Reply To: Water dripping from air con onto my balcony

Still haven’t solved this.

I contacted the strata manager and asked for a solution, but now I feel I need to get some legislation to point out that it is NOT acceptable to have this constant effluent running past my balcony.

I have found some legislation from the Victorian Building Association

“Where the condensing unit is mounted on the balcony of an apartment building and the discharge from the defrost cycle is likely to cause a nuisance, a drain safe tray shall be provided to collect the removed ice build-up on the outdoor coil. It is not acceptable to discharge the water over the edge of the balcony”.  (Victorian Building Authority, 2020, p.6).

I am trying to find the equivalent in NSW legislation, but have heen unable to do so thus for.

I have been searching the National Construction Code (NCC), but can’t find anything about air con drainage on apartment balconies;

Can anyone advise?

Thanks