Sooner or later I am going to have to get our aging gas backboiler replaced.
I live in a chalet bungalow (we had a loft conversion put in some 25 years
ago) with a full length carport down the side of this semi detached
property. Convenient outside wall options for hanging a combination boiler
are not good. My favorite option would be to locate the boiler in our
present downstairs located airing cupboard. The airing cupboard does not
have an outside wall but backs directly onto the chimney. This would imply
removing the present storage tank and using a chimney flue liner kit (after
knocking a hole through the back of the airing cupboard into the chimney
flue) . We have just had a new kitchen fitted which I do not wish to mess up
by installation of a boiler and we are about to upgrade the bathroom
(possibly the only other feasible location for a boiler other than the
airing cupboard). Obviously it would be helpful to ensure that a boiler can
be placed in the airing cupboard before closing down other options. Is a
chimney flued combination boiler likely to be viable or not? I would not be
unduly worried about blocking off the fireplace flue in the adjacent sitting
room as we rarely use the gas fire in front of the backboiler and would
happily substitute an electric powered equivalent.

"peter" wrote in message
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Sooner or later I am going to have to get our aging gas backboiler
replaced. I live in a chalet bungalow (we had a loft conversion put in
some 25 years ago) with a full length carport down the side of this semi
detached property. Convenient outside wall options for hanging a
combination boiler are not good. My favorite option would be to locate the
boiler in our present downstairs located airing cupboard. The airing
cupboard does not have an outside wall but backs directly onto the
chimney. This would imply removing the present storage tank and using a
chimney flue liner kit (after knocking a hole through the back of the
airing cupboard into the chimney flue) . We have just had a new kitchen
fitted which I do not wish to mess up by installation of a boiler and we
are about to upgrade the bathroom (possibly the only other feasible
location for a boiler other than the airing cupboard). Obviously it would
be helpful to ensure that a boiler can be placed in the airing cupboard
before closing down other options. Is a chimney flued combination boiler
likely to be viable or not? I would not be unduly worried about blocking
off the fireplace flue in the adjacent sitting room as we rarely use the
gas fire in front of the backboiler and would happily substitute an
electric powered equivalent.

There is nothing wrong with using an existing chimney. Boilers these days
have highly flexible flue systems that can have plastic pipe run up the
chimney.

Obviously it would be helpful to ensure that a boiler can be placed in
the airing cupboard before closing down other options. Is a chimney
flued combination boiler likely to be viable or not?

No problem whatsoever. Choose a model that has the option of using 2
standard 50mm mPVC drainpipes as flues. These are relatively easy to stick
up a chimney, provided there are no bends and much cheaper than proprietary
flue extension kits for concentric flue systems. Keston specialise in this
field, but there are also other manufacturers with optional such flue
systems.

Check that you have suitable drainage for the condensate. If not, look at
the new Sanicondens, which is a pump specially designed to pump away the
small amounts of acidic concentrate when there is no viable gravity flowed
method.

Christian.

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 09:33:25 -0000, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:


Check that you have suitable drainage for the condensate. If not, look at
the new Sanicondens, which is a pump specially designed to pump away the
small amounts of acidic concentrate when there is no viable gravity flowed
method.

Christian.

You do know who the manufacturer is, don't you, Christian....? ;-)


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..andy

You do know who the manufacturer is, don't you, Christian....? ;-)

Yes, although they didn't make my new toilet pump, despite the name, a
Sanisplit. This has the really quite nice feature of coming in two parts.
One attaches to the plumbing and toilet, the other simply slides out and
contains the motor and masher. You can then hose it out in the garden, or
they offer an exchange service (free for several years) if you don't like
getting dirty.

Christian.

On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:47:47 +0000, Andy Hall
wrote:

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 09:33:25 -0000, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:


Check that you have suitable drainage for the condensate. If not, look at
the new Sanicondens, which is a pump specially designed to pump away the
small amounts of acidic concentrate when there is no viable gravity flowed
method.

Christian.

You do know who the manufacturer is, don't you, Christian....? ;-)

Lets hope they found it easier to pump a dilute acid uphill than
liquidised sh*t.


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On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 12:10:40 -0000, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

You do know who the manufacturer is, don't you, Christian....? ;-)

Yes, although they didn't make my new toilet pump, despite the name, a
Sanisplit. This has the really quite nice feature of coming in two parts.
One attaches to the plumbing and toilet, the other simply slides out and
contains the motor and masher. You can then hose it out in the garden, or
they offer an exchange service (free for several years) if you don't like
getting dirty.

Christian.


Hmm.. I wonder if Peter Parry knows about this.....


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..andy

Thanks for the comments everyone. As I said I don't plan to replace the
boiler just
yet - at least while it continues to work AOK. It is nice knowing that when
the time comes I will not have to mess up the kitchen or bathroom and
thereby
earn the displeasure of she who must be obeyed.