Winter drawers on

[Sprintex]

Yeh it was freezing here today I think it got down to about 26 degrees C can't wait for summer
Bart

You can keep that, I'd rather have the -15 thank you!! 


Paul

[moogle]

Yeh it was freezing here today I think it got down to about 26 degrees C can't wait for summer
Bart

Yep at those temperatures the Italians here would still be wearing their padded jackets.. 12 C today still very mild for the mountains.

They're all big girls blouses!   
When I lived in Tyneside 12 C was considered a heatwave! 
Geordies don't put a coat on until there's a minus in front of the temperature number...

I welcome a cold spell as it'll kill off all those bugs and flying things that keep biting me!

[EtchedPixels]

When I lived in Tyneside 12 C was considered a heatwave! 
Geordies don't put a coat on until there's a minus in front of the temperature number...

In the big market they don't even put on a longer dress until its snowing

[longbridge]

I have a mate in Lancashire that has an HO layout in his garage, his wife wont let him do anything to it because its far to cold so he is building a small N gauge layout in his house.

For me here in Queensland its getting far to hot to go out to the shed, even though the shed is fully lined with refrigeration insulation I am restricted to working on the layout in the early morning and very late afternoon, it gets so hot during the day that it makes me feel sick in the guts.

What I want is to win the lottery that way I can spend summer in England and winter over here in Oz (dream on).

[Newportnobby]

What I want is to win the lottery that way I can spend summer in England and winter over here in Oz (dream on).

It wouldn't work, Dave. You'd end up with two winters

[MikeDunn]

In the big market they don't even put on a longer dress until its snowing

For those unfamiliar with the Bigg Market and surrounding streets, "longer dress" is defined as "three inches below the waist belt" ...    not forgetting the compulsory boob-tube !!!

It's amazing how many people have read the Fat Slags & think it's a cartoon instead of a documentary ... 

[Fratton]

Good job I've got some new long johns in,,,, I guess I had better get the shed winterised sharpish!!!!!

[Pete Mc]

Talk about stating the obvious.Makes me laugh,honestly.All this talk about it being the coldest winter for 100 years is reminiscent of a few years ago,2007 if memory serves me right,of the met office saying we were in for an indian summer.In June of that year,us in south yorkshire and other parts of the country were flooded out for the first time in 50 years,not to mention the other parts who get regularly flooded out.
So,common sense will say,service the boiler,but it doesn't guarentee it won't break down in the same way as your car may nit start on the coldest day of the year.They do that.Parts wear out,they fail.
The condensate drain is always the first thing to freeze up and just lagging it doesn't help so what I'm going to do is suggest a very simple task.Now this is backed up with the latest building regulations in respect of fitting new boilers.
What you need to do is replace the 22mm diameter plastic pipe with either 32mm or 38mm waste pipe.Cut the 22mm short enough to allow a section to sit inside the waste pipe so as to allow it to run down the waste pipe and into the soakaway or soil pipe its connected to.The problem stems from where the condensate drain sits on a gully.The gully freezes,water builds up in the condensatee drain,this backs up into the boiler and then the boiler goes into lockout.Do not allow a condensate drain to sit in the water that is in the trap,always allow a small gap,this then ensures no freezing will occur and means your boiler will function as normal.
I used to love doing these type of jobs during winter because they were so easy to diagnose.So as we are going to have a very bad winter,this small task will go a long way towards trying to keep warm this winter.
Hope this is of some help to someone.

Pete

[Malc]

When I fitted my boiler, I ran the condensate pipe into the washbasin drain pipe work, under the floor in the bathroom. That stops it freezing

[Newportnobby]

My boiler is in the kitchen and the condensate pipe is linked into the waste pipe under the work surfaces so all inside the bungalow

[tim-pelican]

My boiler is non-condensing; solves that problem.  (Other problems are left as an exercise for the reader.)

[jonclox]

My old boiler is in the kitchen

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[Pete Mc]

With the condensate drain,you have to be careful as it has an acidic content.I have no idea what percentage that might be,but it can be harmful to small children.Saying that though,puttin one into a wash basin waste,auto washer/dish washer waste or kitchen sink waste is permittable due to there not being much of a chance of it backing up.
I did once got to one whereby it was linked into a bath waste,complete no no this one.The chap had it done that way after the plumber fitted it because the original pipe stood out like a sore thumb.Instead of painting it the same colour as the brick,he had someone connect it to the bath waste.He had two small kids who love having a bath so I warned him that it may,if the bath waste gets block up,flow back into the bath.He just said he'd risk it,not sure his kids would like a sore bum though.

Pete