Need advice - Boxing in Pipes

[odgeuk]

Never done this before so hoping to get some advice on how to approach boxing in these pipes, and maybe putting the boiler behind a cupboard.

While I’m somewhat familiar with how to do boxing in, from videos, I really don’t know how to approach what happens when I get to the boiler? It’s obviously not as simple as building a floor to ceiling kitchen tower for the boiler because a full length door would hit the new boxing, when opened. So it’ll maybe have to be a wall cabinet to hide the boiler and then some boxing below? Just can’t visualise how it’s all to join up at the moment…

 

[CountryFan]

2x2 battens, plywood and make sure it’s removable for boiler maintenance. Not forgetting to allow boiler clearances if/when you house in a cupboard

 

[odgeuk]

So, boxing in where I’ve marked in green and then putting in a kitchen wall cabinet to cover the boiler perhaps?

Should it be ply or mdf? Ideally I want to be able to unscrew the front faces in case any of the water joints develop a leak or the water waste gets blocked?

 

[CountryFan]

Probably best with the cupboard and ply.

 

[foxhole]

The cupboard would have a plinth which should lift door above any boxing.Would have dropped all the pipe work to floor to make boxing much neater.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

It’s obviously not as simple as building a floor to ceiling kitchen tower for the boiler because a full length door would hit the new boxing, when opened.

Could you not raise the height of the tower cupboard, so it cleared the new boxing at the side, or lower the pipework, so it emerged at below plinth height?

What's the vent through the wall for? Hopefully, that is a room sealed boiler, if not, then ventilation might be essential?

 

[odgeuk]

Could you not raise the height of the tower cupboard, so it cleared the new boxing at the side, or lower the pipework, so it emerged at below plinth height?

What's the vent through the wall for? Hopefully, that is a room sealed boiler, if not, then ventilation might be essential?

It’s a Combi boiler. That flue goes straight outside.

Raising the height of a tower to above the pipe work, would mean raising it by just over 2ft, where I’ve planned the boxing to end. Wouldn’t this effectively be just creating a wall cabinet around the boiler instead of having a full length tower? Or I’ve misunderstood you.

Reconfiguring the pipe work would be too costly and take too long to get a plumber, on my current budget and timescales. It’s something I may revisit at a later date. The main cold water supply from the street is in the centre of all that, including the mains stopcock.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Raising the height of a tower to above the pipe work, would effectively be just creating a wall cabinet around the boiler instead of having a full length cupboard?

It might look tidier, and give you uesful shelf space, below the boiler. Me, I would redo those messy pipes.

 

[foxhole]

It’s a Combi boiler. That flue goes straight outside.

Raising the height of a tower to above the pipe work, would mean raising it by just over 2ft, where I’ve planned the boxing to end. Wouldn’t this effectively be just creating a wall cabinet around the boiler instead of having a full length tower? Or I’ve misunderstood you.

Reconfiguring the pipe work would be too costly and take too long to get a plumber, on my current budget and timescales. It’s something I may revisit at a later date. The main cold water supply from the street is in the centre of all that, including the mains stopcock.

The pipe work to long wall will only stick out a few cm, tall cupboard would stand off that wall to clear all pipe work.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

The pipe work to long wall will only stick out a few cm, tall cupboard would stand off that wall to clear all pipe work.

True, just space the cupboard out enough, to clear it, and the new boxing in.