Boiler Installation Bournemouth

Often you do if a new flue goes through an outside wall, because the walls usually belong to the freeholder. Check your lease. A straight swap in the same spot, using the same flue hole, is less likely to need consent, but it is still worth asking. We can give you a survey note to send them.

Most of the time, yes, as long as there is room and the flue can come out where the old one did or close by. Modern boilers are often smaller than old floor-standing models, but they need clearance for servicing. If the old position no longer meets the rules, we suggest the nearest place that does.

Your installer does it for you. Gas Safe registered engineers notify building control for new boiler installations, and you then receive a Building Regulations compliance certificate in the post. Keep it with the house paperwork, because buyers' solicitors ask for it.

Yes. The local supply is hard, well above the 200 parts per million at which building regulations guidance asks for scale protection on combis and water heaters. We fit an in-line scale reducer with every new combi in the area, and a magnetic filter on the heating side to catch sludge and debris from the radiators.

Yes. It crops up in older houses around Boscombe and Springbourne. We remove the back boiler and its cylinder, cap the gas safely and fit a combi somewhere more sensible, usually the kitchen. If the chimney is shared with the flat above, we check how it is used before anything is closed off.