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. An hour later my phone rang and a friend told me he had no heat or hot water. Jokingly I said it would be an ice plug in the condensate line. Ten minutes later he phoned back to say it had been just that and promised me a pint. It seems there is a distinct lack of appreciation of the effects of frost on condensate pipes by installers or are we afflicted worse than others in our area?
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14 years ago