We had a visit through the Greenhomes network to look at our biomass boiler on Friday. To let the visitors see the boiler in real life I delayed it's monthly clean till this weekend.
We were out looking at bathrooms yesterday, oh joy, so it was today's job. I have felt the boiler hasn't been getting the heating up to speed quickly recently but it was only the week before Christmas that I had cleaned it.
When I emptied the ash pan it was full and overflowing, far more than we would usually use in a month. The boiler itself was thick with soot and by the time I had cleaned it and the grate there was another ashcan full. Initially I doubted my memory of when I last cleaned it, but as I started to clean out the pellet hopper because the pellets aren't flowing due to the amount of dust in them I realised where the problem lay.
So we have emptied the last half tonne or so of pellets put and hoovered out the store before putting in 300 kg of bagged pellets to do us till our next delivery.
Working in a pellet store can be dangerous as you can get a build up of carbon monoxide which kills you silently. I therefore went in with my husband and son outside in case of trouble. Thankfully other than the anxiety of being in an enclosed space possible filled with a tasteless odourless gas I am fine.
We were out looking at bathrooms yesterday, oh joy, so it was today's job. I have felt the boiler hasn't been getting the heating up to speed quickly recently but it was only the week before Christmas that I had cleaned it.
When I emptied the ash pan it was full and overflowing, far more than we would usually use in a month. The boiler itself was thick with soot and by the time I had cleaned it and the grate there was another ashcan full. Initially I doubted my memory of when I last cleaned it, but as I started to clean out the pellet hopper because the pellets aren't flowing due to the amount of dust in them I realised where the problem lay.
So we have emptied the last half tonne or so of pellets put and hoovered out the store before putting in 300 kg of bagged pellets to do us till our next delivery.
Working in a pellet store can be dangerous as you can get a build up of carbon monoxide which kills you silently. I therefore went in with my husband and son outside in case of trouble. Thankfully other than the anxiety of being in an enclosed space possible filled with a tasteless odourless gas I am fine.
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