There is always at least some waste heat from a boiler. Which will draw
air (and dirt) to above it. Same as you get above a rad, given enough time.

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*We have enough youth, how about a fountain of Smart?

Dave Plowman London SW
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newshound April 30th 21 11:16 AM

Greying ceiling above boiler
 
On 30/04/2021 10:13, R D S wrote:
The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey
having got that way over some years from previously 'is the ceiling a
bit grey there' to now 'it definitely is, yes'.

There's no CO2, there are 2 detectors in there.

I suppose the sensible answer is get someone in? Or is this normal to
some degree?


Sound like dirt deposited from convection currents to me. Time for some
paint.

charles April 30th 21 11:55 AM

Greying ceiling above boiler
 
In article ,
newshound wrote:
On 30/04/2021 10:13, R D S wrote:
The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey
having got that way over some years from previously 'is the ceiling a
bit grey there' to now 'it definitely is, yes'.

There's no CO2, there are 2 detectors in there.

I suppose the sensible answer is get someone in? Or is this normal to
some degree?


Sound like dirt deposited from convection currents to me. Time for some
paint.


wash it down with sugar soap.

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John Rumm April 30th 21 12:15 PM

Greying ceiling above boiler
 
On 30/04/2021 10:13, R D S wrote:
The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey
having got that way over some years from previously 'is the ceiling a
bit grey there' to now 'it definitely is, yes'.

There's no CO2, there are 2 detectors in there.

I suppose the sensible answer is get someone in? Or is this normal to
some degree?


Its warm, and so will convect a current of air up against the ceiling.
Dust in the air will do the rest.

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John.

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Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) April 30th 21 12:16 PM

Greying ceiling above boiler
 
Yes back in the days of valve tvs, above the TV had a lot of dust and stuff.
My guess in that case was static attracted it, then heat forced it up to the
wall and ceiling.If you have ever opened up an old crt TV after some years,
you will find it deep in muck.

Brian

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In article ,
R D S wrote:
The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey
having got that way over some years from previously 'is the ceiling a
bit grey there' to now 'it definitely is, yes'.


There's no CO2, there are 2 detectors in there.


I suppose the sensible answer is get someone in? Or is this normal to
some degree?


There is always at least some waste heat from a boiler. Which will draw
air (and dirt) to above it. Same as you get above a rad, given enough
time.

--
*We have enough youth, how about a fountain of Smart?

Dave Plowman
London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.




Andrew[_22_] April 30th 21 01:38 PM

Greying ceiling above boiler
 
rather like the power supply and cpu fan+cooler in my desktop
too !.

Andrew

On 30/04/2021 12:16, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Yes back in the days of valve tvs, above the TV had a lot of dust and stuff.
My guess in that case was static attracted it, then heat forced it up to the
wall and ceiling.If you have ever opened up an old crt TV after some years,
you will find it deep in muck.

Brian



The Natural Philosopher[_2_] May 1st 21 10:42 AM

Greying ceiling above boiler
 
On 30/04/2021 11:16, newshound wrote:
On 30/04/2021 10:13, R D S wrote:
The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey
having got that way over some years from previously 'is the ceiling a
bit grey there' to now 'it definitely is, yes'.

There's no CO2, there are 2 detectors in there.

I suppose the sensible answer is get someone in? Or is this normal to
some degree?


Sound like dirt deposited from convection currents to me. Time for some
paint.

+1


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the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."

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polygonum_on_google[_2_] May 1st 21 11:15 AM

Greying ceiling above boiler
 
On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 12:16:46 UTC+1, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Yes back in the days of valve tvs, above the TV had a lot of dust and stuff.
My guess in that case was static attracted it, then heat forced it up to the
wall and ceiling.If you have ever opened up an old crt TV after some years,
you will find it deep in muck.

Brian


I suspect that the convection of dry, warm air you might expect round an operating boiler would itself tend to cause a build-up of static. And that would cause exactly the same issues as TVs, ionisers, etc.


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