The Daily Mail at its most bitter & twisted!

[Essex Lad]

As electric454 points out The Guardian is also running the story.

The point is that it was New Labour that passed legislation making it illegal to fit non-condensing boilers. As with so many of its misguided policies, Labour did not leave the country in a better state than it found it (and before I get accused of belonging to the BNP I voted Labour up to 2001 and in 2010).

[David Johnson]

Quite right, Essex Lad.

I told John Prescott at the time.

"Look John, you know fucking nothing about designing gas boilers. Eating pies, yes. Designing gas boilers, no"

Would the cunt listen, know he wouldn't so the daft twat ended up with this little waste water pipe running from the back of the boiler to the external drain freezing up. What a pillock. I remember saying to the twat, leave it to Baxi they know more about designing boilers than you do.

Oh, by the way on the subject of "making it illegal to fit non-condensing boilers" ya talking bollocks.

Extract from the governments own site.

"Do you have to have a condensing boiler?
No. You should have a condensing boiler fitted if it is reasonable to do so, but the law recognises that non-condensing boilers are acceptable if it would be too difficult to install a condensing boiler in your home. Your installer will tell you whether your circumstances are too difficult."

Happy New Year
David

[David Johnson]

Look forward to my next story about how the Labour government fucked up the brakes on the Toyotas.

You wouldn't believe it. No, you wouldn't.

Cheers
D

[David Johnson]

Hi
I have just got off the blower from talking to John Prescott and he said that a lot of the criticism made against him with regard to condensing boilers is unfair. In fact John said that he went to the trouble of updating the BS6798 standards himself. Here's John's advice on preventing your waste pipe freezing.

Cheers
D

PS Next week - John's advice on sorting out frozen petrol caps.

From BS6798

"4.3.3 The choice of condensate drainage pipe
The condensate drainage pipe shall be run in a standard drainpipe material, e.g. poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U), acrylonitrilebutadiene-styrene (ABS), polypropylene (PP) or chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-C).
Pipework shall be compatible with the condensate drain connection on the boiler. The connection shall have a nominal diameter of not less than 22 mm to promote the clearance of condensate.
For externally run condensate drainage pipe, extra care is necessary in order to reduce the risk of the condensate drainage pipe becoming blocked due to the condensate freezing. The length of condensate drainage pipe external to the dwelling shall be kept as short as possible and not more than 3 m, unless itis insulated.
Any trap in the condensate drainage pipe shall be fitted within the dwelling.
Many boilers have a siphon fitted as part of the condensate trap arrangement. This will significantly reduce the risk of condensate freezing where part of the condensate drainage pipe is run externally.
If a boiler does not include a siphon then any external condensate drainage pipe shall be increased to a minimum of 32 mm nominal diameter to reduce the risk of freezing. In exposed locations, the condensate drainage pipe shall be protected with waterproof pipe insulation.
COMMENTARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON 4.3.3
When a boiler is to be installed in an unheated location such as a garage, all condensate drainage pipes should be considered as external."

[jimslip]

This article was written in 2006, surely it was a New Labour plot to disrupt the Coalition? Thanks New Labour for destroying Earth in 2011!!!!

[David Johnson]

And I bet you think that all the burst water pipes in Northern Ireland are down to the freezing weather, eh?

!wink! Just the start, Jim. Wait until those solar flares get going in time to coincide with the local elections.

Cheers
D