wanting to make shower room need advice urgent

[ImPrest Tiling]

I've got a big airing cupboard in my bedroom that i'm going to turn into a shower room . Only thing is i have a combi boiler in there, is this a problem if i have it all boxed in with doors? Been told that i cann't any ideas any1 please urgent.

cheers

steve

 

[uug197h]

a combi boiler has electric going to it so you would have to get the boiler moved or scrap your plans (Sorry)

 

[ImPrest Tiling]

even if it was all boxed in?

does any1 know where i can get regulations please.

it will cost a fortune to move 🙁

 

[uug197h]

Electrician's guide to building regulations IEE. your shower enclosure is zone 1 you cannot have any electrical switches in that zone that includes your boiler and the fused spur it should be connected to. A switch should to installed out side the shower or bath area at least 0.6 meters from the edge of the bath or shower

 

[ImPrest Tiling]

shower is going to be about a metre away from where the cupboard that will be housing the boiler. Is that not ok?

does any1 know where i could get the regulations from?

cheers

steve

 

[uug197h]

you could look in the librery or order them from wh smith. Your determined to do this by the sounds of it, all i can think of is to box in the boiler and put a screen in front of it

 

[ImPrest Tiling]

yeah i am as the waste pipe has already been put in when i had my kitchen extension built.
So i called the builder who done that and he says it is fine as long as it is all boxed in with a door on. So happy days 🙂
thanks for you advice anyway

steve

 

[mcmoby69]

love it when peeps say box it in no probs. read manufacturer's instructions on boiler before boxing it in ,may need ventilation for cooling purposes. moby corgi reg no. 188144