Boxing in a boiler.

[odgeuk]

Struggling with this. I imagined I could buy a standard kitchen tower and cut and chop it a bit so it would hide this boiler and give me a nice door. Maybe even a bit of storage underneath.

But I just can’t see how I could get a tower here and have any rigidity. There seem to be pipes in just about everywhere I would need to put the tower sides or horizontal shelves / support! Not to mention where to put the hinges. Does this look feasible? Or is it going to need a custom frame?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Does this look feasible?

Certainly! You just basically need a side panel, and a tall door, plus maybe a small door above it. The doors, can be hinged off some timber on the left.

 

[odgeuk]

Thanks. So maybe not even a kitchen tower? Just some panels from B&Q? I’m wondering how the side panel will have any support? Juts by being bracketed to the wall with L-Shape brackets perhaps?

 

[foxhole]

Simple job anchor unit to right hand wall , brace high and low at front, should be able to get a few lower shelves in there.
Infill panel to right hand wall , you may need to cut down right hand side at rear to accommodate pipes.Plenty of room to secure left side at top and bottom. Panel of plasterboard top on left and front set back and painted to match walls.

 

[Murdochcat]

Just remember that the boiler cover will need to be removable

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Thanks. So maybe not even a kitchen tower? Just some panels from B&Q? I’m wondering how the side panel will have any support? Juts by being bracketed to the wall with L-Shape brackets perhaps?

Length of timber, plus L-brackets. Floor to ceiling timber, to the steady the front of the panel. Better if it could be built, to be easily removed, for boiler servicing. Then add some drop in shelves.

 

[odgeuk]

Simple job anchor unit to right hand wall , brace high and low at front, should be able to get a few lower shelves in there.
Infill panel to right hand wall , you may need to cut down right hand side at rear to accommodate pipes.Plenty of room to secure left side at top and bottom. Panel of plasterboard top on left and front set back and painted to match walls.

@foxhole It's anchoring the right hand side panel that I think will be a struggle, there isn't much space to slide in a full side panel, between the pipes in-situ, and I'm expecting to have to make some serious swiss cheese to get that in.

However, not sure how I'm gonna secure that right-hand side panel to either the back or side wall. Maybe the Horizontal bracing to the let hand panel will be enough for it to stand supported.

It seems that some people don't faff with getting a panel on the right hand side, and just put a piece of batten up to hang the doors off, but I'm not sure then how the left hand panel would have any proper support as the cabinet would no longer be a completed box, if you catch my drift.

 

[foxhole]

Have very similar situation on my annex kitchen , right hand side infill panel is fixed to wall and side fixed to that , shelf and plinth adds to bracing .

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

It seems that some people don't faff with getting a panel on the right hand side, and just put a piece of batten up to hang the doors off, but I'm not sure then how the left hand panel would have any proper support as the cabinet would no longer be a completed box, if you catch my drift.

The batten, is what I suggest. Your left panel, can be braced with more battens, horizontal ones, fixed to the right hand batten. Fix the horizontal battens simply with L-brackets, so they are easily removed. Likewise, the left-hand panel - a vertical batten, fixed to the wall alongside the boiler, then fix the panel rear edge to that.

 

[Deluks]

You don't need a panel on the right hand side.
You can support the left panel with screwed in floor and ceiling battens.
On the wall, because of the proximity of the switch and potential cable runs, I'd glue a batten to the wall. You can do same on other side just to support an infill panel to hide the gap at the side. Just make sure it's all unscrewable/demountable.

I'd use 2x1 or 2x2 screwed to the ceiling, matching the footprint of the unit (minus the thickness of the panel material)
Use a plumb bob and or spirit level to do the same on the floor, screwed down.

Then a floor to ceiling length on the front left corner, fixed down with L brackets. Glue another one to the wall, and another one on the right hand wall, this gives you a basic framework to fit the side panel and hang a door.
If you buy an of the shelf full height tower unit, you probably won't end up using the back, the base panel or the top panel, but you can reuse these internally, as shelves lower down.

 

[Deluks]

Have very similar situation on my annex kitchen , right hand side infill panel is fixed to wall and side fixed to that , shelf and plinth adds to bracing .

Tidy. Although your pipework is a lot more compact than the OP's.

Prosecco and vaseline on the same shelf? You must throw some legendary parties!

 

[foxhole]

Tidy. Although your pipework is a lot more compact than the OP's.

Prosecco and vaseline on the same shelf? You must throw some legendary parties!

Lots more pipework you can’t see , as for Vaseline , best prepared for anything .!