Our gas boiler flue on the kitchen wall needs to be extended on the outside to go up through a planned conservatory roof.
Boiler flue through conservatory roof.
Gas safe eng tells me the parts are available and can be done fairly straightforward by working in sync with the conservatory installer.
However to comply with the approved document j of the building regulations the flue still needs to rise a total height of at least 4 5m unless the appliance manufacturer specifies less.
You may need an experienced roofing contractor.
It will not got as hot as a single wall flue and is therefore safe for.
Firstly you ll want to know your chosen engineer is fully competent and experienced at fitting flues through roofs.
When a non condensing boiler is replaced with a condensing boiler the different flue arrangements could mean that the current flue has to be relocated.
As i read it.
So if you re considering getting your boiler flue fitted through your roof i ve outlined five of the main considerations to bear in mind.
However the boiler flue manufacturer s instructions are final so if there s nothing specific in the vertical flue kit installation manual then call.
Condensing boilers are highly efficient units that have 2 internal heat exchangers meaning that less heat is lost through the flue.
If the flue terminal is more than 2 3m away from the taller main house then the flue does not need to rise above the main roof.
Supposing you d built the conservatory first and then wanted to install the boiler if you wouldn t have been allowed to put the boiler or its flue as close to the conservatory as you re proposing to put the conservatory to the boiler flue then you or your conservatory builder would be in contravention of section 8.
As to how it can be directed oot the roof the installation instructions for the make and model of boiler will show all the flue pipe permutations and almost certainly this will include examples to show an upwards diverting elbow with a suitable flue terminal as if the flue were coming through a normal roof.