Condensate pipe

[onlyfitidealboilers]

condensate pipwork going to plastic gutter is this allowed?

I have fitted them like this but am not 100% sure !

 

[namsag]

yes and no

 

[bookahandyman]

i've always thought no but whats the difference going in the the top of a drain down to a gully than going alongside side and into a gully.

 

[muggles]

Only in situations where the gutter outlet runs to a combination drainage system that takes both rainwater and foul waste is this permissible

 

[mysteryman]

I saw one last winter completely iced up.

You appear to be a professional installer, and as such you should know better.

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

Anyone count on a no fingered hand how many people been prosecuted for incorrect condesate termination ?, no, put it where you like then

 

[JohnD]

As long as your customer is happy in the knowledge that his boiler will stop working, due to frozen condensate, in cold weather.

How many fingers do you need to count such customers?

 

[onlyfitidealboilers]

I saw one last winter completely iced up.

You appear to be a professional installer, and as such you should know better.

As far as i know this is very much still a grey area an no one seems to say yes no problem or no,

 

[moggridgeplumbing]

Last one I saw (before I changed their boiler) was just poking out the wall and discharging onto their patio.

I cannot see any problem discharging into a gutter which is connected to a combined drainage system.

 

[compheat]

If you fit a condense nutraliser to the condense pipe does that mean you stick it were ever you like ie: just disharge it on the path or gravel

 

[onlyfitidealboilers]

what is it???

 

[fazedup71]

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• fazedup71
• 4 May 2011
• 1

that's a good reason to make sure it is not just a soak away! that happened a week ago after a storm Saturday evening.

 

[mickyg]

is that an alpha? I had a similar thing happen to a glowworm cxi, but that time it was washine machine waste ...nice !

 

[commercialman]

All the more reason to use an air break between condense discharge pipe & appliance outlet.

 

[mickyg]

All the more reason to use an air break between condense discharge pipe & appliance condense outlet.

I tend to use hep valve or air break depending on boiler. some manus dont like air breaks indoors, and BG have a nasty habit of Id ing em
you cant of course account for someone elses install when your doing repairs though hope they keep doing it, its good for business.