Condense pipe for new boiler - routing advice

[Mewcenary]

Hi there,

I'm getting quotes at the moment for a new boiler. Given the old one is 20+ years old, this means the fun of condense pipes.

The boiler is currently located in an upstairs bedroom cupboard. Moving it to the downstairs kitchen would involve a non-trivial amount of work so I'm keen to avoid that if possible.

I've had a few people out to quote and the general ideas so far are:

1. Route the condense pipe along the bedroom wall above the skirting board, so it exits into the guttering.

2. Route the condense pipe out through the adjacent external wall, then down into the ground (into a soakaway kit).

3. Use a pump, so it can go into the adjacent bathroom and the soil stack. This would involve increasing the height of the soil stack as in this property it terminates half-way up the bathroom wall (and is tiled over). Note a new bathroom is coming anyway so any temporary removal of tiles and exposed pipe is fine by me.

Any thoughts?

 

[rpm]

Welcome to the forum, stand to be corrected here but don`t think your allowed to run condense to the guttering and would use a soakaway over a pump every time.

 

[walterwhite]

I agree with above. You could put a neutraliser on if going into gutter but that means more annual maintenance etc. Soakaway would be my preferred option..

 

[townfanjon]

Yep they can be a right pain, hard to see without seeing it, but it looks like it my have to be the pump, or somehow go under the floor in to the bathroom waste pipes depending on your layout

 

[quality]

I have used pumps for condensate my whole life in refrigeration pumping condensate is no big deal as long as the pump is installed and maintained correctly

 

[rpm]

Soakaway chips only need changing every 3yrs and aren't expensive and the pump use`s electricity every time it activates plus the cost of maintaining it.

 

[Mewcenary]

Thanks for the quick replies!

The house is in a block within communal grounds. I'm not too sure what the soakaway termination options are here: Immediately outside the external walls are about half a metre of flower beds, then either grass or concrete paving!

 

[rpm]

If your planning a new bathroom soon then look in to the idea of joining the pipe to the stack under the floor all depending on where the bathroom is of course.

 

[quality]

Walk down ASDA TESCO SAINSBURY or others isle. All the displays (refrigerators/freezers) have pumps
Properly maintained pumps are no problem, It is quite recent that pumps and trace heating have come into the domestic heating industry.

 

[rpm]

Walk down ASDA TESCO SAINSBURY or others isle. All the displays (refrigerators/freezers) have pumps
Properly maintained pumps are no problem

Agree with what you say however these companies have maintenance programs and how often do you see Wet floor signs & spill sausages on the floor plus the general house owner tends to forget maintenance until things go wrong. I earn my living from pumps like you do but for me it`s always "Only as a last resort".

 

[lame plumber]

Agree with what you say however these companies have maintenance programs and how often do you see Wet floor signs & spill sausages on the floor plus the general house owner tends to forget maintenance until things go wrong. I earn my living from pumps like you do but for me it`s always "Only as a last resort".

thats the difference between a company who rely on their kit for sales and a family who just want it to work but never get things serviced, plus who services a condensate pump on an annual check apart from making sure it works?