can someone advise me pease? Can anyone think of a reason whey I should not have a combi boiler installed in the space under the stairs? It would be fixed to an outside (brick) walll and would vent directly through the wall. the house is Victorian and the underside of the stairs is not fireproofed in any way. the space under the stairsis an enclosed space and is accessed by a full sized door.
many thanks,
Robert
No reason other than it might make servicing difficult - ie a service person may not want to have to crawl into a restricted space to get at it.
Thanks for that info.
Access will be good. Ervice person would be able to stand up and face it without it being 'in his face'.
My father used to sing that song and he was brin in 1916.
Robert
Thanks for that info.
Access will be good. Ervice person would be able to stand up and face it without it being 'in his face'.
My father used to sing that song and he was brin in 1916.
Robert
I came across that phrase as a child, on a novelty drinks-mat from a set my parents had.
Don't know the details or regs, but I've seen plenty installed under the stairs, so I guess that subject to it being done by a CORGI it must be acceptable.
Just make sure the underside of the stairs has a fireproof board on it. Yu don't want a flame thrower burning an escape route.
The space needs to be well vented preferably with 2 x 9"x6" air bricks for adequate airflow otherwise you may have your installation condemned by the gas board.
Thanks for your comments everyone.
Ray:
The boiler will have a balanced flue so it won't draw air from the space.
Dr. Drivel
i probably would do so, that but is it building regs requirement?
I'd read the boiler installation instructions first. Mine needs no ventilation whatsoever.
You'd need to read the boiler installation instructions - but I'd say no. Even my ancient floorstander didn't need fireproof board.
Many modern boilers draw external air supply through the casing. This serves to keep the boiler case cool, and also the heat which does leak out from components inside the boiler is effectively drawn back into the combustion chamber in the form of preheated air, so it's not lost from the boiler casing (at least, nowhere near to the same extent older boilers used to).
When I was doing my heating calculations to size radiators, I was a bit miffed the boiler manufacturer didn't state the approx heat output from the boiler casing (which you can subtract from the size of radiator you need in the same room). Having installed the boiler (a Keston C25), there's only a small area on the front which actually gets warm (right in front of the heat exchanger), so I guess the heat output from the casing is probably less than 50W. Older boilers are up in the hundreds of watts.
Who is he now?
LOL! What about the millions of wall-hung boilers up and down the country. Do they require fire proof ceilings to be installed?
MBQ
A friend has had her boiler replaced and it's been placed under the stairs as there's no room in the kitchen now. But the flue thing sticks out of the wall at head height. Looks odd stuck there but seems a better idea than putting it in the small bedroom like some others have done.
Indeed. My old one kept the bathroom nice and hot. The new one gets barely warm to the touch.
Yes!
You will find that gas meters are no longer under stairs.
They have not moved our meter; I can still find it under our stairs. :-)
We had a new meter fitted this very morning - under the stairs - to replace the old one that was - under the stairs.
Probably cheaper to move the stairs, if you're concerned about it.
Owain
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