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Topic:
Dimensions for an airing cupboard >>>
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Oct 14, 2008 4:43 PM
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gouldc
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gouldc
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Dimensions for an airing cupboard >>>
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Oct 3, 2008 1:20 PM
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I have also posted this on the plumbers part, but no response since then.
I'm ripping the last bit of my old bathroom out ready for the pipework for the shower to be put in before the plasterer comes and finishes it all off.
In the corner of the room is a manky old airing cupboard that noah built with cast offs from his ark that will be going and I want to put a new one in.
My question is, I have an old Worcestor Bosch combi boiler (forget the model as in work) that I intend on replacing in a year or so (or possibly never if I can get away with it), and I want to ensure that the new airing cupboard I build has sufficient clearance all around in case I do get a new boiler fitted - are there specific distances the walls/top of the cupboard need to be away from a boiler? I'm going to fit a louvred door to it as well as there is one on the existing cupboard and I figure it would need some form of ventilation.
Thanks in advance
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cabinet
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Re: Dimensions for an airing cupboard >>>
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Oct 3, 2008 1:33 PM
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The minimum clearance will depend on the boiler manufactures specification for a particular boiler.
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gouldc
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Re: Dimensions for an airing cupboard >>>
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Oct 3, 2008 2:06 PM
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Thanks for that - didn't even consider this, hence the reason I sit behind a desk all day rather than doing anything remotely technical!
I'll get that checked out - thanks for the reply
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chappers
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Re: Dimensions for an airing cupboard >>>
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Oct 9, 2008 9:06 AM
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most modern boilers require little or no clearance and no ventilation apart from the flue, however your plumber will not be very happy having to work like a gynacologist in a tiny little cupboard
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chappers
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Re: Dimensions for an airing cupboard >>>
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Oct 9, 2008 9:07 AM
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meant to add if your existing boiler is in this cupboard then it may have spacing and ventilation requirements
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gouldc
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Re: Dimensions for an airing cupboard >>>
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Oct 14, 2008 4:43 PM
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Thanks for the replies chappers - didn;t realise anyone else had replied sorry!
The boiler isn't in an ideal place (in a corner, squeezed between a toilet and the wall), and the only reason I'm going to knock down and replace the airing cupboard is because the walls behind and around it are a mess, and the old airing cupboard looks like Stevie Wonder knocked it up.
I intend on making it slightly bigger (away from the toilet, and fitting a door with lift out hinges for the door can just be taken off - it's a pain in the arris if you need to do anything in there at the moment as the door opens about 45 degrees before hitting the toilet anyway.
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