Installing a oil condenser boiler

T Corolla

I am looking for some advice. My old boiler gave up and I purchased a new oil condenser boiler. I contacted a plumber and he told me I needed a stainless steel flue coming out of the boiler and it would have to go the whole way to the roof costing 1k, this flue is needed to conduct away the carbon monoxide from the boiler. Another suggestion he mentioned was to place the boiler outside the shed dig a track from the shed to the house and place a plastic flue on the boiler alongside the shed. This sound a bit far fetched for me and I have no experience in plumbing at all. I spoken to two other plumbers and they have never mentioned anything of the sort.
any ideas on what to do thanks a million.

JohnnieK

T Corolla wrote: »

I am looking for some advice. My old boiler gave up and I purchased a new oil condenser boiler. I contacted a plumber and he told me I needed a stainless steel flue coming out of the boiler and it would have to go the whole way to the roof costing 1k, this flue is needed to conduct away the carbon monoxide from the boiler. Another suggestion he mentioned was to place the boiler outside the shed dig a track from the shed to the house and place a plastic flue on the boiler alongside the shed. This sound a bit far fetched for me and I have no experience in plumbing at all. I spoken to two other plumbers and they have never mentioned anything of the sort.
any ideas on what to do thanks a million.

You will have to give a bit more information to us to suggest anything. Where is the old boiler located? is the new boiler going into it's place?
A new condensing boiler produces less carbon monoxide than an old one if set up right. I'm not going to say he is wrong with out more information. Try taking some pictures and posting them or give an accurate description of the location of the boiler and so on.:)

T Corolla

I cannot take pictures of it at the moment. My house is the normal three bed semi detached and a residental area The new boiler is outside model. It will go into the same place as the old boiler.It is a warmflo 90000 BTU boiler. It is located just under the kitchen window.The house is semi detached and there is a bathroom and bedroom on the top floorThe house attached to me has the same setup as mine.There are vents in the roof above to airate the attic. His main concern is the level of carbon monoxide that will be able to go into the rooms and into the house next door. The old boiler would of released a certin amount of fumes but this boiler is more efficent and should have less emmissions or so I thought. Thanks for your advice

Micky Dolenz

Very little CO is produced from any oil boiler if commissioned right, well under 50 ppm.

The plumbers concern is probably the effect of the plume. It looks like heavy steam but is CO2 and water vapour. Similar to what we breathe out. The plume can be a nuisance.

A plume dispersion kit from Warm flow costs about €150, it's a plastic flue that connects to the regular flue and is about a metre and a half long.

T Corolla

Thanks again lads for the comments. Would it be possible to install the new boiler in the place of the old boiler and install this kit. In my case where there is a semi detached residence would it be wise to install the plume dispencer kit or just leave it without the kit as the bill for install of same boiler is over 2k.