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Salamander Condensafe + neutralises acidic waste from condensing boilers

(10/06/2009)

An average condensing boiler will produce around 800 litres of condensate a year at about pH 4.0. It's a simple mathematical calculation to work out that this means there will be millions of litres of low level acidic waste heading for the sewage system, the sewage treatment works and soakaways every year, potentially threatening the biological purification processes in septic tanks and local water treatment plant, and causing significant upset to the drainage infrastructure. And it’s a problem that can only grow as the Government has ensured through Building Regulations that virtually all new boilers installed from now on must be high efficiency condensing boilers. There are an estimated 17 million gas boilers in the UK, with around 1.5 million new boilers installed each year. The amou... [read full article]

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