Condenser only lasts 6 years?

[TicklyT]

I imagine part of the thinking is because it is designed so (generally acidic) products of combustion condense inside the boiler to start it rotting whereas a non-condensing boiler gets hot enough to evaoprate most of the gunk before it does too much damage.

Aluminium parts shouldn't be so much of a problem in an acidic environment as some steel parts. One of the old tricks for getting a broken stud out of aluminium was to use nitric acid. It dissolves the steel without touching the ally.

High silicone aluminium alloys may behave differently. Adding silicone to aluminium may work wonders for casting and machining of the parts, but some alloys do tend to rot quickly.

 

[Bahco]

A Drug Enforcement Agency course?

Not quite!

I'm doing the training to be a Domestic Energy Assessor as part of the new HIPS that the govt has just brought in.

You have to assess how energy efficient a particular house is and give it a banding similar to the A-G bands you see on fridges, dishwashers etc.

I await the stick coming my way!

 

[Balenza]

Bahco wrote

I'm doing the training to be a Domestic Energy Assessor as part of the new HIPS that the govt has just brought in.

Unless the assessment of the building includes thermograpic imaging then its a waste of time IMO.

 

[Bahco]

Unless the assessment of the building includes thermograpic imaging then its a waste of time IMO.

Waste of time or not, you will need one if you buy / sell a house or if you rent a house out.

 

[bengasman]

Probably as useful as the recommended programmable roomstat or co2 per mile rating of cars.
The real efficiency depends on how clever the owner uses it.
You can put the best roomstat and trvs in a house, if the user keeps them all on max because the don’t understand that it does not heat the house up QUICKER, but only LONGER, the net result is zip.

But if an energy rating is compulsory, it does not matter if it is useful or not, you gotta have it.
Don’t see why anyone should give you stick about it, it is like stamp duty; money spent for nothing but the law is the law.
At least I can say I did not vote for the current bunch of muppets.
Just be grateful Prescott is gone.