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One would have thought that any sizeable corrosion would have been picked up by
the service technician during the annual service?
But as you say, perhaps a combination of bad design (possibly inappropriate
materials used in construction) and the extreme cold caused the issues you and
your countrymen are currently facing. The only time I faced a similar but very
minor crisis was when the inlet mains pipe froze at the bend under the eaves
one
London winter probably in '91. But that boiler kept on chugging nevertheless
and kept us warm, only we couldn't have a wash ... I suppose they made those
things differently those days (the boiler and pump were newly fitted when we
moved into our Mitcham house in 1986 - lived there until Nov 1992 FYI).
Take care.
Gabriel.
----- Original Message ----
> From: Gabe Menezes <[email protected]>
> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thu, 30 December, 2010 10:22:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Did your central heating break down in the big freeze?
> RESPONSE: Combination boilers; which are becoming the norm here in the U.K.
> are not seasonal i.e. they also heat up the hot water throughout the year.
> Having a boiler on Service Contract, also entails a yearly service. Me
> thinks because the really cold weather and the faulty newfangled condensing
> boilers - even German ones, are not up to scratch. My old boiler lasted 19
> years and the only occasional problem was, we had to change the pump about 4
> times during its lifetime. The Heat Exchangers of the newfangled contraption
> corrode due to the acidity of the condensate?
>
>
>
> --
> DEV BOREM KORUM
>
> Gabe Menezes.
>
