Boiler condensate blog posts from Housewarm
Learning how to stop a condensate pipe freezing could save you a lot of time defrosting it, or money calling someone out. A broken down boiler in the freezing winter is a nightmare and often easily preventable. I have been a full-time heating engineer for over a decade and fixing boilers because of a frozen
How to Stop Condensate Pipe Freezing in a Cold Winter Read More »
Having a frozen condensate pipe will cause your boiler to stop working, which means no heating or hot water when you need it most, in freezing winter weather. I have been repairing boilers full-time for over a decade and when the weather is freezing, the majority of calls I get for a boiler not working
How to Thaw a Frozen Condensate Pipe (and Stop) Read More »
Ideal boiler condensate traps can get very dirty and eventually blocked if they are not cleaned out. They get full of all sorts of weird gunk and sometimes bees and other insects that get in through the flue terminal from outside. I have been servicing boilers for a decade and I have cleaned my fair
How to Clean an Ideal Boiler Condensate Trap Read More »
Condensing boilers produce wastewater (from the flue gases) that needs to run freely down through the boiler, into a trap, then down a pipe and discharged into a drain. Having a blocked condensate pipe means your boiler will not work. These pipes become blocked regularly. I have been repairing and servicing boilers for over a
Boiler Condensate Pipe Blocked? How to Find and Fix Read More »
