boiler/condensate leaking

oeeeeeeg · 23 Oct 2006

hi there,
just had CH fitted and have a problem. have a water leak under boiler which appears to be from the condensate pipe. my problem is plumber has,effectively, "done a runner" with the cash and refuses to honour his guarantee etc.
anyway,I can`t get another plumber to come round and take a look cos the jobs to small to bother with,so I`m stuck with trying to do it myself.

the condensate pipe from boiler goes into a slightly larger open pipe which then goes thro` a 90" elbow and out of wall (straight pipe,no trap)to another open 90" elbow which takes it down to the drain.

Is this the right set up? open pipe at boiler end appears to be problem.I thought maybe lack of downward angle on pipe through wall could cause water to flow back,but I`m not too sure.

Don`t want to start doing this myself if it`s gonna turn into a bigger job than expected.

any help is much appreciated

cheers.

cross thread · 23 Oct 2006

if it slopes through its run it should not back up

Rob · 23 Oct 2006

Do you mean the tube from the boiler goes into a tun dish? and it is this which is leaking?

may just require a 'smear' of solvent weld. not entirely correct but theres so little flow through the pipe it doesnt really matter. he may have just pushed them together and thought it would be alright

chrishutt · 23 Oct 2006

Was the installer Corgi registered?

oeeeeeeg · 23 Oct 2006

rob884 said:
Do you mean the tube from the boiler goes into a tun dish? and it is this which is leaking?

may just require a 'smear' of solvent weld. not entirely correct but theres so little flow through the pipe it doesnt really matter. he may have just pushed them together and thought it would be alright

thanks,I`ll try that.

chris,corgi are in the process of kicking him out.mine was the straw that broke the camels back

2face · 23 Oct 2006

this is very easy task .. remove wot he has done .... and replace it take ur time ... the pipe work outside should be 1 1/4 min and a fall of min 2 inch every metre or something like that check the book . also 3 metres max on the outside.. do not run 22mm plastic on the outside ..

arfurrrr · 23 Oct 2006

the most important statement on this thread is "plumber"

Always make sure you use a corgi registered gas fitter and ask to see thier Corgi ID card

I`d be ring trading standards , corgi and a corgi registered gas fitter to get them to check the installation and make sure its all ok , was the benchmark completed ? worcester won`t offer any warranty on the boiler if it hasnt been installed as per thier instructions

Arf

oeeeeeeg · 23 Oct 2006

2face said:
this is very easy task .. remove wot he has done .... and replace it take ur time ... the pipe work outside should be 1 1/4 min and a fall of min 2 inch every metre or something like that check the book . also 3 metres max on the outside.. do not run 22mm plastic on the outside ..

it`a a 5 metre run on the outside

oeeeeeeg · 23 Oct 2006

arfurrrr said:
the most important statement on this thread is "plumber"

Always make sure you use a corgi registered gas fitter and ask to see thier Corgi ID card

I`d be ring trading standards , corgi and a corgi registered gas fitter to get them to check the installation and make sure its all ok , was the benchmark completed ? worcester won`t offer any warranty on the boiler if it hasnt been installed as per thier instructions

Arf

corgi have been.left a list of faults but he ignored them.benchmark wasn`t completed ( i found this out off the corgi guy)

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