Hi, all.

We will be doing a loft conversion this year, and one of the things I'm
doing in anticipation is loosing the various header tanks that currently
clutter the loft. I've already lost the DHW header with the installation
of a Megaflo unvented cylinder.

Now, I want to replace the boiler to bring the primary loop up to pressure,
and loose the remaining primary Fill + Expansion tank. The currennt bioler
in non-condensing, and we'd be looking to install a condensing unit.

The boiler is currently in a purpose-built 'room' ( large cupboard! ) in the
garage, which is directly underneath half of the main living space. ( The
property is on a hill, the garage is at the downhill side. ) The pipework
is all conveniently short up to the living space above. I'd rather not
re-site the boiler, if possible.

The only problem would be where to dispose of condensate. The boiler is
mounted on an outside wall, but there are no actual drains of any sort at
that level on that side of the building. I presume I can't just let it
piddle out onto the ground, can I? Or can I?

The options I can see are :

1) A purpose-built soakaway;
2) A lot of trenching to lay in a new drain back to some existing drain
which I would need to find.

Any other options I havn't considered?
How about pumping the condensate up to some existing drain I might find?

--
Ron