Daz man
18-08-2012, 07:18 PM
People,
If I may, I would like some advice on something that I've come across this morning.
I was looking at a 'Fujitsu' wall unit in an office which was supplied off of a VRV.
The wall unit was fixed roughly about 3m up on a solid wall.
By the looks of things at some point there appeared to be a 'Little Giant' condensate pump installed but of which has now been removed (pump still in situ).
There is now a 3/4 white plastic drain which exits the wall unit to the right, is clipped to the top of the interior door frame (old house turned into an office complex, door architrave quite thick, so pipe not visible). Then it runs down the right hand side of the door frame, bends 90o and runs for 3m along the top of the skirting board under a radiator.
It looks like the people that installed the waste pipe opted not to cut out a 3/4 hole through the middle of the skirting board as its good old fashioned wood (really old house).
So instead they raised the drain up approx 3" with an elbow and exited through the wall. In affect kind of a 'trap' to look at.
Q is -
The 3m length of pipe that runs across the skirting board horizontally from the bottom of the door frame will always be full of condensate water as it will not find its own way out due to the slight rise before it goes out through the wall.
Over a period of time will this water go stagnant and most importantly will it cause legionnaires??
Feedback would be really appreciated!
If I may, I would like some advice on something that I've come across this morning.
I was looking at a 'Fujitsu' wall unit in an office which was supplied off of a VRV.
The wall unit was fixed roughly about 3m up on a solid wall.
By the looks of things at some point there appeared to be a 'Little Giant' condensate pump installed but of which has now been removed (pump still in situ).
There is now a 3/4 white plastic drain which exits the wall unit to the right, is clipped to the top of the interior door frame (old house turned into an office complex, door architrave quite thick, so pipe not visible). Then it runs down the right hand side of the door frame, bends 90o and runs for 3m along the top of the skirting board under a radiator.
It looks like the people that installed the waste pipe opted not to cut out a 3/4 hole through the middle of the skirting board as its good old fashioned wood (really old house).
So instead they raised the drain up approx 3" with an elbow and exited through the wall. In affect kind of a 'trap' to look at.
Q is -
The 3m length of pipe that runs across the skirting board horizontally from the bottom of the door frame will always be full of condensate water as it will not find its own way out due to the slight rise before it goes out through the wall.
Over a period of time will this water go stagnant and most importantly will it cause legionnaires??
Feedback would be really appreciated!