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What on earth is this?
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Yep, that's what it is!
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I take it it's just a case of making sure pipes aren't live then rip it out.
For sure, make sure it's all safe. Is it coming out?
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Yeh it's coming out just wondering what it was any idea of the rough year
They are getting more scarce by the year - as is the direct water cylinder they were connected to.
Some folks leave them in place, after disconnecting the pipes and leaving the boiler open, of course.
Best to get rid, I think.
John
Some folks leave them in place, after disconnecting the pipes and leaving the boiler open, of course.
Best to get rid, I think.
John
I was still fitting the Homerette back boiler unit in 1984.... it was called ''Council Housing' back then. With a rent collector calling every fortnight, with a satchel to hold the cash. He knew who was who, what was what and was effectively the ears and mouth of the council.
Needless to say I look back on this period as the good old days. Even though they did not seem it at the time. (I was 24)
Needless to say I look back on this period as the good old days. Even though they did not seem it at the time. (I was 24)
Robert1989, good evening.
There is a very high possibility that your old back boiler could be original, all depends on what the property you are in has as its history?
These things pop up from time to time with some "tales attaching??"
One old tale is that the back boiler was capped off and the Fireplace pressed into service, result was an explosion when the old back boiler being capped off, ruptured, not pleasant? actually very messy
Second old tale, this time of my manufacture, i witnessed this one. bask boiler in use as originally intended, cols winter, large very hot fire, back boiler works and fills the header tank with seriously hot water, lady of the house decides to use some water to wash up the breakfast dishes, this completed she fills the Washing machine with clothes, and then starts the Washing machines cycle, the washing machine fails because some of the components were melted, the reason being the very, very hot water in the uncontrolled hot tank fed direct from the back boiler caused the problem?
Ken.
There is a very high possibility that your old back boiler could be original, all depends on what the property you are in has as its history?
These things pop up from time to time with some "tales attaching??"
One old tale is that the back boiler was capped off and the Fireplace pressed into service, result was an explosion when the old back boiler being capped off, ruptured, not pleasant? actually very messy
Second old tale, this time of my manufacture, i witnessed this one. bask boiler in use as originally intended, cols winter, large very hot fire, back boiler works and fills the header tank with seriously hot water, lady of the house decides to use some water to wash up the breakfast dishes, this completed she fills the Washing machine with clothes, and then starts the Washing machines cycle, the washing machine fails because some of the components were melted, the reason being the very, very hot water in the uncontrolled hot tank fed direct from the back boiler caused the problem?
Ken.
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So the suggestion is to fit a thermostatic valve on the hot water then.
more to it than that.
if the cylinder is acting as "heat sink" and you close a valve, where will the heat go? A 100l cylinder can absorb a lot of heat before it boils. There should be an always on rad, but even so, a risk you would boil in the back boiler, might spurt out of an overflow, might be squirting out in the loft and softening the header tank, might damage the boiler if it boiled dry, and soldered joints might get hot enough to melt. I have an idea some old ranges were built with a fusible plug that would melt, allowing water to escape into the fire and extinguish it.
Thermostatic cylinder valves like Cyltrol and Tapstat are (were?) expensive and not widely sold in recent years. I had a NOS spare that I sold on ebay about five years ago after selling an old house, I think it went for about £80.
if the cylinder is acting as "heat sink" and you close a valve, where will the heat go? A 100l cylinder can absorb a lot of heat before it boils. There should be an always on rad, but even so, a risk you would boil in the back boiler, might spurt out of an overflow, might be squirting out in the loft and softening the header tank, might damage the boiler if it boiled dry, and soldered joints might get hot enough to melt. I have an idea some old ranges were built with a fusible plug that would melt, allowing water to escape into the fire and extinguish it.
Thermostatic cylinder valves like Cyltrol and Tapstat are (were?) expensive and not widely sold in recent years. I had a NOS spare that I sold on ebay about five years ago after selling an old house, I think it went for about £80.
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