We have moved into a house with an oil fired boiler in the garage, I want to install as many units as possible in the garage for storage, the garage is a bit tighter than our last house and loses space due to having the boiler and an internal door.
I wonder if it's normal practice to put units hard up against the boiler or is there a recommended gap to be left.
Thanks
Depends on the boiler. The manufacturer's instructions will be authoritative.
Owain
It depends very much on the make and model of the boiler. You should also bear in mind the advisability of having an opn flue boiler in a confined space with a vehcle which may use petrol as a fuel. Hopefully you have a modern, room sealed combustion type.
If you have an older model some free space around the boiler is very much to be desired
I really wouldn't know the difference between the boilers, the house was built just over a year ago so I guess it has to follow recent rules and regs etc.
The boiler in question is a Boulter Buderus, Camray 5, 50/70, I do not have a manual for it.
It does not appear to have any vents either side of it, but it does on the underside, not sure about the top as can't get up there at the moment.
There is a 4 vents in the garage, one being to the right nearer the top, however I think it might be there so show,,,,which I don't think it's meant to be...again can't do a closer inspection on that just now.
Boulter Buderus appear on the worcester-Bosch website now. Have you tried Google for Boulter Buderus, Camray 5, 50/70? The instalation and commissioning data sheets can be downloaded from there. All your questions and more should be answered in those
I would suggest contacting Worcester-Bosch, as I can't find the subject in the installation manual.
What is clear is that if the boiler has a conventional flue then it needs an air supply at the bottom, and there should be a gap at the bottom of 50mm.
A small gap at the sides would make it easier for you to remove the case should you ever need to, The boiler can be serviced from the front without removing the case.
That was one of the first searches I made, prior to posting on the group.
I could not find the manual available for download, I'm led to believe a lot of these are kept under wraps for trade only?
My search showed up someone selling them on eBay, perhaps not on hard copy, I forget now.
Perhaps I never searched in the right places, did you actually sight these?
That was one of the first searches I made, prior to posting on the group.
My search showed up someone selling them on eBay, perhaps not on hard copy, I forget now.
Perhaps I never searched in the right places, did you actually sight these?
Update....searching with the addition of worchester bosch is a big help but there is no way in the world I would have known that, our last house had one of those boilers.
Seems a bit like searching for a ford but using the work vauxhall in google
What is conventional flue when it's at home, our gas boiler had a long flue that ran up from it and out the roof.
This boiler is mounted in the ground level in the garage and there is a bit outside the garage, like a metal vent style thing...a flue?
With a conventional flue a boiler takes air out of the room and typically sends the exhaust up a chimney.
With a balanced flue a boiler takes air from outside, and then pushes the exhaust outside normally via a hole in the wall where the boiler is mounted.
I downloaded the manual as a PDF file some time ago. If you want a copy, send me an email.
-- Michael Chare
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