On 27/05/2021 19:20, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Tim+ wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
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Tim+ wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
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Tim+ wrote:
People often comment here on the inadvisability of installing a gas
boiler oneself due to building regs, possible effects on house
insurance etc.
However, if you were to outstall a boiler, I.e. fit it either on
the outside of your property or even in a detached
outhouse/ventilated bunker with just the water pipes entering your
property, would that avoid all the potential issues associated with
a self install?
Not intending to do this, well not yet anyway, just wondering about
the legality of outstalling.
Don't see it makes any difference. Unsafe work is unsafe work no
matter where you put it.
Im not asking about unsafe work, Im asking whether gas safe rules
and building control rules apply to a boiler that isnt installed
inside a house.
By that you're implying that an explosion in your garage etc is less
important than one in your house?
I know you like being deliberately obtuse but if I had meant installing
in an enclosed space like a garage I would have said so.
Not so. I think you might find it hard to find a boiler suitable for
installing outside. So any form of building that shields it from the
weather etc could do a lot of damage if it blew up.
There is actually a resonable range of boilers designed for external
installation. They include their own enclosure and don't need another
building round them. Worceter do some, as do Grant, Rianni.
e.g.
https://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/pr...ve-ii-external
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Cheers,
John.
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