Install Oil Combi Boiler into Bathroom

by **amun100** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:33 pm

I was wondering if its ok to install an oil fired combi boiler into a bathroom and be boxed off similar to an airing cupboard? The boiler is bosch with a flue. The bathroom will have an expelair. Are there any minimum distance restrictions?

Regards

Andrew

by **sparx** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:35 pm

hi,if cupboard locked and boiler connected to fused spur then no electrical probs, but would also post in central heating forum,
regards SPARX

by **amun100** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:26 am

Cheers - put a topic in Central heating. Its just the building inspector is saying the boiler has to be 3m from any water based appliance - such as basin or bath

by **sparx** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:12 pm

Hi amun100,
ask him which set of regs requires that, ie bldg regs part or number, cos it's not in IET regs.
Only ref to 3mtrs is for a socket outlet in bathroom in new 17th edition, which are not retrospective & not fully in force yet anyway, & to allow that requires RCD protection. If boiler is fed from FCU [fused spur] in cupboard as I said before, then fully complies.
Building inspectors aren't usually electrically qualified & do pick up on rumour, hearsay/gossip, & half true infomation much of it from leckie members of the 'mushroom-club' (Niceic).
regards SPARX