gas service question

[guyster1973uk]

hi folks i just had the council in today to do the annual gas service and i noticed after he left the worksheet read " annual service. earth bonding after t/branch. blow off above door."

anyone know what hes on about with the earth bonding after t/branch. blow off above door?
cos i dont have a clue

 

[denso13]

Bonding should be connected before any branches but yours isn't and prv should not be above door but yours is.

 

[guyster1973uk]

Bonding should be connected before any branches but yours isn't and prv should not be above door but yours is.

what u mean" bonding should be connected before any brances but yours isnt" im lost there and what the prv thing? i dont have anything installed above my boiler cupboard door

 

[denso13]

He wrote this

earth bonding after t/branch

I'm saying bonding should be before any branches. It isn't, as he noted above.

Blow off above door - do you have a pipe coming out of the wall above your external door i.e. on an outside wall?

 

[guyster1973uk]

He wrote this

earth bonding after t/branch

I'm saying bonding should be before any branches. It isn't, as he noted above.

Blow off above door - do you have a pipe coming out of the wall above your external door i.e. on an outside wall?

ah i see so what ur saying is theres no earthing at the gas meter?
there is only the boiler flue and there is a pipe below the flue over the front door for draining down the system

i phoned the council about it and they said the blow off above door is a vent above my cupboard door but i cant see that somehow ive been here for nearly 4 yrs now and the vent over door wouldve been mentioned in previous gas services.

 

[denso13]

there is a pipe below the flue over the front door for draining down the system

Do you have a combi boiler? If so I would suspect that pipe is the "blow off". If it is it can release scalding water suddenly which is why it shouldn't be over a door.

There is earth bonding present, should just be closer to the meter.

 

[guyster1973uk]

there is a pipe below the flue over the front door for draining down the system

Do you have a combi boiler? If so I would suspect that pipe is the "blow off". If it is it can release scalding water suddenly which is why it shouldn't be over a door.

There is earth bonding present, should just be closer to the meter.

no mate its not a combi its a vaillant thermocompact. i wish to hell it was a combi would save me money. my last house had a thermocompact turbomax combi fantastic heating unit never had any problems with it and even the council gas engineers said theirselves wtf it shoulda been a combi fitted in this house

 

[Agile]

I do wish people would use the correct descriptions!

The pipe is a pressure release valve vent.

It should not discharge above doorways.

Tony

 

[Boilerman2]

And for a Council Contract Service, it sounds like your engineer has been pretty thorough!! so please don't knock him,

Anyway if you are a Tennant it aint going to cost you anything to rectify!!