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You sure Ron ?32mmin white will look better than 40 mm you won’t need any pipe insulation for 32mm
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You sure Ron ?32mmin white will look better than 40 mm you won’t need any pipe insulation for 32mm
Just checked on this and you DO have to terminate the pipe below the grate. This is to prevent wind chill freezing the pipe. Also recommends drain guards to be fitted which I guess is 1 to stop the gully clogging with leaves etc and 2 to stop the gully filling with snow which will inevitably freeze the pipe.Not according to the requirements posted above. The texts shows below grate and above water level as one option and a soakaway as another option. What the link is from would be interesting to know.
No one can say you dont explain yourself Dave ha ha . Cheers kop
Thanks for all the interest in my question.
Having considered all input, I think I will just leave things as they are ( but maybe get feedback from potential tenants as to what they think of the black condensate pipe )
cheers
As long as you got a good fall that’s just in my opinion. I never came across a frozen 32mm KOP. I unfortunately have to also disagree on 3m in total. I really think what the mis states is external 3m in total but it could be longer for example, 2m inside, and 3 outside. That’s the way I see it.You sure Ron ?
So in this case ......................................................This pipe runs almost 3 metres across the outside wall of the kitchen and then a further 2 metres round a corner to the drain.
The reasons condensate freezes so readily is because in the UK we do not run our boilers in perm condensing mode. If we did it would be far less of an issue. So, running them as we do we get literal drops of condensate flowing every so often. As drops of water contain virtually zero sensible heat to give up they soon transfer it into the open atmosphere of the pipe. At 4 degs C and below they then give up their even smaller amounts of latent heat and change state to ice and we have the start of a freeze.
I couldn't disagree more. The Porche will only take the same take the same amount of time as the Fiat (500?) if it is stuck behind the Fiat. The 2CV will get there with 5 litres and more quickly because it can cut across fields.You can put it this way, you could drive a porsche from east London to Oxford street but burning 20l or using a fiat which uses 6l but for both cars it will take the same time.
Of course I can however I do t get the first bit though perhaps you caould take the time to explain in a different wayI couldn't disagree more. The Porche will only take the same take the same amount of time as the Fiat (500?) if it is stuck behind the Fiat. The 2CV will get there with 5 litres and more quickly because it can cut across fields.
Though I do agree with the bit about a modulating boiler. Can you duplicate the post so I can both agree and disagree please?
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