PeterC wrote in
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On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:54:25 +0000, Hugh - in either England or Spain
wrote:
On 04/12/2012 00:12, wrote:
Hi all,
Do modern WC systerns still need an external overflow pipe? I've
been wondering for years why they don't just overflow down into the
soil exit pipe and save boring extra holes through outside walls and
whatnot. Now I have a Geberit wall frame unit to install and can't
find any mention of overflow in the instructions, so I'm guessing
maybe it doesn't need one due to this. Can anyone clarify the
situation? I admit to being very out of date on this subject!
A couple of houses I drive past have elaborate hose-pipe connections to the
external "Warning Pipe" to divert the water into a hopper.
I guess the home owners feel really smug about their solution to the
problem of water running out of a pipe! They have been like this for years.
I guess all for the sake of a washer costing a few pence. Strange how some
people fail to attack the cause of a problem.