I live in a 2nd floor flat and my boiler was condemned by British Gas due to the overflow pipe pointing out from the wall. Apparently we need to put an elbow joint on the end to point water back towards the wall. Being 2 floors up, access to the overflow pipe is difficult. It's too far away from the tiny kitchen window to use a grabber arm, for instance.
So what do we do?
* Get a plumber with a ladder, bearing in mind the height and and that the wall is directly on the street/pavement?
* Pay to hire a cherry picker and put it on ourselves? (don't want to use a ladder but I know someone licensed to use a cherry picker) Is there anything I need to know, for instance type of elbow joint or distance from the wall? These might seem stupid questions but I don't want to have to do the same thing a second time...
* Hire a cherry picker AND a plumber? This seems an expensive solution for such a simple thing.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris
So what do we do?
* Get a plumber with a ladder, bearing in mind the height and and that the wall is directly on the street/pavement?
* Pay to hire a cherry picker and put it on ourselves? (don't want to use a ladder but I know someone licensed to use a cherry picker) Is there anything I need to know, for instance type of elbow joint or distance from the wall? These might seem stupid questions but I don't want to have to do the same thing a second time...
* Hire a cherry picker AND a plumber? This seems an expensive solution for such a simple thing.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris