Plumbing question

[tesco]

I meant b.o. not proper bo,sorry for ant inconvenience.

Explains the smell.

[Buffalo]

Condensing Boiler?
A condensing boiler is a high efficiency modern boiler that incorporates an extra heat exchanger so that the hot exhaust gases lose much of their energy to pre-heat the water in the boiler system. When working at peak efficiency, the water vapour produced in the combustion process condenses back into liquid form releasing the latent heat of vaporisation. A side effect is that this water, known as condensate, which is usually acidic, has to be piped away to a drain or soakaway.

The photo (below) shows a cutaway combination condensing boiler. It is mounted on a wall and the exhaust gases will rise through the plastic flue in the top left corner. Hot water is provided by a small storage tank on the right: the tank (which is covered by insulating foam) has been cut open to show the tightly wound quick refresh coil inside it. At the bottom of the photo are a number of pipes going into the boiler. One carries the gas for the burner and there are two (in and out) As in pic 51 for the central heating system. The plastic pipe on the right carries the condensed water vapour produced by burning the gas. This water contains dissolved oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, making it slightly acidic.


I'm not 100% sure i'm right, But I'll put a small bet on it,
if you look on pic 51,
you can see two pipes going into that cheap chipboard, that is where the boiler is, but I could be wrong....... or I could be very right.

place ya bets please

[tesco]

Don't have a boiler.

[Alien5]

I dont think he has such a high efficiency modern boiler as that.

EDIT: i was right.

[Buffalo]

well you should have......... it's normal

edit: how do you get your hot water?

[Alien5]

too modern though and they can be very expensive.

[Buffalo]

too modern though and they can be very expensive.

$680 on eBay, cheap as chips

[Alien5]

too modern
your explaination sounds right buffalo, but why would you have a boiler in the basement, and have a pipe going though the cement floor? its gotta be some sort of sewerage?

EDIT: why would there be a smell coming from it?

[Buffalo]

too modern

EDIT: why would there be a smell coming from it?

it comes from the water vapour produced in the combustion process

[Alien5]

is there some way rossco could check to see if your theory is correct? i wanna know what the problem is now