Frozen condense

[sparky]

Hi all
How do you thaw these, boil kettle and pour it down flue?

 

[Centralheatking]

hairdryer

centralheatking

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

or if you can get to the conden and its external then use a kettle
DO NOT POUR WATER DOWN THE FLUE

 

[mrlennie]

What if boiler location is 5th floor?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

HAIRDRYER you have problems if you cant get to it you could cut the pipe and pour water down........BUT..........its technically part of the combustion system so not for d.i.y

 

[mrlennie]

I was just wondering i dont have actually have a problem lol.

 

[Hendep]

I have thawed out the condenser pipe but the boiler still shows a fault code for blocked condenser. I have disconnected the condenser pipe from the bottom of the condenser trap and it is definitely empty. Is there anything else I can do?

 

[gasmarc]

put a bucket under it it may have backed up hence fault code ,trap should be full of water

 

[sparky]

Thanks for replies,
Just realised if i poured water down flue with a blocked condense would overflow to boiler!

 

[gasmarc]

yes as Gasman said dont do that

 

[Tracesolve]

Think about running some trace heating along the pipe - it will thaw it and stop it from freezing in the future - www.tracesolve.co.uk or ebay (stop pipes from freezing)

Hope this heps.

 

[Alpha man]

Nice Plug!!!!!LOL