Plastic fittings next to Boiler

[woolfie]

Please dont be alarmed.i'm an electrician and my son is a heating engineer and has since moved abroad.

I have been working on a garage to kitchen coversion installing new circuits. The client has recentley had the central heating boiler movedfrom original position in the centre of the garage/kitchen to the corner, a distance of about 3 metres. I remember my son mentioning that plactic pipe should not be used directly to the central heating bolier or no point within one meter of he boiler!

Is this fact accurate and does this also apply to plastic fittings, as this boiler in question has copper to the actual boiler but plastic elbows have been used within one metre?

Comments welcome

Regards

Chris

 

[Dan]

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[Puddle]

Hi woolfie

Welcome to the forums,hope you enjoy

You are correct apart from the condensate pipework,no plastic should be used within a meter of the appliance,so the plastic elbow should be removed
🙂

imho

 

[PlumbBobBob]

hi wolfie welcome to the forums

steve

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

yep spot on as puddle said only plastic condensate pipe can go direct to the boiler,everything else must be a meter of copper