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A precis of combination boiler installation requirements







A precis of combination boiler installation requirements

A combi boiler is a type of condensing gas boiler. The advantage of a combination boiler is that it can heat up water when needed and for this reason they are very common.

Before you purchase a combination gas fired boiler you should have an installation audit to ensure it can be fitted in your house. If you use a trained heating fitter to conduct a survey they will ensure that you comply with the building rules. It is sometimes more difficult to put in a condensing rather than a non-condensing gas fired boiler for several reasons.

not as hot, heavier exhaust gases are discharged from the combi heating boiler flue an easily seen plume can result as they rapidly condense. They may cause wetting of surfaces too close to the end of the flue,, or cause a nuisance to neighbouring property, on occasion people passing by your house can be impacted by this output plume.

An existing flue designed for a non-condensing gas boiler is unsuitable for a condensing gas fired boiler and vice versa. To complete the fitting you could find that the flue will need to be modified. You cannot share a condensing gas boiler flue with any other non-condensing gas appliance.

A clear condensate forms within the heating boiler, and must be able to be released to a acceptable drain or soakaway.

There are many ways to beat these installation difficulties. That is why you will want to use a trained boiler fitter has that they will know of these tricks. These incremental installation costs should be taken into the lifetime cost assessment of the gas fired boiler.

The new gas fired boiler positioning does not have to be in exactly the same place as the older gas fired boiler. The new fitting requirements will often prescribe a change in gas fired boiler location. If your existing gas fired boiler was an open flue or back gas boiler this will definitely be the case. These are often mounted in an internal position away from an external wall.

Most rooms in the home can be used other than the main living room. Sometimes the kitchen is used, sometimes a bedroom and on occasion the attic.

A gas boiler can be set up in the loft as long as the system is sealed. This will be an acceptable if the attic has a drop-down latch with a loft latter. Access to the gas boiler should be provided over a boarded floor and you need to ensure that there is adequate lighting in the attic. This will allow an heating engineer to get access to the gas fired boiler for maintenance and servicing.

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