As some of you know, I have an old-fashioned Servowarm Supreme radiator back boiler whose flue is currently located at the front of my house to the left of the front door. The guy that came around yesterday seemed intent on putting the new boiler in the kitchen or bathroom, and I was curious why.
Looking at the ODPM site for the building regulations, it looks like boilers are no longer allowed in living rooms. Is this the case, or am I misreading it? http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pub/731/Guid...tProcedureforDwellingsPDF1258Kb_id1130731.pdf
I currently have 2 seperate systems, which I want to maintain. The hot water system runs along the external walls of the kitchen & bathroom with the instant heat boiler being located in the bathroom. The heating system runs along the internal walls of the kitchen & bathroom. As I understand it, a condensing boiler has to be on an external wall, so this would incur a problem in that connections would then have to somehow move from the external wall to connect up with the previous pipework. I can't see how this would easily be achieved, as my bathroom is tiled and my kitchen has a brand new wooden floor, which would need to be lifted.
Another question that I have is that I've read that condensing boilers used to have a very short life time as the acidic concentrate corroded the heat exchangers, but this has been solved by making the heat exchangers from stainless steel. Is this true or not?
Any suggestions most welcome.
Looking at the ODPM site for the building regulations, it looks like boilers are no longer allowed in living rooms. Is this the case, or am I misreading it? http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pub/731/Guid...tProcedureforDwellingsPDF1258Kb_id1130731.pdf
I currently have 2 seperate systems, which I want to maintain. The hot water system runs along the external walls of the kitchen & bathroom with the instant heat boiler being located in the bathroom. The heating system runs along the internal walls of the kitchen & bathroom. As I understand it, a condensing boiler has to be on an external wall, so this would incur a problem in that connections would then have to somehow move from the external wall to connect up with the previous pipework. I can't see how this would easily be achieved, as my bathroom is tiled and my kitchen has a brand new wooden floor, which would need to be lifted.
Another question that I have is that I've read that condensing boilers used to have a very short life time as the acidic concentrate corroded the heat exchangers, but this has been solved by making the heat exchangers from stainless steel. Is this true or not?
Any suggestions most welcome.