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Boiler condensate to surface drain?
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Condense pipework needs to fall 50mm for every meter so without a pump you will probably not get the fall required under the floor boards.0
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You definitely should fit a Worcester CondenseSure syphon on the combi or risk a frozen condensate pipe where it exits the building.
TBH your boiler installer sounds like a numpty.0 -
Do you ever post anything helpful, or just limit yourself to snarky, badly written rubbish?
I didn't say anything about it being the biggest thing I have to worry about. This is a forum for questions about home improvement issues, and I had such a question. On another forum, someone mentioned the possibility of sizeable fines for doing this, so I was wondering about it.
You employ someone to do a job, he tells you where he wants to terminate the condense pipe
You don't believe him
Thames water tell you they have never been asked the question & they have no problem with it
You don't believe them
A very helpful poster on here tells you to put it into a soak away a min of 500mm away from your building
You don't want to
Instead you still want to believe someone who probably has no real knowledge of heating systems or condense pipework when they tell you that you will get fined
You won't
Oh btw it's sarkey & just because you don't like hearing the correct answer doesn't make it rubbishI'm only here while I wait for Corrie to start.
You get no BS from me & if I think you are wrong I WILL tell you.0 -
I thought building regs state soak-aways need to be 5 metres from the house?
If not, I have just built two, 4.5 metres further away than I needed to!0 -
southcoastrgi wrote: »You employ someone to do a job, he tells you where he wants to terminate the condense pipe
You don't believe him
Thames water tell you they have never been asked the question & they have no problem with it
You don't believe them
A very helpful poster on here tells you to put it into a soak away a min of 500mm away from your building
You don't want to
Instead you still want to believe someone who probably has no real knowledge of heating systems or condense pipework when they tell you that you will get fined
You won't
Oh btw it's sarkey & just because you don't like hearing the correct answer doesn't make it rubbish
This is appalling advice from an alleged professional and would not be endorsed by Gas Safe.
Notwithstanding the chances of getting caught, discharging the condensate to surface water drains without a permit is a criminal offence under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010, and subject to unlimited fine and 12 months imprisonment.
The condensate must go to foul/combined sewer or purpose designed soakaway.0 -
I thought building regs state soak-aways need to be 5 metres from the house?
If not, I have just built two, 4.5 metres further away than I needed to!Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.0 -
Worcester allow it, will need to terminate below the grate.
Install your own if you have concerns. Just dig a hole put a condensate trap in the ground and fill the hole with lime chippings. Just make sure your 500mm away from the house.
The installation manual agrees with this advice
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1071657/Worcester-29cdi-Classic.html?page=14#manual0 -
EssexExile wrote: »Not for boiler condensate. As mentioned earlier there isn't much of it, it's not going to wash your footings away.
Seemed a long way for such a piddling amount. With the perforated drain I'm using, it would never get there!0 -
coffeehound wrote: »The installation manual agrees with this advice
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1071657/Worcester-29cdi-Classic.html?page=14#manual
OP was asking about surface drainage, and this does make it clear the discharge should be into foul drainage. It has always been considered good practice on all the sites I have been involved with for the connection to be foul drainage or a soakaway. Looks like these sites do follow the small print!0
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