On 12/8/2010 7:00 PM, AlanG wrote:
On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:21:12 +0000, wrote:

On 12/8/2010 6:12 PM, BartC wrote:
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Maybe you had a narrow escape - this is what my new boiler looks like -

http://www.tajarts.co.uk/boiler.jpg

Those earthing cables could have been put somewhere else, rather than
right next to that switch. And maybe that filling loop doesn't need to
be right on that corner...

There's a big brassy cylinder thing sticking out at the bottom also -
some kind of trap. This one has more bits and pieces on it than my
previous two did.


Some boilers I think have the option of a pipe being routed behind the
boiler (with an entry or exit at the top).

This one has a big space behind for all the pipes AIUI, but WF only do
basic installations. Making a special effort to hide them is not 'basic'
apparently, though I'd have thought it would use less copper pipe!

I really sound ungrateful but if I want to rent the house out in the
future I'm going to have to do something about it.

I don't think renters care about that, it's not their boiler; it just
needs to work.


I can only tell you that the hideousness of it does not come across that
well in the photo - I was going to decorate the kitchen but I can't be
bothered now.

You could box the whole lot in but if you do you need to make sure the
boiler can operate without room ventilation and put full length doors
on the front for access to boiler and pipes

The box will have to be massive and stick out into the walking space
(that's the bathroom door at the end), due to the location of the mains
power point which is almost behind the pipework. At the side, the remote
control switch thingy is up close to the boiler so it would have to come
this side of that. The ceiling is high. Apart from saving up for a few
years to get it moved into what was the airing cupboard (behind wall on
left), I can't really think of anything else I can do to hide it without
putting enormous pieces of wood in there.