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I've got a scorch mark on the skirting board below the boiler because one of the pipes is almost touching the wood. I can just about get a sheet of paper between. I can smell burning due to the mark too. There is already a piece of plastic between the pipe and the wall. Can anyone advise me on what to do? Is there a risk the house might go on fire?
 
I've got a scorch mark on the skirting board below the boiler because one of the pipes is almost touching the wood. I can just about get a sheet of paper between. I can smell burning due to the mark too. There is already a piece of plastic between the pipe and the wall. Can anyone advise me on what to do? Is there a risk the house might go on fire?
are you the customer or the fitter ? centralheatking
 
I would be gobsmacked if it’s the pipe that’s scorched it unless it’s a naff paint that’s been used for the skirting
 
What are you asking ? this scorch mark is it supposed to be from
1. a gas lamp during a recent fit
2. a 'hot' pipe near the problem

please advise with a piccy

centralheatking
 
Here is the photo

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tbh paint will cover that easily not the best but not that bad
 
I’d guess by the pipes that you have a combi boiler? so that’s likely hot or cold domestic water. I’d say that’s never getting anywhere near scorching temp
 
I’d guess by the pipes that you have a combi boiler? so that’s likely hot or cold domestic water. I’d say that’s never getting anywhere near scorching temp
Yes, I have a combi boiler. I hadn't noticed the mark until I had a closer look after I could smell burning, not a strong burning smell but enough for me to look to see where it's coming from. As long as it's not going to catch fire that's the main thing.
 
Yes, I have a combi boiler. I hadn't noticed the mark until I had a closer look after I could smell burning, not a strong burning smell but enough for me to look to see where it's coming from. As long as it's not going to catch fire that's the main thing.

Where can you smell this burning? As others have said I doubt it’s from there.
 
Where can you smell this burning? As others have said I doubt it’s from there.
I can only presume from the skirting board. The boiler itself looks fine and was only installed in 2017 and it has been serviced last year and this year. I have put some Kooltherm between the pipe and wall so the pipe is a little bit further away from the skirting board now. I've also turned the temperature gauge down from 70 degrees to 30. It's goes from 20 degrees to 80 according to the manual so I think having it that high for two years hasn't helped. The Kooltherm and turning it down should do the trick. I will still keep an eye on it though.
 
Turning the temp down on your boiler will impact how hot water and heating are produced. It will not be the pipe causing that mark. If it doesn’t feel hot when the boiler is in action then it will either be an old soldering burn or a discolouration
 
I can only presume from the skirting board. The boiler itself looks fine and was only installed in 2017 and it has been serviced last year and this year. I have put some Kooltherm between the pipe and wall so the pipe is a little bit further away from the skirting board now. I've also turned the temperature gauge down from 70 degrees to 30. It's goes from 20 degrees to 80 according to the manual so I think having it that high for two years hasn't helped. The Kooltherm and turning it down should do the trick. I will still keep an eye on it though.
If hot water pipes could cause wood to combust then every home would be burnt down
centralheatking
 

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