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YAPH wrote:
On Wed, 06 May 2009 19:02:34 +0100, Dave Osborne wrote:

Might be easier/cheaper though just to cover over the plasterboard at
the back of the airing cupboard with a piece of 12mm WBP plywood (the
width of the cupboard if possible, resting on the floor and as high as
the top of the new boiler) and fix it to the plasterboard with
sticks-like-****/a bunch of whirlies/screws into studs or noggings as
appropriate. Paint the plywood with undercoat and gloss. Mr boilerman
can use spring toggles for the boiler.

... and ride away into the sunset with his spurs jangling.

Not this boilerman thank you. Secure, non-combustible surface please.

Surely the boiler casing and design provides the second function? After
all plenty of floor standing ones on wooden floors.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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