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I'm thinking of having my floor standing boiler in the kitchen replaced with a wall mounted condensing one (open vented system) in the garage (probably Vaillant 418 or Worcester Bosch 12ri/15ri). Gas, electric and water supplies are all to hand but the question is about the condensate drain pipe.
Can this just drain through the wall onto the side path like the toilet overflows do or does it have to go to a soakaway or the rain drains or the foul drains? If it needs to go to the drains/sewers then the pipe will have to go up, across the garage rafters and down again to get to them. I assume this is what the condensate pump is for?
What sort of volume of water is produced - a few drips or more of a flow? Thanks as always.
I'm thinking of having my floor standing boiler in the kitchen replaced with a wall mounted condensing one (open vented system) in the garage (probably Vaillant 418 or Worcester Bosch 12ri/15ri). Gas, electric and water supplies are all to hand but the question is about the condensate drain pipe.
Can this just drain through the wall onto the side path like the toilet overflows do or does it have to go to a soakaway or the rain drains or the foul drains? If it needs to go to the drains/sewers then the pipe will have to go up, across the garage rafters and down again to get to them. I assume this is what the condensate pump is for?
What sort of volume of water is produced - a few drips or more of a flow? Thanks as always.
