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mounting a boiler onto a Breeze block wall
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On Nov 30, 4:53 pm, Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-11-30 16:25:58 +0000, said:
How safe is it to fix a boiler of about 45Kg to a breeze block wall?
The wall at the moment is bare...no rendering, but I've planned to use
celotex insulation and plasterboard...I guess I'll have to use a
proper studding frame behind the boiler and then look for longer
screws (or these polyester fixings) to account for the thickness of
the studs.
How are fixing all the celotex/plasterboard - just fixing direct to the
wall, or are you putting up studwork throughout? That's what I did
recently; I got a fixing template from my boiler manufacturer while
erecting it, so I could work out exactly where to position horizontal
noggins so that they would be in the right place to attach the boiler to
them. Measured and recorded the noggin height off the floor, then
celotexed, and boarded the whole wall and got it skimmed.
Then when the boiler installer came along, he found two parallel lines
drawn on the plaster along which he could screw the boiler frame. So
the boiler is supported on the studwork, not the wall behind.
David
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