Boxing off a combi boiler

Crooky_2

Evening all, I am looking for a bit of advice for my latest DIY project.

Unfortunatly my combi boiler is in my bedroom, and it is a bit of an eye sore. I am in the process of getting it replaced due to it being useless, and once I have done so I wish to box it off.

Due to its location I thought it ideal to instead of just boxing the boiler off to make a fitted wardrobe and have the boiler at one side of it.

I understand that to comply with the regulations regarding ventilation there must be atleast 50mm gap all around the boiler - does this include the flu? or is it just the main body of the boiler?

Will this be acceptable under the regulations, i have had a look, but there does not seem to be anything specifically relating to what I intend on doing.

I intend on making the doors easily removable for servicing/maintenance purposes, and as a vent is required I assumed using a louvre door would cover this - or am I wrong?

Does anyone have any tips for such a project? My plan was to make a frame set into the recess (it is to the side of a chimmney breast)and attach the doors/top/base etc to this. Am I barking compeltly up the wrong tree with this? I really want to conceal the boiler and I thought that this was the best way of doing it without just having a load of wasted space.

Any advice is much appreciated

Avoriaz

Have you considered relocating the boiler to the kitchen or to some other room other than a bedroom?

Crooky_2

Yes,

Unfortunatly my house is very small - it is a tiny little back to back property and there is nowhere for it to go down stairs.

Canucklehead

Hi,


You could:

A) Consult your installer.

Look up the installation manual from a manufacturers website and see what they require.

GSR.

avantra

We rented once a very small house that had the combi in the bedroom.
The owner located it on the wall inside the builtin wardrobes.

Apart from the noise (waking us in the morning when the boiler starts) we had no issues with this.

Crooky_2

Many thanks for your advice. I will have a chat with the installer. I will be fitting the wardrobe retrospectivly and my design makes for access to the boiler fiarly easy for maintenance work.

ormus

modern combi boilers are mostly RS types. they need no ventilation.
(room sealed).

mine is in a bedroom wardrobe. no vents of any kind.

gas4you

As said, look in the MI's for clearances and whether any compartment ventilation is required. Bear in mind though, that fitting a boiler to minimum clearances can cause grief, then extra cost to you, for the installer/repair engineer if it goes wrong.

Technically a boiler in a cupboard is ok, but that cupboard must not then be used to store clothes in, eg an airing cupboard. This is usually pointed out in the MI's as well.

MI's over ride any regulations.

Crooky_2

Ah so I would have a fitted wardrobe that clothes can't be stored in? I shall check the instructions and see what they say as I certainly wqill not be making a fitted wardrobe if I can't store anything in it.

Many thanks for your advice

philbostavros

Hi

If you haven't already got one, suggest you fit a carbon monoxide detector in the bedroom. Better safe than sorry!

Cheers
Phil

Tom_Plum

I had a very similar problem and had to relocate the boiler to another section of the house – good luck!