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jeepster
hi all, we had a new combi boiler fitted last year, its been 100% trouble free until last monday when the condensate pipe froze.
it look 3 or 4 kettles of water to free the ice then the next day it froze again.
the condensate pipe runs from the original 20mm pipe into 36mm solvent weld under the bathroom floor ( for 3 metres) , then through an external wall, then 600 mm into a external soil pipe.
after it froze the first time, i went to diy shop and got some tube lagging and fitted this to the external part of the pipe but this still didnt stop it from freezing.
We are re arranging our bathroom to fit a shower cubicle in, and will be putting the basin waste under the floor in 36mm plastic weld. we had thought about putting the basin waste into 40mm pipe then running the condensate pipe into that ( under the bathroom floor).
but plumber thinks when the sink empties it may stop the boiler as the boiler will think the condensate pipe is blocked. if bath was emptying into same waste i might agree.
also i have read of people having problems such as back flow when 2 wastes are run into one.
what do you think?
it look 3 or 4 kettles of water to free the ice then the next day it froze again.
the condensate pipe runs from the original 20mm pipe into 36mm solvent weld under the bathroom floor ( for 3 metres) , then through an external wall, then 600 mm into a external soil pipe.
after it froze the first time, i went to diy shop and got some tube lagging and fitted this to the external part of the pipe but this still didnt stop it from freezing.
We are re arranging our bathroom to fit a shower cubicle in, and will be putting the basin waste under the floor in 36mm plastic weld. we had thought about putting the basin waste into 40mm pipe then running the condensate pipe into that ( under the bathroom floor).
but plumber thinks when the sink empties it may stop the boiler as the boiler will think the condensate pipe is blocked. if bath was emptying into same waste i might agree.
also i have read of people having problems such as back flow when 2 wastes are run into one.
what do you think?