Frozen boiler condensate waste...what to do.

diywhynot

That time of year again...advice here.

keystone

Bump. To stop the advice being driven off the front page. .

Cheers

Gromitt

Would have been perfect last year, but this year I made sure the pipe is very well insulated to stop it happening again

zzzLazyDaisy

worth bumping - wish I had known what I know now, in the bad winter of 2010/11

mardycow

you just need to pour some warm (not boiling hot) water over the pipe this will thaw it and let the boiler work properly

Silent_Dancer

There is now a low cost solution (about £25) called CondenseSure from Worcester Bosch that is easy to install.

C_Mababejive

An even better solution is to rereun the drain inside which is what many installers should have done in the first place. Of course some outside runs are unavoidable but in such cases,run the pipe inside as far as possible before dipping it outside..

diywhynot

C_Mababejive wrote: »

An even better solution is to rereun the drain inside which is what many installers should have done in the first place. Of course some outside runs are unavoidable but in such cases,run the pipe inside as far as possible before dipping it outside..

Also advice on correct installation options. Some RGIs will go with the cheapest/easiest option to keep the price down.