Unsafe install

[beesley121]

Hi guys,

went to to a baxi duo tec last night, boiler is cycling every couple of seconds so no hot water or CH. Customer says he seen a E133 fault code. I'm thinking it's the flame electrode as it fires up but goes of straight away and repeats so it must not be seeing the burner lit. Either that or pcb

anyway, took a quick look at the overall boiler, flue had silver tape all over the flue, thought that's funny. Asked customer about it, he said something about the flue being too short. Checked terminal outside and it looked fine apart from being slightly squwif. Took the flue of to see if it was seated into the elbow properly, it was fine so put it back together and decide to FGA it. Showed a CO reading on air intake side so took flue back off and removed all of the tape.
Im so glad I did as this is what I found, boiler is now disconnected.

 

[beesley121]

 

[Rickster123]

Jeeeeesus. Riddor?

 

[parkesy_plumb]

jeees riddor!!! shoot me down if im saying something stupid but how did you FGA when you couldnt get the boiler lit?

 

[beesley121]

jeees riddor!!! shoot me down if im saying something stupid but how did you FGA when you couldnt get the boiler lit?

boiler does light for a few secs then goes off and repeats. I understand that on initial firing, some boilers produce high co levels which eventually settle. Even so, no co should ever be in the air intake side of things.

I thought it was riddor reportable but I can't find it in my unsafe situations book. What would happen to the engineer who fitted it if it's reported?

 

[Rickster123]

boiler does light for a few secs then goes off and repeats. I understand that on initial firing, some boilers produce high co levels which eventually settle. Even so, no co should ever be in the air intake side of things.

I thought it was riddor reportable but I can't find it in my unsafe situations book. What would happen to the engineer who fitted it if it's reported?

Hed get sat on the naughty step and told not to do it again.

 

[lame plumber]

why do you need your unsafe situ book and why bother testing it if the flue looked like that in the first place. Personally I would have ripped off the tape the minute i saw it all to see why it was being used. no brainer to me as its id and riddor.

 

[beesley121]

I've seen installers tape up flues almost like that before just to satisfy themselves. on removing it, there's nothing wrong but it creates more work for me as it looks suspect so I have to test. I couldn't see other flue joint as it was in the wall.

 

[lame plumber]

anyone using that much tape is a plonker, grade 1 of the highest calibre. Apart from anything else, it costs money

 

[Ermintrude]

boiler does light for a few secs then goes off and repeats. I understand that on initial firing, some boilers produce high co levels which eventually settle. Even so, no co should ever be in the air intake side of things.

I thought it was riddor reportable but I can't find it in my unsafe situations book. What would happen to the engineer who fitted it if it's reported?

Electrodes too close. What will happen .... Nothing.

4.1.2 GSUIP
7.2.1
9.2

Just Apply them

 

[beesley121]

Fitted new flue tonight, so that's in order

problen with boiler is because there's water in the supply. It was bouncing everywhere

 

[GrahamM]

anyone using that much tape is a plonker, grade 1 of the highest calibre. Apart from anything else, it costs money

Exactly.
This was obviously more than bit tape round joint of a telescopic flue.
You see that much tape you know its hiding something!