hi all getting my gas boiler fitted in my garage thatsat the end of the garden around 4 metre from the house…..is there any regulations or prpblems stopping me from doing so…thanks all
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I don’t know of any regulations but best ask your installer or the local council,anyway it will waste a lot of energy and heat even with good insulation not to mention a strain on the pump
I think myself you may have a problem doing this. I would imagine with the gas pipe being outside for 4 metres I would think this will be very dangerous the gas pipe would have to go underground in a prescribed way and I shoub check with TRANSCO WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL GAS PIPEWORK IN THE UK
Do British Gas know you are doing this? I would get one of their guys round if I was you as if upon inspection of your meter they find it to be unsafe they will condemn it and cut it off.
You must consider the heat loss of being this distance away from your house, and this will increase the colder the weather gets. Pipe lagging is only good up to about -2 degrees, so anything over that, and your pipes can freeze up. To prevnt this happening , the only thing you can do in a cold winter is to run your boiler 24/7. But even in a mild spell the heat loss between your garage and your house will give you a bigger gas bill. to compensate for it.