Boiler condenser pipe leaking

LillieFlower

Hi everyone

The plastic condenser pipe running out of the bottom of my boiler (worcester greenstar 30si) is leaking from one of the joins. I had a guy out to put some sealant on the other day and it stopped the leak, but now it's leaking from a different join! :mad:

Is there a sealant I could use to make all the joins on the pipe watertight so that I don't have to worry about water ruining my vinyl flooring?!?

BTW, is it normal for these pipes to do this??? :eek:

Canucklehead

Good afternoon: No, this isn't normal...perhaps your installer has 'forgotten' to glue the joints in the condensate waste pipe....call him/her back to sort this oversight at no cost to yourself.

HTH

Canucklehead

aliasojo

This happened to us. Plumber was called back and he said he had used the 'wrong' pipe. He said he'd used push fit (I think) and the glue didn't take on it. He renewed the pipe with the right stuff, glued it and it's been fine since.

LillieFlower

Thanks guys.

Would get my installer to do it, but he's been a bit of a nightmare and keeps trying to avoid coming out. As he's in Chepstow and we're in gloucester I can understand why he can't be bothered.

Personally, he's caused us so much trouble I'd be happier to never speak to him again(!) so would be grateful if someone could tell me which glue to use and whether I can just put it on the outside of the joins (think that's what he did with the first leak) or whether I'd have to faff with it a bit more?

nets_2

this happened to our boiler, and it was because the pipe on the soak away outside wasnt soaking the water away, it was backing up the pipe and coming back to the boiler.

aliasojo

Our plumber was the same Lillie, we had so much bother with him....there was something wrong with everything he did. I eventually cut my losses as I didn't feel he could do anything to a good enough standard so even if he kept coming back to fix things, I didn't think they would be fixed properly.

We ended up having to get a different person out who fixed all the problems. Ironically the new plumber is very young and I'd always been under the (very false) impression that a youngster would be a little less careful and caring. I was so wrong. This lad is great and I will always give him my money from now on.

Anyway, I dont think glue on the outside of the join will be a good long term solution and it should really be redone properly but hopefully Canucklehead or someone else more in the know will advise you further on that.