Waterproof / weatherproof cabinet for wall-mounted boiler. Anything available?

[Masood]

Does anyone know of water/weather proof cabinets available suitable to house a wall-mounted boiler outside? One of my customers is insisting on having the boiler outside, there is no outhouse or garage that it can go into, so it need to be a waterproof wall-mounted cabinet. Any ideas?

 

[Mike Jackson]

Make one.

 

[Masood]

Make one.

That's the conclusion I've come to, but I'm hoping to avoid that. I've got enough plumbing/heating/gas work on to not want to move so far out of my comfort zone to be honest, Mike. If I were quiet, I'd take the time to improve my carpentry and make a decent strong box and weatherproof it. Now is not the time!

 

[PlumbBobBob]

wooden frame clad in upvc?

 

[Ermintrude]

Make sure it's a good boiler , case will need to be almost ip65? Don't want condensation inside case on sensors as electronics? It's not a wall hung gas boiler your fitting outside is it? Mfr will use that aginst u when it breaks down

 

[lame plumber]

say good bye to any warranty then, just cos it says run flue through out side wall, doesnt mean the boiler has to be outside lol

 

[Ray Stafford]

Much as I hate to recommend a Vokera these days, they do offer a balcony boiler which is designed for this sort of thing.

 

[Ermintrude]

Much as I hate to recommend a Vokera these days, they do offer a balcony boiler which is designed for this sort of thing.

So a boiler designed to be outside but not to work..... Interesting

 

[solutions]

So a boiler designed to be outside but not to work..... Interesting

Its possible that all boilers are designed to be outside, just some start off working and stop because there outside while others stop working because thats what they do inside or out.

 

[Ermintrude]

Its possible that all boilers are designed to be outside, just some start off working and stop because there outside while others stop working because thats what they do inside or out.

I wouldn't want to install anything outside like a Baxi duotec , valliant or wb. Think boilers best suited to this would be likes of ideal logic and Vokera compact a the outer case is vapour tight, which protects all sensors and bits. Plus if you fit a Vokera you can afford to replace it every 6 weeks.

 

[oz-plumber]

You should have a look at some of our suppliers over here in Oz.
95% of our boilers are installed outside.
The boilers are made to order and come with weather proof casings.
They are made in Italy or where ever to suit our market.

Google Hunt Heating - Sime , Immergas / Alpha
Hydroheat - Baxi.

So they should be available for you guys over there. (with some great difficulty I would assume)

Oz

 

[Ermintrude]

Simi. You just went down in my books as a nation that is. Your boarder control won't let visitors bring peanuts but you will allow imports of simi boilers? WTF?

 

[oz-plumber]

I personally don't install Sime Boilers.

Have in the past, because of limited choice.
Lost many a customer due to problems with the boilers and lost many more with the cost of the spare parts and repairs.

I wasn't promoting them - I was just pointing out that you can get factory made external boilers.

Sorry about our border protection.

 

[Ermintrude]

You can't back track now oz. Your cards are marked!!