Fixing to Dot n' Dab Wall

[DIYheadache]

Hi all

Whats the best way to secure a boiler to a dot and dab wall?

Thanks

Pete

 

[maka2k2]

a boiler needs to be fastened to a non combustible surface

 

[oilman]

a boiler needs to be fastened to a non combustible surface

Of suitable construction to take the weight. I doubt dot and dab meets this requirement.

 

[ChrisR]

a boiler needs to be fastened to a non combustible surface

a) not necessarily true
b) plasterboard isn't classed as combustible

Not being evasive but the fixing is something which has to be assessed by the installer who's goiing to be responsible for registering it. Can't tell from here...

 

[DIYheadache]

So ......

I need to replace a perfectly good wall with what surface then?

Thanks

 

[ChrisR]

So ............
You've not read what I just wrote.

 

[DIYheadache]

ChrisR

Thanks for the response. From what you have said I conclude that I can leave it the way it is, this will be fine.

I don't think I explained myself properly at the beginning. I am plumbing in a new central heating system with just the gas and commissioning to be completed by a corgi. The wall is an outside cavity wall with concrete blocks on the inside that are covered with the dot 'n' dab wall. What screw fixings will be best suited to the situration?

Many thanks

Pete

 

[ChrisR]

Then don't hang the boiler yourself. Your Corgi will have to notify it for registration with bldg control and the g'tee. If the boiler fell off the wall next week, or if it were in the worng place, or broke some other rule, he would be responsible. There's a bunch of stuff to take into account when putting a boiler on a wall. The detail of the construction you have is of course one, which we can't see.

Obviously we can't sit here and say "yes screw it on the wall"

 

[DIYheadache]

Chris R

I get the picture.

Thanks