Replacement of glass yarn when servicing

[mutley racers]

Hi fellers, Yay, I am let into the Sticky gas forum. Beware!!!!

I was servicing my boiler which is main 15he. Rubbish it is but that is nothing to do with this thread.

In the servicing instructions it says when you remove the fan to inspect and clean heat exchanger, it says to replace the rope. Now when I was doing my apprenticeship, not once did the guy who taught me get me to replace this. So, do you all replace this every time you remove the fan from the combustion chamber? and there for carry a roll in stock in the van?

 

[mountainman]

I only replace it when necessary.
Just buy a pack from your heating merchants for stock.
Regin do a 3m pack for a few squid.

 

[mutley racers]

cool thanks mountainman. I see next to it they sell some compound which goes with it? Do you need this? I am not sure as have never done it

 

[mountainman]

The compound is possibly adhesive for sticking the rope to vertical surfaces such as burner front plates on older boilers eg ideal 'E' type or Mexico and many others.

 

[johnnyplumb]

the rope comes in 6mm and 10mm diameter, you will need the adhesive to go with it,
BES do it in 10m packs, cant remember the price but it's not that expensive.

 

[mutley racers]

cheers chaps. Ah ha, that makes sense now, using the sticky tape on the vertical.

Johnny BES is where I was looking. Cheers