Does anyone have a clue what is happening with this extractor?

jhinks37

Hi All, looking for a bit of advice on a bit of a bodge I think I've found.

We are in a bungalow with enclosed bathroom. The extractor therefore goes straight through the ceiling to loft. There's was some very faint water marks near the extractor so I went up to loft.

The pipe looks fine and no fresh water on the plaster board. However there is a small pipe coming out of the large extractor pipe. That small pipe feeds in to a bottle which is taped to the side of the pipe and full of old water!
Does anyone know why this would be there and what I should do?

All help appreciated!

Links below I think

https://ibb.co/fVqRMb

Tom99

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]It looks like it might be designed to trap water which has condensed in the vertical pipe to stop it dripping back down into the bathroom. No idea how it works.

[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]A small amount of that trapped water might evaporate (like at the back of a fridge) but eventually that pot, I presume, was meant to be emptied.[/FONT]

Browntoa

I am thinking that the technical word is "a bodge job"

flashg67

I had same thought as TOM99 but that being the case, why not route the 'extra' pipe outside. You could delay the emptying cycle by putting a larger bottle on it though

Ideally, the duct/pipe should have a high point somewhere that is higher than the level of the exit to the outside, this would stop any outside moisture coming in.

I have 2x extractors at home and never had a problem with water/condensation getting in

Edit to add - looks like a genuine attempt at fitting the correct part, but the run off should exit properly... http://www.justfans.co.uk/condensation-trap-xct100-p-77.html

Davesnave

It's a device to stop water that's condensed in the pipe from dripping back via the extractor, but the pipe should really terminate outside. Quite a good thing to have, but not the way it's been set up!

EssexExile

That's brilliant! All you need is something really hot underneath that pot so the water will evaporate, like it does on the compressor on a fridge as Tom mentioned.

EachPenny

EssexExile wrote: »

That's brilliant! All you need is something really hot underneath that pot so the water will evaporate, like it does on the compressor on a fridge as Tom mentioned.

But then if you're going to evaporate all that water off into a cold loft space then you may as well go the whole hog and just terminate the extractor vent duct in the loft and save yourself the trouble of making a hole through the roof