How to dress a boiler?

JanK · 1 Aug 2013

OK, just had my combi installed, woo hoo!!

Basically now I have a cupboard and piece of work surface to fit where the old boiler was below.

The boiler obviously has a lot of visible copper pipes and I was just wondering what people actually do with them?

Do you box them in or leave them out?

newbuildinstaller · 1 Aug 2013

Anything you want but...

1- keep to the stated clearances
2- If boxed in completely make it removable as makes services easier
3- If boxing the flue in it needs inspection hatches at every joint

Kitchen unit is the normal

bellairaphon · 1 Aug 2013

Just remember someone at some point might need to work on the appliance or pipe work.

tincup · 1 Aug 2013

Hi
To cover the pipes-
Fit the work surface. Tile walls to the pipes. Make a box section from worktop to bottom of boiler with enough clearance to remove. Tile box section with grout lines as wallgrout lines. Mastic to wall tiles.

picasso · 2 Aug 2013

Cover the pipes with ply and tiles, make sure that all the screw heads are completely mullered and that the tiles are end of range and cannot be matched, the tile adhesive has to ensure that the tiles will only come off in very small fragments or 10 fall off at the same time there is no inbetween,

finally practise the blank look when the words "access panel" or "access will be required " are spoken to you and be ready to complain how long the jobs taken/mess being made. be lucky

Dan Robinson · 2 Aug 2013

picasso said:
Cover the pipes with ply and tiles, make sure that all the screw heads are completely mullered and that the tiles are end of range and cannot be matched, the tile adhesive has to ensure that the tiles will only come off in very small fragments or 10 fall off at the same time there is no inbetween,

finally practise the blank look when the words "access panel" or "access will be required " are spoken to you and be ready to complain how long the jobs taken/mess being made. be lucky

Phew. I was worried for a while that it was just me. Now I know that there are others.

We should form a support group.

JanK · 2 Aug 2013

Hmm sounds like I am going to have to be creative making something that can be removed yet looks like it can't lol

JanK · 2 Aug 2013

newgasinstaller said:
Anything you want but...

1- keep to the stated clearances
2- If boxed in completely make it removable as makes services easier
3- If boxing the flue in it needs inspection hatches at every joint

Kitchen unit is the normal

Just a quick question... the boiler people put the pipes over existing tiles... it this normal procedure or should the tiles have been removed before installation?

Charnwood · 2 Aug 2013

Normal procedure, unless the customer specifies otherwise when getting a quote.

dreadnoughtheating · 2 Aug 2013

Ignore the first three responses and do the opposite.

congrats, you are now a fully fledged Pro Kitchen Fitter.

DH

JanK · 2 Aug 2013

Charnwood said:
Normal procedure, unless the customer specifies otherwise when getting a quote.

Oh thats great!! I was hoping it was usual procedure but had a pang of "have they taken a short cut!". I'm sure they've done everything as they should!!

Charnwood · 2 Aug 2013

Removing tiles, chasing in pipework, making tiling good would make quite a difference to the price.

JanK · 2 Aug 2013

dreadnoughtheating said:
Ignore the first three responses and do the opposite.

congrats, you are now a fully fledged Pro Kitchen Fitter.

DH

Yeah, I'm thinking I may need a man that can! Ha ha.

JanK · 2 Aug 2013

Charnwood said:
Removing tiles, chasing in pipework, making tiling good would make quite a difference to the price.

Yeah it doesnt bother me really. The only slight concern I have is what happens if I want to change the tiling in the future...

Charnwood · 2 Aug 2013

JanK said:
I may need a man that can! Ha ha.

You will when/if you want to retile.

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