Energy saving? condensing boilers
Some of you will recently have had installed at great cost new energy saving condencing boilers (a legal requirement in the UK). Just how much do these boilers save in running costs/gas consumption? During this spell of very cold weather my friend asked me to call because his boiler had stoped working. Less than two years old and guaranteed by you know who, they were unable to come out until the Monday and this was Friday evening. The problem was that the condensate pipe had frozen and it was a relatively easy job to get the boiler up and working within minutes that same evening. Now the condensate was being delivered not to a frozen/blocked pipe but to a bucket placed below the boiler...as an interim measure. After the said large company had visited I asked friend how much condensate had been collected in the bucket. Answer after three days heavy boiler use....barely a cupful. Condensate=recovered heat. Little condensate=little recovered heat. So have we as a nation been "sold a pup"? Anyone with any info out there?
Arthur Breens ● 5758d3 Comments