discharge

This is a common problem where I have to install a condensing boiler and there is nowhere to discharge the condense. I have an oil boiler to install in a garage and there is only a rainwater gulley close by. To install a condense trap in the ground is too much work. I am thinking of using...

I have recently had a Worcester Bosch 30Si boiler installed and it works a treat. However I have noticed that when it is fired up, in addition to the plume there is a steady drip of water that comes from the flue (externally not internally). Is this normal because I thought all the condensed...

Saw this on Facebook Neat job but what do you think about the combined discharge pipes?

Hi all, I’m hoping for a little help with the below problem. What I believe to be the pressure relief valve exiting out the side of my flat has a constant flow of hot water discharging from it. It is located right next to my boiler although it is boxed in. I am having trouble diagnosing (very...

Hi all, sorry for the long post. Looking for some advice. Went out to a ground floor flat to look at fitting an unvented cylinder. Problem is the airing cuoboard is in the middle of the flat with no real way to get the discharge to outside. He has had another quote which allows to run it into...

Ehup peeps . As per title , I have an elderly customer with a very slow running shower waste. Heres the best bit ... under a tiled floor and it even gets better ,theres electric UFH under that .. Has anybody out there some miracle solution I can pour down the pipe. Happy to try any suggestions...

Can we use Polyplumb PB for unvented discharge or is it only PEX plastic as an alternative to copper.

Any ideas as to what can be done to reduce the impact of induced syphonage in this situation? One badly designed (too long) 40mm wastepipe is used for the bath, basin and kitchen-sink. Inevitably there is a good deal of gurgling when, say, the kitchen sink is drained as it ‘pulls’ noticeably on...

Hi Everyone, I have been asked by a student if any manufacturers have had their plastic pipe approved for use on the D2 discharge pipe of an unvented cylinder? I know about the HepVO method and using pushfit waste pipe to a stack - provided the stack is able to take this type of discharge - but...

Hi all, Going to be installing Vaillant ecolevel pump, the EXTREMELY helpful chap at Vaillant after 15 mins on hold has recommended to "ask around your plumbers mechants" with regards to how to get their silly pump connected to any sort of waste system :mad2: So I ask the question here after...

Evening chaps. Finishing up a job tomorrow. Using the old overflow from Kernel unit as discharge to outside. Noticed today the two overflows from the kernel are link under the floor. Am i correct in thinking i can cap one upstand and link into the other. I.e is it acceptable to have a tee...

Hi, I have: - - an open vented central heating system with F&E tank in the loft. - Sealed cylinder hot water (megaflow). Guess it won't matter with the issue explained below - Boiler is flexicom hx30 heat only. Most often (but not absolutely everytime), water drips from the expansion tank...

Hi all. Not posted for a while but have a question re: Discharge pipe lengths. I am in ownership of my UDHW cert. but haven't worked on one for yonks....till now :thinking: Was going to run it in 22 but with the fittings, exceeds the permissable 9m..just :mad2: Do I now have to run the entire...

Hi all. I currently have a toilet in my bathroom and am building an en-suit next door to the bathroom. I want to put a second toilet in but want to know if I can plumb it in on the same discharge pipe as the bathroom toilet so effectively have 2 toilets on the same discharge pipe? Also I am...

Worcester 28i junior - constant drip from pressure relief discharge pipe - No loss of system pressure. How ?, Why ? - how to stop dripping of water from discharge pipe.

Waste disposals don't have standard discharge connections, do they? I've got to replumb this monstrosity tomorrow but trying to find a mcalpine elbow with a socket one end and a plain other end to connect to the waste disposal discharge connector... Can't find one...

Hello all. Not been in here for ages but have a question re a mates install of unvented and vaillant system boiler... plumber has run the d2 from tundish into 32mm plastic with condensate also run into this pipe. This the. Exists the building and runs down to ground level. Looks ms wrong to...

Hello peeps, I have got 5 new build flats to do and the hot water is provided by a direct unvented cylinder. As the flats are located in an unsavory area, the client has requested that no copper is ran on the external walls of the dwellings. I have always installed discharges...

Hello. Just moved into a new house - water/heating was not working so I got it serviced and now is up and running. Once the guy had gone, I see I get a (small) dripping discharge of cold water from the discharge pipe. Water is always cold. When hot water is not being heated, it stops...

Is there any other other option of discharging waste other than a saniflow when one is required? Looked at a job and previous plumbs has a massive run of soil with not quite enough fall on it so bog is not clearing properly . Also would have to run a new discharge pipe for saniflow if have to...