...And that’s why I have my concerns about a condensate pump.
A macerator pumps crap, condy pumps pumps water effectively.
...And that’s why I have my concerns about a condensate pump.
Thanks. That’s handy to know about the boiler cut out on the condensate pump. Are they noisy in operation? How much of a fall do you need for a gravity condensate drain and what size pipe can you get away with? I’m sure the one round my Mums house was just a white plastic 22mm pipe. I was hoping that all condensate drain piping would be in the loft but I wouldn’t be too bothered if it came out through the flank wall and round to the soil stack - I’ve seen it done on a house down the road and it wouldn’t bother me if that was the only way but if you look at the photo, you can see where my boiler is fitted on the flank wall and I was hoping to feed it into the soil stack where it passes through the soffit void. I could even get up there myself, remove the roof tiles in that area and make the connection to the stack ready for them to connect up to - hence my question regarding condensate drain size and fall.
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BTW: what CCTV cameras are those on your soffits? Any good? I’m looking for a decent product to put up at my gaff.
I may have to have the new boiler fitted slightly higher than the old one to get a decent fall
Well, I’ve received my written quote today from my local installer:
I’m very happy with that except for the condensate pump. I’d rather have gravity take that away so I'll have to get them back to discuss that. I’ve got one 'normal' gravity bog in my house and one pumped one. I’ve had trouble with the macerator three times and don’t have confidence in a pump - it’s just one more thing that can go wrong.
What’s people’s opinions of condensate pumps?
First off that`s an incorrect installation using the macerator for condensate water (buggers up rubber components) and secondly pumping waste back to the boiler is not possible UNLESS they joined the condensate pipe to the macerator outlet pipe in which case again an incorrect installation.Once had a greenstar terminating the condensate into the same waste as a macerator.
The waste choked and the macerator pumped all the shît right back into the boiler.
Case went back on very quickly & it was new boiler time.
First off that`s an incorrect installation using the macerator for condensate water (buggers up rubber components) and secondly pumping waste back to the boiler is not possible UNLESS they joined the condensate pipe to the macerator outlet pipe in which case again an incorrect installation.
Sick n tired of macerators getting blamed for incompetence.
Yep that it doesKeeps you busy though eh JP!
Decisions, decisions!
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