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Moving boiler to opposite end of house (and down a floor)

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Sunnyday89 · 28/07/2024 08:13

Has anyone had this done - or what exactly is involved, I’ve tried scouring google but unclear! We want to move it from an upstairs bedroom, to downstairs at the other side of the house. We need a new boiler so seems a good time to move it as well. Combi boiler if that makes a difference.
I’m assuming pipes need to be moved - carpet and floor boards up? Worried there may be some barrier to doing it at all but hopefully not?

also assuming it’s going to be very costly 😬

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JumpstartMondays · 28/07/2024 08:19

We moved boiler from one side of the room to the other in the kitchen but only as part of a full back to brick refit. Flooring was up, plumbing needed redirecting, gas supply and pipes rerouted too etc etc. and there were regulations about where the flue was positioned too, something like it had to be minimum 300mm from a corner, can't entirely remember and not directly under a window.

It was a big job to move it!

If you move the boil down a floor, think what impact will be on water pressure at the top of the house.

AudiobookListener · 28/07/2024 08:32

We moved the position of our boiler down a floor and to different part of house when we needed a new boiler. Easy. Took two days, the same as when we had a new boiler that didn't need to be moved. You need nearby access to gas, water and drainage in the new position, as well as being suitable for the flue, as PP has said. (Electric is easy, there is always nearby access). As it's a combi boiler that put out water at a standard pressure yhere shouldn't be a problem with water pressure. The old gas and water pipework was mainly just capped off under the floorboards and left in position.

Buyingahouse2024 · 28/07/2024 08:33

We had an old back boiler in the house we bought. We got a new combi and new radiators in every room. We removed our back boiler from the front room and actually put it in the loft. The job cost us £5850 and that was laying new pipes, the cost of the boiler and radiators and of course the labour. Floor boards did have to come up but it took 3 days in total so wasn't too bad and it's only certain floorboards they took up.

Seaitoverthere · 28/07/2024 09:11

I don’t think it is a big deal, we moved from one side of house to other. He did have to upgrade supply pipe from outside as regs had changed I think. Whole thing with 16 new radiators was 10k.

Priggishsausagebore · 28/07/2024 09:54

We moved hours as part of a renovation but it went from being upstairs in a bedroom to downstairs next to the new kitchen but in a different room and it wasn't very difficult at all. But it did go just below where the old boiler had been so the pipe work was very easy with that and being next to the kitchen

If you are moving it to somewhere that's not near any other pipes then it's going to be more difficult

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