Combi boiler in the loft?

stilernin

More advice please.

I want to use the airing cupboard floorspace when I refurb the bathroom, but at the moment the combi is in it. I presume it had been immediately below in the kitchen before the kitchen was extended across the back of the garage to leave the original kitchen space as a diner.

The options for re-siting the combi are a) straight up into the loft and b) down and diagonally across the old kitchen space into the back of the garage where I fancy a small utility room, losing part of the garage.

I presume the loft option is cheaper, but how will this effect the efficiency/cost of running the boiler? I'm about to increase the insulation up there so the airspace will be even colder.

How much more expensive will the 'across the kitchen' option be though?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

bambibashercol

If the boiler is to go into the loft the regs state.
1- You must have a permanant loft ladder.
2- The loft area must be boarded
3- You must have a light switch in the loft.
4- You must have a barrier around the loft hatch to stop people falling.

stilernin

bambibashercol wrote: »

If the boiler is to go into the loft the regs state.
1- You must have a permanant loft ladder.
2- The loft area must be boarded
3- You must have a light switch in the loft.
4- You must have a barrier around the loft hatch to stop people falling.

1,2 and 3 about to be sorted, I'm sure that 4 will be easy enough when the time comes.

Any views on the efficiency/running costs and cost of moving boilier please?

bambibashercol

Don't forget to lag the pipes in the loft. Effciency/ running cost it depends on the boiler model, it will only be the same as it is now as your only moving the boiler.
I could not tell you the cost of moving the boiler as i don't know how much pipework is involved and i have not seen the job.

margaretclare

We had our boiler put in the loft, installed courtesy of WarmFront in January 2007. The most logical place for it, and there's a huge amount of space in these 1930s bungalows.

We didn't have to have a barrier around the hatch to stop people falling - there is no risk of anyone falling out of the loft as only the heating engineer who comes to check it all annually is ever up there!

EliteHeat

margaretclare wrote: »

We didn't have to have a barrier around the hatch to stop people falling - there is no risk of anyone falling out of the loft as only the heating engineer who comes to check it all annually is ever up there!

So he doesn't count then?

C_Mababejive

EliteHeat wrote: »

So he doesn't count then?

He will be wearing his fall arrest harness...;)

C_Mababejive

bambibashercol wrote: »

If the boiler is to go into the loft the regs state.
1- You must have a permanant loft ladder.
2- The loft area must be boarded
3- You must have a light switch in the loft.
4- You must have a barrier around the loft hatch to stop people falling.

What regs..?

wallbash

Numbers 1,2, and 3 make perfect sense

But number four ??? if its not compulsory for the home owner , who might be popping up a number of times to the loft why for a 'visitor' once every couple of years.

And yes I have heard of this regulation before , thought it was over kill then.
Health / safety :mad:

If the boiler is really really close to the loft hatch perhaps a small rethink
but a barrier !!!

RapidBadger

Morning all

This is my first post so please be gentle with me...

What is the definition of a 'permanant loft ladder'? Does it mean like a permanent staircase or just a more solid form of ladder that you pull down when needed? Only asking as we are thinking of putting a combi in our loft as well.

Sorry if this is a really dumb question..

Kiran

It means a fixed loft ladder not just a wobbly pair of steps that come out of the shed when you need to get up in the loft.