Evening,
Just to end an argument, ive been trying to find out, just what is wrong with cutting a blocked condensate pipe caused by freezing!
Now, we all know that we should try to run them internally, and if they must run outside, fall as steeply as possible with as thick a pipe diameter as possible and then insulated etc...
But then we also know of the 100,000's of existing installs that went down last winter!
In theory (not that i personally have!), what is wrong with cutting the pipe to relieve the condensate?
I have contacted the Gas Safe Technical department for advice on this and they told me that "the building regs DO NOT state that a condensate drain has to be completely sealed inside a building"...they then also went on to say "that they recently contacted ALL boiler manufacturers to ask if a dry condensate trap could cause POC's to escape along the drain...they all said that within 3 minutes, the traps ON ALL boilers would be sufficiently filled and any escapes negligible and pose no risk"
In the building regs, there is plenty of information with regards to fitting additional siphons etc when running internally to sinks/soil stacks - but alas, no mention of temporarily running condensate into a bucket!
OBVIOUSLY UNLESS MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS STATE OTHERWISE!
Basically, what is the difference between cutting a pipe, and fitting an air-break between 2 siphons?
I say none.
or am i missing something?!
Just to end an argument, ive been trying to find out, just what is wrong with cutting a blocked condensate pipe caused by freezing!
Now, we all know that we should try to run them internally, and if they must run outside, fall as steeply as possible with as thick a pipe diameter as possible and then insulated etc...
But then we also know of the 100,000's of existing installs that went down last winter!
In theory (not that i personally have!), what is wrong with cutting the pipe to relieve the condensate?
I have contacted the Gas Safe Technical department for advice on this and they told me that "the building regs DO NOT state that a condensate drain has to be completely sealed inside a building"...they then also went on to say "that they recently contacted ALL boiler manufacturers to ask if a dry condensate trap could cause POC's to escape along the drain...they all said that within 3 minutes, the traps ON ALL boilers would be sufficiently filled and any escapes negligible and pose no risk"
In the building regs, there is plenty of information with regards to fitting additional siphons etc when running internally to sinks/soil stacks - but alas, no mention of temporarily running condensate into a bucket!
OBVIOUSLY UNLESS MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS STATE OTHERWISE!
Basically, what is the difference between cutting a pipe, and fitting an air-break between 2 siphons?
I say none.
or am i missing something?!