Moving a Potterton Prima f 30f off the floor or new Boiler

[NewHomes]

Hi Guys,

A bit new to this, and was hoping for a bit of advice.

I'm wanting to move my boiler (potterton prima f 30f) off the floor, well it sitting very close to the floor to the top of the wall nearer the ceiling and the plumber has told me that I need a new boiler as it not that straight forward.

The flue currently goes out into a carpoarch area so on a horizontal flue. Keeping the set up the same it can only go up another 30 cm as per guidelines,not what I was hopping for, been told I can not have an 90 degree bend to go vertical or vertical exit on this model. So I need a newer boiler that does.

Am i being taken for a ride or do I cough for a new boiler. the old one has been working fine and sounds healthy.

thanks
NewHomes.

 

[twgas]

Cough up time! me thinks, he is correct in no bends on your flue.

 

[Tibbot]

Am i being taken for a ride or do I cough for a new boiler.

Why would that be? There's more labour involved carefully picking the bones of your boiler without damaging any parts and re-assembling it, than there is installing a new one. Furthermore there is absolutley f**k all profit supplying a gas boiler these days. The installer wouldn't have to guarantee the old one either.

 

[NewHomes]

I don't know, Just that I asked him about moving it up and he said that the old boiler does not have an option to have a vertical flue so he would need to get another model that did.

As a horizontal flue would not meet regs.