On 08/12/2013 09:46, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 00:59:01 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 23:07:22 +0000, Colin Stamp wrote:

Now though I've got round to re-doing it "properly", which consisted of
installing an appliance standpipe directly underneath the boiler drain.
This has the side effect that the boiler now makes a piddling noise
which can be heard in the room above.

Presumably the stand pipe has a trap and you can hear the condensate
dropping from the boiler drain into the water in the trap? If so just
arrange for the condensate to flow down the side of the stand pipe.
Maybe cut the end of the drain pipe at an angle and place the point
against the side of the standpipe.

Failing that, tie one end of a bit of thick string around the boiler
drain pipe and push the other end into the top of the stand pipe, and
arrange it so that the condensate dribbles down the string.


I think I'll try getting the water to run down the side first. I think
what's making it worse is that it's already fallen the best part of a
metre inside the boiler drain pipe, so it's going quite fast when it exits.

The current plan is to glue an elbow onto the end of the boiler pipe,
facing the wall of the standpipe, and then cut it off flush. Then the
water should only fall a few cm before hitting the water in the trap.

Hopefully, piddling in the drain pipe should be more muffled than
piddling at the bottom of the standpipe...

Cheers,

Colin.