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Any combination boiler is a modern-day efficient form of condensing boiler. It renders water when needed and is the most popular form of boiler in the UK.

As they have specific set up requirements it is essential that you have an heating audit conducted before you complete on the buy. The gas boiler installation regulations are complicated and need to be studied by a trained heating fitter. It is sometimes more difficult to install a condensing rather than a non-condensing boiler for various reasons.

The output gases from the flue tend to be cooler and hence less buoyant than for an aging boiler type an easily seen plume can often be the result as the cooler gases will condense more rapidly. The output gases can then wet areas near to the outlet, this can impact on neighboring houses, in the worst case scenario the output plume can impact people traveling by.

You could find that your existing flue, whilst suitable for a noncondensing gas fired boiler, is not acceptable for your new boiler. To complete the installation you could find that the flue will need to be changed. The flue cannot be shared and must be for the solitary use of condensing appliances.

An external drain point is required to enable the removal of the condensate which will form within gas fired boiler.

Many of these issues have been faced by other householders and there are simple solution is to overcome them. The benefit of using a trained fitter is that they will know of these. You should remember that these one-off installation costs should be offset against the yearly reduced running costs of the re placement condensing gas fired boiler.

Whilst you are having the new gas fired boiler fitted there are some alternatives for the installation. Due to the different fitting requirements a change of location is often necessary. Specific examples are where a condensing heating boiler is to replace an open flue or back heating boiler. You will see that these older boiler forms are not installed on an outside wall with an existing heating boiler flue.

Providing you do not install the gas fired boiler in the primary living room most other rooms are acceptable. Typical illustrations include the loft, bedrooms and of course the kitchen.

You can install a gas boiler in the loft as long as the system is of the sealed form. In this situation the loft has to have a lower down attic ladder attached to the hatch. The attic would need to have capable lighting and a boarded floor to facilitate access to the gas boiler. These points are required to enable an engineer to maintain and service the heating boiler.