hello all
I asked this queston in a previous post but it was hidden within a separate topic, so i'll ask again.
At the moment i have a boiler which stores it's hot water in a hot water tank. The boiler is supplied with water from a header tank although i only have about 0.5m of head. The central heating is a closed system. I believe my cold water mains would be classed as high pressure.
I am wanting to put in a new kitchen and I am trying to decide what to do with the boiler. At the minute, it is sitting at eye level in full view, with all the pipes on show also. Needless to say, I want to hide them and the boiler. My options are to box in the pipes and put a cabinet housing around the boiler or to pay a plumber and have the pipes put behind the wall.
However, what happens if the boiler gets condemned next year. I would want a combi-boiler put in. What happens then? Is it as simple as connecting it up to the existing pipes? Something tells me it might not be. Last thing I would want to be doing is to rip up my new floor to put in more pipes. If so, I could maybe get the new pipes put in at same time just in case?
The boiler makes a funny vibrating noise sometimes, although i'm willing to put money on it that its the bearings in the fan that are doing that. I really can't afford to change the boiler at the same time as putting in a new kitchen.
Anybody got any thoughts/suggestions?
Thanks, Miguel