Disconnect back boiler

[Fill]

A friend has moved into a new house with a coal fire which has been disconected from the back boiler and had the back drilled with two holes, any way of repair with out too much money.

 

[kevplumb]

you need a good welder

try thr scruff

 

[bengasman]

maybe the holes were drilled for a reason?

 

[kevplumb]

maybe the holes were drilled for a reason?

yeah like the boiler was disconnected

 

[bengasman]

Disconnected? because it was .......... unsafe? condemned??

 

[boabcelt]

The holes would have been drilled to prevent a pressure build up in the back boiler once it was capped off. We used to do this to old coal fired boilers all the time, if the fire was still to be used.

 

[namsag]

Worked in a womans house who still has bits of metal in her face from coal boiler exploding on her.
She had just moved in and thought ,ah lets get a real fire going . Without knowing the old boiler had been capped off . She said bits of the boiler ended up embedded 6 inches into a brick wall . And luckily only got hit with a few bits

 

[kevplumb]

ang on fellas we or at least i am assuming he is gonna use it

otherwise why block the holes up