Hi all, any advice would be appreciated
We had a new valliant condensing boiler fitting in April - the 'drain?' pipe for the boiler is made of copper and runs from the boiler through the roof space for about 4-5 metresand out through the soffit board where it runs into the soil stack.
The section of pipe exposed to the elements is about 10" in length and (because it is copper?) has been insulated. This was initially done suing gray foam lagging taped on with gaffer tape. Not a neat job and over 4-5 months the tape has drier out and peeled away making the lagging loose.
When the company came to inspect the problem the engineer said that it has not been done properly and that the pipe should have been plastic to avoid the need for lagging.
The engineer has come out today and all he has done is to replace the lagging and put on more gaffer tape.
The need to get this resolved in exacerbated by the fact that we are in the process of having a conservatory built below this pipe work and it will shortly only be accessible by dismantling the roof of the conservatory or by contructing scaffolding.
MY question is - what should they do - is it normal to use grey foam and gaffer tape? should the pipe be replaced with a plastic one?
Many thanks
Sam[/list]
We had a new valliant condensing boiler fitting in April - the 'drain?' pipe for the boiler is made of copper and runs from the boiler through the roof space for about 4-5 metresand out through the soffit board where it runs into the soil stack.
The section of pipe exposed to the elements is about 10" in length and (because it is copper?) has been insulated. This was initially done suing gray foam lagging taped on with gaffer tape. Not a neat job and over 4-5 months the tape has drier out and peeled away making the lagging loose.
When the company came to inspect the problem the engineer said that it has not been done properly and that the pipe should have been plastic to avoid the need for lagging.
The engineer has come out today and all he has done is to replace the lagging and put on more gaffer tape.
The need to get this resolved in exacerbated by the fact that we are in the process of having a conservatory built below this pipe work and it will shortly only be accessible by dismantling the roof of the conservatory or by contructing scaffolding.
MY question is - what should they do - is it normal to use grey foam and gaffer tape? should the pipe be replaced with a plastic one?
Many thanks
Sam[/list]