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Boiler advice needed please
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That is only the cost of relocating the meter, yep! 🤐
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Giving this some serious consideration myself now.
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Don't have the interior layout of the plans to hand, sorry, but it's a ground floor flat with only one bedroom. Starting at the rear of the property, back door entrance takes you into a small kitchen where the boiler is. Exposed pipework there leading to the floor (covered). Kitchen then leads into lounge and then straight into hall after that, making an immediate right turn into a tiny bathroom. And a little further down hall, next right turn is the bedroom. The gas meter is outside at the front of the property. Length to boiler from here is approx 45 ft. And, I believe, practically a straight pipe run with few bends.
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No obvious solution comes to mind, other than installing it inside a purpose-made cupboard in the bedroom - but many folk are understandable reluctant to do that.
How does the gas pipe currently get to the back of the house? What route does it take?
You say the pipes in the kitchen head through the floor? What type of floor?
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No obvious solution comes to mind, other than installing it inside a purpose-made cupboard in the bedroom - but many folk are understandable reluctant to do that
Some people might be reluctant, but AIUI for no good reason. With a modern gas boiler it is fine to have it in a bedroom, although start up noises etc could wake you up I suppose.
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Some people might be reluctant, but AIUI for no good reason. With a modern gas boiler it is fine to have it in a bedroom, although start up noises etc could wake you up I suppose.
But then relocating the boiler at the other end of the flat, whilst handier for the gas pipe, does mean that the water pipes will need to be relocated. Two instead of one.
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Yes, but much easier to run water pipes than gas. In theory they only have to get as far as the bathroom which is just beyond the bedroom.
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Having a boiler in the bedroom would have been fine, however, it's at the front of the house facing a very busy main road, so there's of course then the problem with having a flue there, I would imagine. Then there would be the pipework.
The meter is outside at the front of the property, boiler at the back in the kitchen. The gas pipe, as I believe, will run from the meter under the ground outside and then under the floorboards via the hall, into the lounge and then into the kitchen. Part of the floor in the kitchen was taken up at the initial install at the floorboard section (some of the flooring in the kitchen is concrete).
Anyway, we have pushed back on the SGN quote and requested a review of that outrageous charge.0 -
Usually not a problem having a flue exit facing a road or pathway, provided it follows specs. I've certainly seen plenty!
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Oh really? That has surprised me. I thought it may have been a no-no. Will see what the gas engineer has to say about that possibility anyway when we chat next. Thank you for that.
Not yet heard back from SGN so will probably chase them tomorrow.
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