Back Boiler Decommissioning

JL555

Hi all,

I'm sure it's been addressed before here, but can't find it. I'm planning on installing an inset stove into a fireplace and discovered an old back boiler. The cast iron surround was broken and as I removed the pieces it just fell away leaving just the shoe box size unit.

I'm going to check if the water supply is cut off and also going to drill a small hole to see if any water is still inside. I want to cut this thing out. My question is, do I need to remove all the pipework, or can I just cut it back and seal it off with fire cement provided any water supply is cut off?

I can only see one pipe to the left of the boiler which presumably goes up the chimney breast to the water supply in the attic

ps, there is no gas system.

Tom44

That's a copper box hot water only boiler. You can leave it if you want, some do once it doesn't impede stove space.
If not you need to drain hot water cylinder and box to remove.

JL555

Tom44 wrote: »

That's a copper box hot water only boiler. You can leave it if you want, some do once it doesn't impede stove space.
If not you need to drain hot water cylinder and box to remove.

Sound. I've cut off the water supply now and the remaining bit of water is draining out slowly, it's down to a trickle now. Once clear, I'm going to remove the piping from the tank in the attic and cap it off, then rip out the whole thing, piping and all from the wall. Luckily for me, there was a DIY job done on this initially, the pipes were exposed at the side of the chimney breast behind a makeshift wooden trunking, so easy to remove and seal the hole in the side of fireplace. I did find the 2nd pipe under all the debris, but nothing going on there.