Gas boiler condensate

Andrew430

I’ve just bought an apartment with a gas boiler. The apartment is 8 years old but never been lived in as the developer went into NAMA and its only being sold now.

On expection I noticed a copper pipe coming out vertically down from the boiler about 18 inches and then just stopping. It looks like the condensate pipe and I thought this was meant to go outside through the wall Incase of vapor etc.

The boiler is an Ideal Mini boiler. Can someone let me know if I need to redirect this pipe outside?

At the moment the pipe finishes in a cupboard where there is electrical plugs etc

Thanks

Andrew430

Andrew430 wrote: »

I’ve just bought an apartment with a gas boiler. The apartment is 8 years old but never been lived in as the developer went into NAMA and its only being sold now.

On expection I noticed a copper pipe coming out vertically down from the boiler about 18 inches and then just stopping. It looks like the condensate pipe and I thought this was meant to go outside through the wall Incase of vapor etc.

The boiler is an Ideal Mini boiler. Can someone let me know if I need to redirect this pipe outside?

At the moment the pipe finishes in a cupboard where there is electrical plugs etc

Thanks

More likely it’s your safety discharge pipework that allows your boiler to release heating water if there is ever excessive water pressure (2.8 bar+) The pipework is required to terminate in a safe manor which means it should empty to outside or into a waste via a purpose made trap.

Andrew430

gary71 wrote: »

More likely it’s your safety discharge pipework that allows your boiler to release heating water if there is ever excessive water pressure (2.8 bar+) The pipework is required to terminate in a safe manor which means it should empty to outside or into a waste via a purpose made trap.

Yeah it’s definitely the safety discharge pipe. I called into a Neighbour and had a look and hers is exactly the same. Looks like all the apartments were done without an external discharge or into a waste. Would you have any advice? Is there regulation I can quote on this issue?

If it opens it can allow very hot and dirty heating water to flood the apartment.

Regs have always required discharge pipework to “terminate in a safe manor”

I would suggest you service the boiler and your RGI will happily identify/document and report any issues he/she finds with the boiler and installation.

dathi

https://www.freeboilermanuals.com/assets/pdf/ideal/mini_is32.pdf

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