Where to site new boiler?

Contessa

I'm having a new combi boiler installed. My old boiler is situated on an outside wall in the kitchen. The gas fitter said the new one could be installed in the airing cupboard upstairs if I prefer. I don't know which would be better. Has anyone any experience of this or helpful advice please?

steve1980

Rules and regs state that it must be on an outside wall. Also, if it's on the side where wind can blow into the vent then it must be protected from this otherwise you could have a nasty gas leak.

booty40uk

Rules and regs state that it must be on an outside wall.

Where does it say that?

Canucklehead

steve1980 wrote: »

Rules and regs state that it must be on an outside wall. Also, if it's on the side where wind can blow into the vent then it must be protected from this otherwise you could have a nasty gas leak.

:eek:...is this your professional opinion?


GSR

Canucklehead

Contessa wrote: »

I'm having a new combi boiler installed. My old boiler is situated on an outside wall in the kitchen. The gas fitter said the new one could be installed in the airing cupboard upstairs if I prefer. I don't know which would be better. Has anyone any experience of this or helpful advice please?

Hi...consider the following:

1. construction of wall the boiler is fitted on e.g. a stud wall will amplify any vibrations/boiler sound

2. flue run...vertical through the roof or through a room or is the airing cupboard on the outside wall

3. Pipe runs for gas, condensate waste and pressure relief

Where would you like it fitted?

GSR

dander

Where's the airing cupboard? If it's in a bedroom, bear in mind whether the sound of a boiler firing up would be aggravating in a bedroom.

Personally, I prefer to have a boiler somewhere like a kitchen, but then it depends on how much space you've got in the kitchen...

warehouse

We had ours put in the garage. Best thing we ever did.

Contessa

Thanks for all your replies. The airing cupboard is on the landing upstairs-inside solid wall. I think I would prefer to keep it in the kitchen (creature of habit!)-if it stays in the kitchen I will have an even bigger a/c -if it's not in the kitchen I will have space for an extra cupboard (needed), but will have problems with matching it. Thanks forall your replies.

gas4you

You can basically put it where you want. The main possible problem will be the condensate drain, although this can be pumped if necessary.

googler

As mentioned, you need to discuss with your installer how much work will be involved in each option. If the current boiler isn't a combi, there'll be re-routing of mains cold water pipes, since these will now need to feed into the boiler as well as the tap. There'll be re-routing of hot water pipes since these will now feed from the boiler and not the HW cylinder.

Depending on how you react to upheaval of your house will dictate which solution is the best, but you need to discuss all of what's going where with your installer to make an informed choice.