Need some advice as the best way to box in the new boiler we've just had fitted. It's in the study so it really is an eyesore. The boiler in question has been fitted approx 2ft from the ceiling and so the pipework runs down the length of the wall. I was thinking maybe make a frame around the boiler and then fixing 10mm MDF to this frame with a couple of hinges at the front for access. Is this feasible? Is there any other way?
Boxing in a boiler
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Dulux, I would have thought it might look better if maybe you made it look as though the cupboard was a piece of furniture, rather than something made to box something in. So, you might want to make a double-doored cupboard, made with thicker mdf. In my last house, I had a wooden gothic cupboard built to house a boiler. There was a divider in the middle to keep the boiler separate and we kept clothes in the other half. We also had an mdf, double-doored cupboard downstairs built around the washing machine. That had shelves above it so it looked a bit like a dresser. Didn't make either of them myself - I'm no good at woodwork 
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.Nick,
I hear what you're saying about looking like a piece of furniture but like you i'm not brilliant with wood so the simpler the better.
I hear what you're saying about looking like a piece of furniture but like you i'm not brilliant with wood so the simpler the better.
my suggestion was going to be almost exactly what nick said
if you can box in you can make it look like a dresser with a cupboard top
take your boxing in box on the wall with opening doors about 3ft wide boiler in one side
make one to fit on the floor with a plinth underneath and the back 3 inches forward to accomodate the pipes with the top 25mm overhang front and sides
then make a book shelves with a false back
fit the bookshelve between the cupboards with all the sides lined up
if you can box in you can make it look like a dresser with a cupboard top
take your boxing in box on the wall with opening doors about 3ft wide boiler in one side
make one to fit on the floor with a plinth underneath and the back 3 inches forward to accomodate the pipes with the top 25mm overhang front and sides
then make a book shelves with a false back
fit the bookshelve between the cupboards with all the sides lined up
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Well, something else you could try is a folding screen. These tend not to be very tall so you'd probably have to make it yourself. But that might be good because you can choose the look. Ebay has a lot of screens/room dividers that might give you ideas. For one example, look at: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audrey-Hepbur...ryZ31601QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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