Mornin.....minus 6.6

Good morning all ...........

Watched the program Den, what happend to good old lagging on the pipes? there is obviously a design fault with this type of boiler, no thought had been given to the fact we get freezing weather here.
However, I recall winters when the lead pipes were frozen solid and we would have to use a lighted candle to defrost them to get the water running, we would then fill up the bath with water knowing that the next day the pipes would be solid again.
Central heating them days was the fire in the living room around which we would huddle to keep warm, I have happy memories of bath days in front of the fire, toasted bread and dripping, hot cocoa and stories whilst we watched the flames dance and make patterns in the embers of the fire.

Have a warm wonderful Christmas all ..........

Stay safe
Old Sage

It's always good to earth up your potatoes an rhubarb, keeps the light off them!

Evening U lot another bright sunny day below freezing all day tho

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@ Tony
the weird thing is at the point you require central heating the boiler gives up the ghost 'cause its too cold ????
This link is instructive http://www.condensingboiler.org.uk/
as well as freezing the condensate is acidic
The method of getting rid of this product of combustion is a steady drip that gradually freezes blocking the pipe.
One solution is to collect and send larger quantity to drain
best of all is to not allow it outside the building plumb it internally to domestic drainage .. Bodge repair is to lag the pipe sort of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted
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I have dug out the steam cleaner this has a wand that I can cook the pipe with from ground level a lot safer than climbing a ladder with a kettle of boiling water
Knowing that I am not alone in this problem is not much of a consolation.
I wonder if the chairman of British Gas is going to pick up his Christmas Bonus ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?...20the%20condensate%20pipe

I note that these posts in link above are from 2009

...mornin, -6.5 on the freezing scale, as opposed to the Richter scale!