boiler in bathroom

[Kerry Hoskin]

Hey up,

I had an oil combi-boiler installed in my cellar a few months ago. The cellar is quite a nice size, about twice the size of the bathroom that is next to the cellar. The plan is to turn this cellar into a bathroom latter this year, it should fit a sink, toilet, bath and separate shower quiet nicely. Is there any problem with having the boiler in what would be the bathroom? I'm thinking along the lines of electrical regs as the boiler obviously has power and a feed from a roomstat.

Cheers

Kerry

[stefek.zaba]

Recent changes in the Regs make this OK, with a few restrictions. Keep the boiler and any controls far enough away from the bath/shower: 2ft minimum from nearest edge of bath/shower-cube keeps it in Zone 3, where fixed appliances are Allowed. Make sure it's connected to the mains via a fused-connection-unit or similar: a "standard" 13A socket is an absolute no-no. Other than that, you should be OK...

Stefek

[John Stumbles]

If it were a gas boiler it wouldn't be allowed in a bathroom unless it were a room-sealed type which takes its air for combustion from outside and discharges its burnt gases directly outside without any openings into the room. I don't know if the regs are the same for oil but since this is about ventilation and flueing rather than the fuel I would imagine it would be. So if you've got a flue pipe going up and out of your boiler: no. If your boiler has a sort of concentric pipe flue going outside: probably yes.

-- John Stumbles

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[Brian S Gray]

We had a new condensing boiler put in an airing cupboard in a new en-suite bathroom last winter. With due reference to the boiler manual for clearances required etc I built a demountable internal cupboard round the boiler and the airing cupboard is excellent for airing and storing sheets and towels etc. One snag is that we will have to empty the cupboard for the annual service.

[Dave Plowman]

Thought all they do these days is a quick visual inspection and 'sniff' for leaks.