Building a Boiler house

Ballyfoyle

We want to knock our existing boiler house, and move it to another spot in the garden.

Its about 4mx2m.

The boiler house is attached to the house, and we want to put in double doors out to the garden in it's place,

I know you can get boilers that don't need a house, that come in their own housing, but we store other stuff in the boiler house, bikes garden stuff etc.

Anyone have an idea on costs for this this? It has one door no windows. We could reuse the existing door maybe . . .

Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can provide

TheBoyConor

You'd be better off just installing a modular packaged boiler and then putting up a shed or small garage of some sort that it purposely built to store bikes etc.

It would be nonsensical to build a boiler house, which is a totally obsolete approach, and then to use that as a shed which is totally un-optimal in terms of head height, obstructions, lack of space etc, and the potential to damage the boiler or its attachment by stored bikes being moved in or out and falling on the boiler.

Also, having a boiler in a boilerhouse remote from the house is a very bad idea as there are sizable heat losses in the pipes between the boiler and house. A small packaged boiler against the back wall of the house has far far less heat losses.

Ballyfoyle

Thanks for that, maybe you are right, just find alternative storage.

I suppose we thought, knock one and build one.

Thanks for the advice . . .

landcrzr

You can get insulated pipe to lay underground but it's not cheap, up to €40/m.
Unless you absolutely want the boiler away from your house, a modular external boiler is probably the way to go. Best to have a permanent live electrical supply with a frost stat too though.

Ballyfoyle

Thanks for all the info.

So if we went with a modular boiler and built a seperate block built shed 4m x2m ... roughly how would the shed cost?

I want a tiled roof and it plastered to look like the house rather than a wooden or metal shed.

Thanks.

Rows Grower

Ballyfoyle wrote: »

Thanks for all the info.

So if we went with a modular boiler and built a seperate block built shed 4m x2m ... roughly how would the shed cost?

I want a tiled roof and it plastered to look like the house rather than a wooden or metal shed.

Thanks.

Is it a case of you will have no physical involvement in the building and want someone to take complete responsibility?

If yes, I wouldn't have a clue how much but it won't be cheap.

ScallionAyter

We put down a patio recently and had to address the boiler house before starting. I originally thought it'd be a good idea to knock the boiler house and put one of those galvanized enclosures on top of the patio, and against the house, but after talking to the plumber we decided not to do this. The plumbers opinion is that the boiler is noisy against the house, and not as safe if it ever went on fire. Also, the units can rust and don't look much better than a boiler house. Plus we didn't like the idea of the vented gas / steam being emitted anywhere near our kitchen windows.

In the end, we got that zero heat loss insulated pipe installed. Big thick black piping that doesn't bend much. It was very, very expensive, but the pipes had to be replaced because you don't want to put down a nice patio and old your copper heat pipes leak in a few years time. I'd say we've noticed a difference in the radiators in the house, with a more consistent flow of hot water from the boiler, but i might be imagining it.