Moving a combi boiler, can I? How?

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I am wondering if it is possible to move one, what the regulations are, who I should find to move it and a rough idea of cost.

I don't want to move it far, it is just situated in an impractical area of the kitchen between a corner wall and window.

There are some heating pipes exposed next to it, that I would prefer to be chased into the wall also, who do I get to sort that out for me?

There is a gap between the wall and boiler of 330cm

The gap between the boiler and window is 200mm

Yes it is possible - you would need a plumber with Gas Safe credentials. However, I understand that boilers - particularly older ones - do not like to be moved much. You might want to ask a couple of plumbers to take a look and see what different suggestions you get back.

The plumbers would probably move the pipes for you, but you may then need someone else to fill in the holes and make good.

I don't know what the cost would be for moving the boiler. We've just had a boiler replaced and installed in a different room, so the cost for that was obviously much higher.

Thanks, I will have a look around for someone appropriate in the new year.

We moved ours a really long way, from the garage to the loft. Cost a grand, but we had been told that it would be in the low hundreds to move it to the utility (which was basically next door and right next to the gas meter. Took a couple of days.

be aware that there are strict rules about where it can go - not too near to windows etc.

get the pipes boxed in, cheaper.

Yy to boxing in. Remember a brick or block is about three inches thick. Cut much out and the wall will fall down.

This an interesting thread for me as I would like to move ours from a box room ( no idea why it was there, quirk of old house) to the utility. It's less than three years old and the gas meter is on the outside of the utility wall, that's not going to be too tricky is it?