Flo Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Hi Our boiler got condemned this week and the guy from the maintenance company (we live in a rented house) has been round today to see about installing a new one. The biggest problem is that the current one is under the stairs with the flue pipe going up the chimney and apparently any new installations need to be on an outside wall. Does anyone know anything about boilers? The position of the new one is going to be very tricky as it is a terraced house, with few outstide walls and badly laid out. It is not really my problem as I don't own the house, but if I can suggest anything to minimise the disruption it is worth a try. Thanks Flo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I know nothing about boilers but I hope the work doesn't disrupt you too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I dont know much about boilers but coincidently we are having a new boiler on Tuesday. Going to cost the best part of £1500. We have struggled with our old boiler for a year, replaced a new circuit board last xmas for £300 as we had no hot water, now boiler has decided to give up completely - no hot water or heating for a month now. good luck with yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 We have a combi boiler which is fitted upstairs in the back bedroom inside built in wardrobes, we built the wardrobes around it but it's still accessible for servicing and repairs Good luck, I hope the installation doesn't cause too much disruption for you, ours was done in less than a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 no hot water or heating for a month now. I can't begin to think how you're managing. Hope it's gets sorted for you both soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I had mine in the bathroom in the last house ... no room in the kitchen. My neighbour had one fitted last winter, and it's in the loft! He said there was just no room in their kitchen as it's fully fitted, and they didn't want to muck up any of the bedrooms, so that's where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 As far as I know you can still purchase and install boilers to vent up a chimney. I don't think you can with the super efficient condensing ones though. I could be wrong. Bosch Worcester boilers are good and very reliable although expensive if that's any help. Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 I have found you my thread from when mine went We went for a Worcester and had it moved up to our loft. The person that did it worked on a friend's house and was very nice, (now has chickens) although seemed to take their time and keep coming back (no extra charge). It takes more time and money to move one. If you get multiple quotes you can ask where they would install it. http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13794&start=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 We are having a new combi condensing boiler put up in the loft next month. One of the options we considered was having it in the corner of the kitchen and it would have been vented with a chimney through the roof. That would have been slightly more expensive but not impossible. Although, having said that, we live in a bungalow so maybe there is a problem with distance if yours has to go from a downstairs position to the roof. Perhpas there is a limit to how long the chimney can be. Hope you manage to get something sorted soon without too much disruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Mine is in the garage. It is a Worcester Combi Boiler. Don't want to jinx it so all I'll say is....can't complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 ours is in the garage aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 We are having a new combi condensing boiler put up in the loft next month. We had one of these last year. Worcester/Bosch. It is in the airing cubboard (instead of the HUGE hot water tank) - it is NOT an outside wall - extract runs backward through built in wardrobe in bedroom. So doesn't have to be outside wall but there is a limit on length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hopefulls Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 We have just had ours put in loft but our plumber said it can go in a kitchen cupboard and the flue can run along the top of the cupboars, (if there is a gap between them and the celing.)the boiler doesn't have to be bolted to the outside wall they can buy flue kits to sort it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flo Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 Thank you for all of your replies, very helpful! The maintenance man is due to call me back this week so hopefully I can get it solved quickly Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Well the plumber has gone and we are now £1527.50 lighter Feel quite sick at the cost and as if we've been ripped off, it was just purely a replacement boiler - (no new radiators, tank or anything) remove one combi boiler in garage and replace with another. Plumber started work at 8.45am and was packing up at 1.30pm, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Ouch! We had our boiler replaced and the old tank removed last November, the bill was about £1800. The old one was very very inefficient and it had to go, but still.... our plumber is one we've used for years and he quotes below what others charge locally, but the cost of everything has gone through the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
