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Hi guys, recently sorted out a leak on overflow condensate pipe from a valiant boiler , on the vertical a coupling had split and also the 90 elbow directly below had also split out, im blaming the alignment of the pipes which clearly put both fittings under strain, but I had no idea these fitting were this weak? they are all inside ,so don't see U.V light and aren't even 2 years old, acidity making these weaker? or just purely bad install?
 
cheap plumb center overflow fittings absolute rubbish no depth of entry and split down the seam
 
ah ok.. on the vertical coupling it was split/cracked around the center seam , as the coupling was being stressed out that way due to the bottom pipe being further out then clip distance , the 90 was split from the center ish to around the pipe stop, initially looks like cracks from being brittle, depth looks good on them though
 
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