Hi,
I'm replacing an old boiler in my bedroom with a combi. It's a ground floor flat and the boiler can only really go next to a window in the bedroom.
The current boiler is quite low off the ground. It has a cabinet built around it and is at a decent height so it's quite discreet and is useful for storing things on top of. The flue goes directly out the back of the boiler and comes out at about the height of bottom of the window outside (where the front garden is). The top of the boiler is around 110cm from the floor and the horizontal flue comes out around 80cm from the ground in the front garden about 150cm away from the pavement (it's a small garden!).
I've had a quote and have been told that many boilers require the flue to be higher than this and that you don't want boiler exhaust being fired at passers by. I'd like to keep the current height of the boiler if possible as it makes it less of an eye sore and means I shouldn't need the old flue hole filled up and a new one made.
Does anyone have any advice on if I can keep the boiler at it's current height? What is the minimum installation height? Are there particular combis that can be installed lower? Can I just get a horizontal flue that points up the way once outside to direct the fumes?
Thanks.
I'm replacing an old boiler in my bedroom with a combi. It's a ground floor flat and the boiler can only really go next to a window in the bedroom.
The current boiler is quite low off the ground. It has a cabinet built around it and is at a decent height so it's quite discreet and is useful for storing things on top of. The flue goes directly out the back of the boiler and comes out at about the height of bottom of the window outside (where the front garden is). The top of the boiler is around 110cm from the floor and the horizontal flue comes out around 80cm from the ground in the front garden about 150cm away from the pavement (it's a small garden!).
I've had a quote and have been told that many boilers require the flue to be higher than this and that you don't want boiler exhaust being fired at passers by. I'd like to keep the current height of the boiler if possible as it makes it less of an eye sore and means I shouldn't need the old flue hole filled up and a new one made.
Does anyone have any advice on if I can keep the boiler at it's current height? What is the minimum installation height? Are there particular combis that can be installed lower? Can I just get a horizontal flue that points up the way once outside to direct the fumes?
Thanks.