Installing boiler in airing cupboard in Bathroom

wannamakeamil

We are having a brand new gas central heating system installed. We are currently on Economy 7 so don't have a gas boiler. We are having a mega flow system installed and the tank will sit in the airing cupboard. The installer has suggested that boiler can also be placed in the cupboard. Is this advisable or should we have it installed in the kitchen.

ritesh

Hi There

This should be fine. I went through the same thing when we gutted our house and did all from scratch. After discussing with plumber and Council planning office we created a small cupboard on the ground floor extension which houses the system condensing boiler, mega-flo and water softener. Just needed to ensure that the flu from boiler can be easily vented to the outside without affecting your neighbours and waste discharge from boiler passed into a drain.

Hope this helps

EliteHeat

Technically, the cupboard must have a lockable door.

Basil1234

EliteHeat wrote: »

Technically, the cupboard must have a lockable door.

most cupboards have doors but i fail to see why you would need a lock on it (maybe an externally accessed cupboard)? also if you had a lock on it what if the boiler needed to be shut down because of a problem and the person with the key had gone out could see a potential wave of problems there.

EliteHeat

Basil1234 wrote: »

most cupboards have doors but i fail to see why you would need a lock on it (maybe an externally accessed cupboard)? also if you had a lock on it what if the boiler needed to be shut down because of a problem and the person with the key had gone out could see a potential wave of problems there.

Because it is in a bathroom and it is meant to stop someone from reaching into the cupboard containing the boiler whilst standing in the shower or whatever and electrocuting themselves.

Tchh, red tape eh?

Incisor

wannamakeamil wrote: »

... We are having a mega flow system installed and the tank will sit in the airing cupboard. The installer has suggested that boiler can also be placed in the cupboard. Is this advisable or should we have it installed in the kitchen.

Wouldn't be my choice. I would be unhappy about loading an airing cupboard with fabrics if it had a gas boiler in it from the point of view of it being a fire hazard

Woby_Tide

if your gas boiler is setting fire to fabrics in the airing cupboard I'd imagine the siting of the boiler is the least of your problems

We had a combi in the airing cupboard at our last house, worked perfectly fine, looking at doing same again once money permits

gasbill

we've just had our boiler installed in airing cupboard - a corgi plumber first said it couldn't under any circumstances, but then said OK he could do it, but it would have to be in a lockable cupboard. Obviously not terribly au fait with the regulations then? He also told me I couldn't have radiators from Acova because they were 'very expensive.' (!!!!!!???? surely it's up to me how much I might or might not want to spend!!!) Obviously I engaged the services of a completely different plumber. I only mention this because it seems that just because a plumber is corgi registered, they don't always know what they are talking about.

EliteHeat

gasbill wrote: »

I only mention this because it seems that just because a plumber is corgi registered, they don't always know what they are talking about.

Very true