Bollox.
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54 years ago
Boiler condensate to soakaway
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54 years ago
Where else could it go?
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4 years ago
A neighbour has just had a new condensing boiler fitted. What looks like the condensate drain is tapped into a rainwater downpipe, which I'm almost certain goes to a soakaway, because ours does.
Is that allowed? The neighbour wouldn't know, but he'd be keen to get it right.
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4 years ago
My installer told me that the stowaway is supposed to contain (IIRC) limestone in order to neutralise the condensate
Does yours?
tim
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4 years ago
you mean you are going to snitch on him...tee hee
why not? ... most people put it into a rainwater gully and complain when it freezes up ... mine goes to a horizontal 100m run under the suspended floor that only serves the utility room sink ....so no freezing up problems...
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4 years ago
The soil pipe.
Sounds like it's ok judging by the lack of 'boiler installer in shock horror probe' responses.
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4 years ago
No, a nice bloke and a great neighbour. But if it was a 'bad thing' I'd let him know so he could get back to the installer before it's too late.>
Sounds like it's fine then.
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4 years ago
The output of a condensing boiler is essentially pure water with traces of iron and bit of CO2 dissolved in it. Not much different to rain (*).
Except in rain the iron content is mostly as magnetite from meteor dust.
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4 years ago
Jim GM4DHJ ... explained on 04/07/2019 :
That's an awfully big utility room..
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4 years ago
According to my (WB) installation instructions a dedicated soakaway is one of the options for dealing with condensate. So presumably diluting it in an existing soakaway is fine.
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4 years ago
condensate is pretty much pure water Lots of people just vent to anywhere at all.
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4 years ago
'Stowaway'? Autocorrect acting up again?
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4 years ago
sorry don't get that ? .....
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4 years ago
Did you work out the run using extrapolation of penis length?
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4 years ago
no
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4 years ago
that is the professional way to describe a run of pipe....a 100mm run of pipe ...is that what you meant? It is quite long as well ....
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4 years ago
on 05/07/2019, Jim GM4DHJ ... supposed :
100m long utility room?- Vote on answer
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4 years ago
sorry 100mm run.....fecked up again didn't I ? ......
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4 years ago
Well if we get a hard penetrating frost then like the stowaway, the soakaway might freeze solid.
if the soakaway is at least 5 metres from the house then it is fine.
Plant some acid-loving shrubs in the location of the soakaway.
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4 years ago
Not if he has a septic tank though.