Hello all,
Last week we took on a guy to do some work in our bathroom. He came via ratedpeople.com where he was, well, highly rated. We wanted a stud wall and new shower mixer/diverter fitted in place of our old electric shower, as well as a new suite fitted.
Three days in and everything looks great and seems fine. However, while he was moving/removing some ancient pipework he said that the little condensate pipe coming from the two-year-old boiler shouldn't be running into the sink waste and should be running outside. He did this, "free of charge". I mentioned it to my parents who used the same boiler bloke, which got me thinking. I've now done some research and have obviously found that this isn't ideal and that the sink waste method is best.
What I need to know is whether this is a problem. The boiler is upstairs in a cupboard, one cupboard from the exterior wall. The new white plastic pipe runs through the adjacent cupboard and outside. There are no more than a couple of inches of pipe outside so currently any water will just drip from upstairs to the ground. It's a Vaillant boiler, if that helps.
I'm posting using my phone, so apologies for any mistakes.
Thanks all for any help you can offer.
Last week we took on a guy to do some work in our bathroom. He came via ratedpeople.com where he was, well, highly rated. We wanted a stud wall and new shower mixer/diverter fitted in place of our old electric shower, as well as a new suite fitted.
Three days in and everything looks great and seems fine. However, while he was moving/removing some ancient pipework he said that the little condensate pipe coming from the two-year-old boiler shouldn't be running into the sink waste and should be running outside. He did this, "free of charge". I mentioned it to my parents who used the same boiler bloke, which got me thinking. I've now done some research and have obviously found that this isn't ideal and that the sink waste method is best.
What I need to know is whether this is a problem. The boiler is upstairs in a cupboard, one cupboard from the exterior wall. The new white plastic pipe runs through the adjacent cupboard and outside. There are no more than a couple of inches of pipe outside so currently any water will just drip from upstairs to the ground. It's a Vaillant boiler, if that helps.
I'm posting using my phone, so apologies for any mistakes.
Thanks all for any help you can offer.