Boiler venting
- Thread starter Barney78
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Ok, what if we have a poorly designed kitchen which is very small. The boiler is close to the cooker hood, but with enough space to get the vent for the boiler and the vent for the ccooker hood between the two and next to each other.
Next to each other would be so close they are touching. In fact, we may as well have a vent that is the same area as the two seperate vents combined.
This would be sharing, and it appears to be ok to me. Or have I missed something?
Next to each other would be so close they are touching. In fact, we may as well have a vent that is the same area as the two seperate vents combined.
This would be sharing, and it appears to be ok to me. Or have I missed something?
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Oilman there are laid down minimum distances, both for gas and oil, between flues and an opening in the building and the cooker hood vent is such an opening.
Cooker hoods might be supplied with a backdraught flap but they are NOT airtight.
Consider the senario boiler running, cooker hood not. Gentle breeze towards wall and where do the Products of Combustion go? Back into property via cooker hood!!!
You might want to reconsider your comment "and it appears to be ok to me. Or have I missed something?"
What you have missed is the legislation that dictates the minimum spacing and obviously supported by CORGI, OFTEC and the manufacturers.
I am assuming that the original question is refering to the flue when he refers to boiler venting otherwise please expand on what you actually mean.
Alan
Cooker hoods might be supplied with a backdraught flap but they are NOT airtight.
Consider the senario boiler running, cooker hood not. Gentle breeze towards wall and where do the Products of Combustion go? Back into property via cooker hood!!!
You might want to reconsider your comment "and it appears to be ok to me. Or have I missed something?"
What you have missed is the legislation that dictates the minimum spacing and obviously supported by CORGI, OFTEC and the manufacturers.
I am assuming that the original question is refering to the flue when he refers to boiler venting otherwise please expand on what you actually mean.
Alan
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