Many thanks to all that responded.

We managed to get the front heat exchanger off quite easily, the rear part
had to be ripped out of the frame as some iron bushes had rusted solid.

Then it all became clear, some wet plaster had fallen behind the boiler and
set on top of the flue. This prevented any vertical movement and so stopped
us lifting the boiler out of the frame. I didn't mind destroying the thing,
there was no way it would run again, its 30yrs old and corroded very badly.

I can see the air in the kitchen slowly changing back from blue :-)

Hippo.



"Hippo" wrote in message
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Hi All

Anyone know how to get this boiler off the wall without resorting to JCB /
explosives !?
Does anyone know how much it weighs roughly?

From what I can see, there is a frame on the wall which the boiler has
been slotted in to.
There are a couple of studs that are located into cut outs in the frame. I
would guess that the boiler has been lifted into the slots, pushed back
and then settled into a lower cut out (1/4'') to prevent it moving. The
problem I have is there doesn't seem to be enough give to lift the thing
up 1/4'' to bring it out. All the pipes connecting it have been
disconnected.
Is there something else to this?


TIA

Hippo