On 05/07/2019 12:20, Andrew wrote:
On 04/07/2019 21:38, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 04/07/2019 19:24, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Clive Arthur" wrote in message
...
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?

Sounds like it's fine then.

Cheers

Relax, plenty of acid rain has gone into that soakaway over the years.

OTOH, if it is an old cast-iron downpipe ..... :-(

Just how bad a thing is this? A friend of mine has just had this sort
of installation and the WB website says

"It is acceptable providing that the cast iron pipe will be regularly
flushed with water from another source" otherwise "corrosion and
premature failure of the cast iron pipe".

In her situation the condensate is fed to the cast iron stack of a
secondary (little used) bathroom.

How often should she flush the spare bog to satisfy the requirement of
"regularly flushed". After all a Preston Guild is regular.

Is failure likely in 12 days 12 months or 12 years?


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