can you run condensate pipe to a waste pipe inside the house ?

[northstar]

hi does anyone know if it is allowed in the regs to run a condesate pipe inside the house to a internal waste pipe ?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

yes perfectly acceptable

 

[northstar]

why dont they do it as standard practice ? all the problems with frozen pipes at the moment

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

most guys do if possible,no one really wants a external run its just some times down to circumstances difficulty in getting the condensate away etc

 

[Blackcatgas]

With the advent of condense lift pumps you can put a boiler nearly anywhere now.

 

[fuzzy]

i think when they first came out it wasnt alowed or was discouraged, not sure why. maybe this is the reason there are so many external condense pipes and still common practice

 

[gasmarc]

the idea of making work is abit alien really , we usually never have weather this cold so it has never been an issue before

 

[quality]

With the advent of condense lift pumps you can put a boiler nearly anywhere now.

We have used condensate pumps and trace heating refrigeration for ever. its just applying technology from one industry to the other but its not new technology by far

 

[GrahamM]

i think when they first came out it wasnt alowed or was discouraged, not sure why. maybe this is the reason there are so many external condense pipes and still common practice

Don't recall it being stated anywhere that it can't be run internally. Just think there was some ambiguity with the building regs on weither it can be connected to waste system.

 

[northstar]

might have to run it internally as it has frozen twice this week

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

that should solve your problems

 

[fuzzy]

Don't recall it being stated anywhere that it can't be run internally. Just think there was some ambiguity with the building regs on weither it can be connected to waste system.

you put it better than me

 

[SG.]

Can anyone tell me how to connect the condensate pipe to the boiler itself?
It's a Baxi Duo Tec.
Ta.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

push the overflow into the black rubber connector lh side viewed from front

 

[SG.]

gas man
Just push it in?
No glue or anything?
Thanks

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

yes,just push it in

 

[SG.]

Thanks very much
I have a leak in the condensate pipe (I estimate it to be less than 1/2 teaspoonfull a day).
There must be a tiny bit left in the pipe after the condensate has run away.It hardly seems worth changing the pipe for it to be honest.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

is the leak on the plastic over flow?

 

[SG.]

It looks like it is coming from the angle joint (in the plastic pipe)just before it enters the wall on its way outside.I was surprised that any condensate would remain there.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

turn the boiler off for a few hours and give it a coating of solvent cement,that should sort it out though this a job for the warmer weather

 

[SG.]

That's probably what I'll do.
I first noticed it last week when the outside bit started to freeze over.I intend to cut it back from its 2 metres to about 18ins and divert it into the kitchen sink waste pipe.
Who'da thought that global warming would result in hundreds of thousands of British having to start messin' about with that white plastic pipe that they'd never even noticed before!

 

[desperado dan]

I do this as much as possible, roll on the days when the manufactures combine condensate with blow off inside boiler, simple tundish to waste inside, no problems

 

[Mike Jackson]

Atag already do that.

 

[Craig310369]

Hi,

My boiler is fitted in my garage and the condensate pipe goes through the external wall and into a soakaway. I experienced problems with it freezing the last 2 winters and as the house was only built in 2008, I contacted the housebuilder and asked them to redirect the pipe into the internal waste pipe as per manufacturer's recommendation (the waste pipe in the utility room is about 3 feet from where the boiler is situated) After several excuses over the last 18 months, (including that it was fitted as per manufacturer's recommendation - until I showed them the installation manual that they left when they installed the boiler) they have now come back and said that at the time the house was built (2008), building regulations did not permit a plastic condensate pipe to go through the wall from the garage into the house, so there was no option other than a soakaway. Thet also said that this has now changed, and can be done on new-builds. Is this correct, or any ideas as to where I could check the regulations at that time as I've had no luck searching the internet.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Craig.

 

[PowerFlusher2]

yes,just push it in

as the blonde said to the bishop (sorry, couldn't resist it!)

 

[PowerFlusher2]

as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago my son has just had an Intergas boiler installed in the upstairs airing cupboard and without access from there to an internal wastepipe AND not wishing to rip up the bedroom floor to run a pipe to the outside wall, he had a condensate pump fitted with the pipe running up into the attic and into the stink pipe which also runs up the middle of the house and terminates in the attic space.

being the cynic that I am I see it is only a matter of time before the condensate pump gives up the ghost - or fails for some other reason - meaning he will get an overflow of condensate through the airing cupboard floor into his lounge.

has anybody yet come across a condensate pump which has failed, and at what age (the pump, I mean, not you)?

 

[Hardy1]

absolutelyyy, best method and best practice thats my opinion, considered its installed correctly.