Also since the boiler has been turned off there has been no ill feeling.
Kitchen extractor near boiler flue. You could always fit a flue extension to the boiler as opposed to the extractor. Cmf as you are having a new kitchen i would recommend a new boiler definately having not seen your boiler it being wall mounted open flue i doubt it as a minimum vertical straight 600mm flue rise off the boiler which means your installation is not up to current standards also regarding the ventilation you need to consider the extractor fan which you probably will have the boiler alone. 600mm if to the side and 300mm if below. Only problem is that the boiler flue will be not far from the grill of the extractor fan.
Post i was wondering if anybody could help me with a query i have i am sure there must be a minimum distance that an extractor fan grill can be placed to a boiler flue but can not find anything in the building regs any help. From memory the distance is 1200mm if above. I have a gas boiler in my kitchen with the flue running about a ft then out the wall. I have fitted a new kitchen and wish to install an extract hood.
Iet wiring and the regulations extractor fans near boiler flue. The reason why having a fanned flue too close to the window can be very dangerous is because if any fumes get into the house the occupant or any living thin present can become injured meaning health issue or even death. If the boiler is a sealed boiler or also known a balanced flue this type draws its air for combustion from the outside and generally the location of the fan has no effect the only no no is that if the fan is within 300mm of the flue it must not be a reversible fan and the outlet be fitted with flaps. Extractor fans near boiler flue.
The extractor fan will have the flaps that close when the fan isn t on but is that enough or should the grill be a minimum distance from the flue. Discussion in plumbing and central heating started by kiter1 25 may 2008. Flue is 2 5m from floor and 450mm out off corner proposed siting for fan would be 550mm from corner approx same height on adjacent wall. Is my boiler flue dangerously close to my extractor vent.
First off all we have to know what type of flue arrangement and what the appliance is eg boiler cooker etc if it is a boiler then it has been tested by the manufacturer and they will state the requirements for the distances from any vent extractor windows dormer roofs boundary s internal external corners of buildings this must be. That looks like a balanced flue. Why does having a flue from a gas boiler too close to the window become a dangerous thing. I would say that with a shuttered fan its most unlikely that any flue gases are coming back in from the boiler.
13 apr 2008 messages. I m thinking of installing an extractor fan on my kitchen wall next to the boiler. Boiler is 31kw balanced flue. For a gas boiler that is.
Working backwards checked flue site requirements but no mention of proposed configeration.