Go-er or non-starter?
Just a quick opinion, as it affects planning and I don't want to drag the gas fitter round just yet, until I have a sensible proposal (plus he's on holiday).
The exact proposal is:
========= I want to create a 0.8 x 2m enclosed cupboard, wood framed dry-wall construction against 2 other brick walls, probably with a heavy wooden "pocket" sliding door, not necessarily fire rated, though it could be...
The cupboard will be to the side of the bottom of the stairs in a 2 storey bungalow.
Cupboard will contain a heatbank, and a condensing gas system boiler over the heatbank.
Heatbank is 0.7m dia and 1.4m high. Boiler *may* be a Viessmann Vitodens 100 system boiler (natural gas). There is sufficient vertical clearance for this, according the the Viessmann datasheet (room is >2.4m high).
The rest of the room will contain a small de-humidifer and cloths racks, using the heat from the boiler and heatbank to aid drying.
Boiler flue upwards through roof. ========
So, the two issues appear to be:
1) (The main question) Fire risk. Is there any consideration regarding boiler siting?
The clothes area will be screened off with some sort of slatted door to prevent any possibility of clothing piling up over the heatbank pumps etc and the boiler above.
2) Ambient heat affecting boiler (I'm guessing it's going to hit around
40C). This is probably a question for Viessmann's tech helpline, but sadly I missed them today. General opinions welcome as to whether this is a crassly stupid idea or not...
Many thanks in advance,
Cheers
Tim