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condensing boiler outside vent dripping over neigbours steps
kazzys51
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hi
we have a condensing boiler, the vent outside expelling the steam drips over my neigbour front steps. Which normally drys up quick but with last years temperatures it froze up really bad causing the steps to be really slippy. is there anything i can get installed to catch these drips? its an old sandstone flat and has a ledge a few feet below the vent which could be used to atatch something? thanks.
we have a condensing boiler, the vent outside expelling the steam drips over my neigbour front steps. Which normally drys up quick but with last years temperatures it froze up really bad causing the steps to be really slippy. is there anything i can get installed to catch these drips? its an old sandstone flat and has a ledge a few feet below the vent which could be used to atatch something? thanks.
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Depends how accessible it is, but adding some more pipe with an elbow to take it away from the steps is one idea?0
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Depends how accessible it is, but adding some more pipe with an elbow to take it away from the steps is one idea?
Just make sure it has a steep gradient as the condensing water can freeze in the pipe and shut down your boiler if it doesn't escape quickly enough."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
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Do you mean the flue, the condensate drain, or the pressure relief blow-off pipe?A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0
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A condensate drain does not expel steam, but liquid. It should be discharging into a drain or soakaway.
Is is a condensing combi?
OP needs to clarify.No free lunch, and no free laptop
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I think OP means the flue and probably needs a plume management kit.
A pic would sort the discussion.
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If it's the flue it's probably because it hasn't got a sufficient fall back to the boiler. It should slope backwards to the boiler by about 2.5 deg. On some flues this slope is built in.0
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