Vent for boiler plinth

Annie1960

I'm having a new kitchen fitted and will be putting the existing-floor standing boiler in a cupboard. I rang Worcester to discuss this, and their techie advised I should either leave off the plinth or fit a vent to it.

He recommended a vent with a free air space capacity of 310 sq cm. Where can I buy this type of vent?

wealdroam

Annie1960 wrote: »

He recommended a vent with a free air space capacity of 310 sq cm. Where can I buy this type of vent?

That's nothing out of the ordinary.

Any good builders merchant, Screwfix or Toolstation.

What does 'leave off the plinth' mean?

Annie1960

wealdroam wrote: »

That's nothing out of the ordinary.

Any good builders merchant, Screwfix or Toolstation.

What does 'leave off the plinth' mean?

It means that the techie suggested one option was to have the boiler in the new kitchen unit, but leave off the plinth under that cupboard. As it is in the middle of a run of floor cupboards, it would look very odd, so I then asked if it could have a vent, and he described the appropriate one.

Alex1983

Have you said you boiler was only 5 years old at some point, if so the boiler won't need a ventilation, just minimum clearances. Have you got the boiler instructions it will tell you all the information there.

Annie1960

Alex1983 wrote: »

Have you said you boiler was only 5 years old at some point, if so the boiler won't need a ventilation, just minimum clearances. Have you got the boiler instructions it will tell you all the information there.

Yes, I had a meeting with the fitter and the kitchen designer and I copied the relevant page from the boiler manual for each of them.

It's a rather dull story, but there were three different drawings showing clearances. The one for unvented cupboards would have needed a 200 mm clearance between the front of the boiler and back of the door. This would have made it difficult to reach the wall cupboards above, and also the window in front of the sink.

There was another drawing showing smaller clearances, but it was ambiguous, hence I phoned the manufacturer and spoke to their techie.

I would rather err on the side of caution, and don't mind having a vent, but did not know where to get one. Now I have searched Screwfix following post no. 2, I see what they are. I had not realised it would be so simple. Just get the correct sized vent suitable for gas appliances so the fitter can put it in the plinth.