Condenser Boiler Water Pipe

Mr_Ted

;)Just use this http://www.mcalpineplumbing.com/media/downloadable/guidelines/L-Soak1gr.pdf or similar straight into the ground to save you running pipes across the front of the building;)

If you have access into the roof space of the extension most of the pipework could be installed in there from inside where the boiler is located, and then out through the soffit under the gutter;)

southcoastrgi

I'll tell you exactly where i'd run it if i was installing the boiler, & if there was no sensible internal waste available, straight out the wall under the boiler in 1 1/4" waste pipe & straight into the guttering on the side of your extension

stebiz

southcoastrgi wrote: »

I'll tell you exactly where i'd run it if i was installing the boiler, & if there was no sensible internal waste available, straight out the wall under the boiler in 1 1/4" waste pipe & straight into the guttering on the side of your extension

I would if it was allowed. Is it?

southcoastrgi

it can't be run in metal it must be plastic, yes it should run to a soakaway 500mm away from your house filled with lime chippings or into the main drain, does your gutter go to a soakaway or main drains who knows you prob don't & neither will anyone else, i know Mr T is gonna come back on & say i've given the wrong advice, but i fit between 30-50 boilers a year & repair & service hundreds, & if it was my job the condense would be going straight into the gutter (although just above it as it might fill up with snow), you could go around the country & see thousands of condense pipes tee'd into gutter downpipes, do they go to a soakaway or main drains no one knows & unless you can lift up a manhole & see the water running into the main drain you won't know

Mr_Ted

southcoastrgi wrote: »

i know Mr T is gonna come back on & say i've given the wrong advice,

:rotfl:No he's not :rotfl:

I would agree as long as the termination point is as should be, eventually;)
My last option was by way of an option to offer some frost protection and to avoid unsightly pipework across the roof, which it would be very difficult to secure properly, and then there would only be a downpipe visible on the face of the building, as the rest would be hidden within the roof space:)

;)Your not wrong all of the time KG, just some of the time :rotfl:

djjixxy

Is there not a option to fit the heat trace? Im in a similar situation and this is the advice i have been given? Do they actually work?

Thx

southcoastrgi

djjixxy wrote: »

Is there not a option to fit the heat trace? Im in a similar situation and this is the advice i have been given? Do they actually work?

Thx

you could fit one of these

djjixxy

Are they better than a traceheater?

Thx

stebiz

southcoastrgi wrote: »

you could fit one of these

This looks like what I'll ask to be fitted when they do mine. Just waiting for the date now and for them to do a pre-inspection.

southcoastrgi

djjixxy wrote: »

Are they better than a traceheater?

Thx

tbh i don't think traceheating will work, the 32mm plastic pipe is too thick to make it effective