On 04/07/2019 21:38, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 04/07/2019 19:24, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Clive Arthur" wrote in message
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A neighbour has just had a new condensing boiler fitted.Â* What looks
like
the condensate drain is tapped into a rainwater downpipe, which I'm
almost
certain goes to a soakaway, because ours does.

Is that allowed?Â* The neighbour wouldn't know, but he'd be keen to
get it
right.

you mean you are going to snitch on him...tee hee

No, a nice bloke and a great neighbour.Â* But if it was a 'bad thing' I'd
let him know so he could get back to the installer before it's too late.

The output of a condensing boiler is essentially pure water with traces
of iron and bit of CO2 dissolved in it. Not much different to rain (*).

Except in rain the iron content is mostly as magnetite from meteor dust.

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa...dern-day-large

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Regards,
Martin Brown