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Laziness..

That's the condensate drain...

jimf wrote: »

it should be piped outside the boiler case using 22mm waste and the proper fitting that came with the waste from grant eng and then away as recommended

hope that condensate take off isnt coming into contact with any copper

it doesnt seem to be so thats one thing to be thankful for.

In a little bit of a leeway, I can kind of get why the plumber/heating engineer/installer done it like that because there is no form of any drain whatsover near the boiler. No rainwater drain, no sewerage drain , no soak-away, no nothing.

- most probably thought "what cannot be seen, cannot be worried about" .. but i am always taking the back of things

... so i have seen it! - and what has been seen cannot be un-seen

agusta wrote: »

Thats the one,you can have it back,fitting and all, the riello hose sealed on the brass bush with no chamfer

jaysus ur very exact since you became a heating engineer

:D:D

agusta

Thats the one,you can have it back,fitting and all, the riello hose sealed on the brass bush with no chamfer

so that's where my tigerloop went

agusta

Tiger loop fittings

Dtp1979

jimf wrote: »

it should be piped outside the boiler case using 22mm waste and the proper fitting that came with the waste from grant eng and then away as recommended

hope that condensate take off isnt coming into contact with any copper

I hate seeing pex used on condensate.

it should be piped outside the boiler case using 22mm waste and the proper fitting that came with the waste from grant eng and then away as recommended

hope that condensate take off isnt coming into contact with any copper

OK so this is how the heating 'engineer' has left the Condensation Trap in our boiler when they fitted the (grant, euroflame) boiler (2012 - put in action Dec 2016).

most probably does its job even though it dont look pretty. All i can guess is that maybe he/she couldnt find the correct size pipe and the screw on thing ... so just whop a load of silicone sealant in it - bash bosh , job done!

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and then does the outlet pipe go into a proper soak-away? .. does it feck!
Just goes to underneath the boiler.

One day soon I must get around to re-routing this, and making that connection better than just silicone sealant.

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Tom44

TheBody wrote: »

That's a "set up" photo that's been doing the rounds for a while.

TheBody wrote: »

haha - why use an elbow when you can do this

TheBody

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more like the one tom 44 used to service on the titanic

Wearb

K.Flyer wrote: »

Apparently it had been working fine before it stopped :eek:

Off the Lusitania?

Apparently it had been working fine before it stopped :eek:

DGOBS

Brews Hill?

tonyroc

Navan homeless accomadation

Well they do say in the installation notes about:

"Do not place boiler within so many metres of combustable material" - but as you can see from one of my neighbours boiler it is placed right next to the garden wooden fence...

mind you its been there for over 10 years and hasnt caught alight to the fence in all that time....

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Wearb wrote:

Such a convoluted fix.

It's either thinking out of the box or thinking while out of your box. I can make my mind up on it.

jack of all

Wearb wrote: »

Such a convoluted fix.

I think the technical term for this would be a "diversion"!

Wearb

K.Flyer wrote: »

This was brilliant :rolleyes:
So water was dripping through the slab along the 4" soil and onto a car park space, presumably onto a car as well.
Rather then rectify the issue, they got a bucket, a 350, a bit of pex and did this.
I presume the carpark space owner got nowhere with management company getting the leak fixed so someone resorted to this.

Such a convoluted fix.

jack of all

K.Flyer wrote: »

This was brilliant :rolleyes:
So water was dripping through the slab along the 4" soil and onto a car park space, presumably onto a car as well.
Rather then rectify the issue, they got a bucket, a 350, a bit of pex and did this.
I presume the carpark space owner got nowhere with management company getting the leak fixed so someone resorted to this.

Classy bit of guntering there! Reminds me of something I saw a few years ago(no pics I'm afraid). A leaking flashing on a parapet wall resulting in water running into an internal wall and ceiling during heavy rain. Rather than partially strip the roof around the affected area the "builder" made a funnel from the top of a mineral bottle to gather the leaking water. This was connected by hose pipe and diverted back to a waste pipe in a nearby bathroom- the funnel and hose were boxed in- job done.

This was brilliant

:rolleyes:
So water was dripping through the slab along the 4" soil and onto a car park space, presumably onto a car as well.
Rather then rectify the issue, they got a bucket, a 350, a bit of pex and did this.
I presume the carpark space owner got nowhere with management company getting the leak fixed so someone resorted to this.