On Sun, 04 May 2014 10:23:01 +0100, ARW wrote:

"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
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Why do I keep seeing overflow pipes (or boiler condenser pipes, or
whatever they are) on people's houses with the pipe curved round 180
degrees so it faces the wall? Why on earth would you want the water to
run down the wall instead of fall a few inches from the house?

Worried it will damage the wall?

I would think it better not to have your wall soaking wet.

I don't have such a thing so I don't care. I don't have a combi. I have a system boiler, and the overflow of the header tank is on the eaves, stuck out straight, as is traditional.

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