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You’ll get water in that anyway, as the condensate runs back through the boiler into the condensate pipe! Does the boiler have a cover on that, if not it should and if you’ve took it off put it back on or you’ll have POC coming into the house.
Looking at the rust that’s been leaking for a while, get some out to look at it as it doesn’t look right from the images, also just because something blows on the boiler doesn’t always trip the main breaker.
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Yeah, I took front off (going no further) there's rust inside consistent with previous wet. Front going back on now. Quick research suggests it is fucked and new boiler likely be needed.
Does the boiler have a cover on that, if not it should and if you’ve took it off put it back on or you’ll have POC coming into the house.
Boiler always been like it, what's POC in this context?
Thanks for advice, will call someone in on Monday.
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just because something blows on the boiler doesn’t always trip the main breaker
There's a fuse on the wall switch so that might have blown, partner said she heard a pop from that area of the room at one point...
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During thunderstorm tonight our boiler has gone pop so no electric now, bit didnt trip at the main box thingy & underneath is quite wet.
Oddly the radiators are all warm as though the heating has been running but the room temp is 10deg above the thermostat trigger.
Anyway it looks like water from the rain has been coming in through this pipe (lower) on the exhaust vent which I've always wondered why it was there. I'm not sure it'd have been enough quantity to account for all the wet below though, maybe it got into the exhaust vent too, it was proper monsoon stuff.
Any ideas what else might have happened, or if most likely it is water from above just frying a circuit inside.
At least it isn't mid-winter...
Apologies for state of boiler top, ive never looked at it before...