Cost of Moving Combi Boiler

jojo2910

Hi,

We want to get a new kitchen next year. Currently the boiler is in the kitchen and if we moved it we could have extra cupboard space and/or a bigger hob.

The boiler works fine and was serviced in June, but its 15-20 years old.

Does anyone know what the cost of moving the boiler is, we'd probably replace it at the same time.

We live in a bungalow in Weston Super Mare.

Jo

cyclonebri1

jojo2910 wrote: »

Hi,

We want to get a new kitchen next year. Currently the boiler is in the kitchen and if we moved it we could have extra cupboard space and/or a bigger hob.

The boiler works fine and was serviced in June, but its 15-20 years old.

Does anyone know what the cost of moving the boiler is, we'd probably replace it at the same time.

We live in a bungalow in Weston Super Mare.

Jo

If you hadn't added the bit about replacement I would simply have said , "forget it until it breaks", still hold water to be honest in :money:terms;)

How long is a piece of string?

Bottom line it depends on how far you are moving it, and the cost of the new boiler.



The real clincher tho' is why move an old boiler and incur all the associated costs, then have the same fitment costs when the old one gives out??

I'm not trade but moving the boiler a short distance, and that's an assumption, will probably add another half day to the cost of simple replacement, plus say £50 materials.;)

diable

It will have to be on an external wall I believe so that may limit your options.

southcoastrgi

diable wrote: »

It will have to be on an external wall I believe so that may limit your options.

No it doesn't need to be on an outside wall at all, the only thing it will need is access to a drain for the condense or you could fit a pump to pump it to the nearest drain/soil stack

diable

southcoastrgi wrote: »

No it doesn't need to be on an outside wall at all, the only thing it will need is access to a drain for the condense or you could fit a pump to pump it to the nearest drain/soil stack

Cheers, gives the OP more options.

cyclonebri1

I did forget to add that if you are moving the boiler further away from the existing gas supply, the gas flow calcs may just dictate an increase in supply pipe dia to the new location.

You can check this out yourself just to enable you to factor in if your gas guy will have to upsize, the calcs are available on the net.

Keith, any of you other gas safe guys, is there a safe headway you would have to leave over the max capacity of the pipe size boiler location and gas requirement?

Let me explain, about 4 years ago my daughter bought an expolice house with a jailhouse attached to it. The jail was single story and had a 6"solid reinforced roof. No inspector would sanction the building of a 2nd story without the removal of the concrete, so thats what happened.

The 28mm gas main ran under that ceiling and was destroyed.
The builder and his gas guys replaced it with 22mm.
I wasn't pleased but when I did the calculation it was correct given the new boiler and the planned gas fire requirement.

But this is my point, if the run had been only 2 feet longer or had 1 more elbow in the run it wouldn't have.

Guess this is more about good practice than actual requirement??

jojo2910

Thanks all. Given the above, not sure we have many options. Someone suggested we move it to the loft or the bathroom cupboard...

gas4you

Chances are that in moving it you may need a new flue, so you would have to find out if one for your boiler is still available.

If not then it won't be able to be moved.

southcoastrgi

cyclonebri1, no you don't have to oversize the pipe for future installations it only has to be correct for the currant (or new) appliances, with the price of copper the customer is unlikely to want to upgrade from 22mm to 28mm or 28mm to 35mm if it's not needed just on the off chance that someone in 10 years time might want to swap from a 15kw boiler to a 40 kw combi or put in three fires

cyclonebri1

southcoastrgi wrote: »

cyclonebri1, no you don't have to oversize the pipe for future installations it only has to be correct for the currant (or new) appliances, with the price of copper the customer is unlikely to want to upgrade from 22mm to 28mm or 28mm to 35mm if it's not needed just on the off chance that someone in 10 years time might want to swap from a 15kw boiler to a 40 kw combi or put in three fires

That's what I thought fella, but If I were doing this I would at least make the customer aware of the fact that it was border line.

As you can imagine in the case I detailed above it was the fact that they damaged the 28mm pipe and replaced it with 22 that didn't seem correct, at least morally, cheers:beer:

southcoastrgi

very true i would have prob replaced like for like, but it also works the other way round, say the old boiler was a 40kw combi & swapped for a 18kw heat only boiler with an unvented cylinder, then the gas pipe would prob be over sized while this wouldn't create a prob, if the pipe was damaged or needed to be replaced or moved & say to replace it with the same 28mm & that would cost £100 more than doing it with 22mm when 22mm would be big enough then most customers will want to save money.