Constant Dripping Condensate Query

[mikegas]

Are you sure its the condense pipe and not an overflow pipe as the condense shouldnt just stick out the wall and drip

 

[GQuigley67]

Question #One - the area where it is dripping has gone green/yucky algae. I thought condensate was acidic so unlikely that algae would grow - is this correct? So what is dripping out of here? (There is only the condensate pipe in this area.)
you shouldn't be able to see the condensate dripping as it should be connected into waste.

Question #Two - I firmly believe that the constant dripping is causing me to lose pressure (for reasons still to be resolved). Would this also lead to a build-up of air in my rads?
you lose pressure when there is either a leak or the expansion vessel needs fixed, the condensate has nothing to do with the system pressure.
Question #Three - the boiler is 2 months out of guarantee - if a part needs replacing and I get the manufacter in are they going to be sympathetic, or laugh and charge full wack? Any experience of this?
if you mean your warranty is finished, then yes you will need to pay the full price.
get a local heating engineer in to replace any parts will be cheaper.

Many thanks

hope that helps

 

[Gray0689]

Sounds like prv dripping

 

[Blackcatgas]

pictures needed of the dripping pipe, as said it sounds more like a prv pipe.

 

[washer]

Softened water eats aliminium for fun.

I would call in the manufacturers.

They should be sympathetic, as if it is the heat exchanger. it shouldnt fail this early. But they could fob you off with your system water causing the problem.

Or you could call one of the companies offering a fixed price deal.

No idea why theres green stuff on your condense pipe, bet Richard Attenborough knows.

 

[GQuigley67]

done a little bit of research and it seems the algae that you speak of thrives off of sulphur, which is in the condensate waste water.

But what I don't understand and I'm sure most people are the same is that why your able to see your condensate dripping, it should be terminated into the waste pipe or a suitable soakaway. if it is a plastic pipe then it can't be the prv, but it can also be an overflow pipe or warning pipe. Need to know more details.

 

[plumbingvirgin]

Thanks for the replies guys and gals.
The pipe in question is plastic, comes out of the back of the boiler, runs through the external wall into a soil drain handily available just outside the kitchen wall and drips all the time the heating is on.
By my calculations approx one pint of water is coming out of this pipe every 12 hours or so.
The pipe has not frozen up in this bad weather.

The boiler is a Worcester Bosch 30cdi.

 

[GQuigley67]

so its dripping into a gully ?

 

[wheeto]

... Richard Attenborough ...

David?

 

[MR RIGSBY]

Could possibly be the main gas to water heat exchanger leaking internally. How often are you having to put pressure up?

If it 2 months out of warranty manufacturer would possibly do work as a good will gesture.