floorstanding potterton kingfisher boiler clearances

[jamesboy678]

hi,
recently went to survey a kitchen to ripped out and new one put in and noticed that behind a unit there is a floor standing potterton kingfisher boiler. was wondering if anyone could help me with the clearances that are needed for the boiler, mainly the distance between top of the boiler and worktop and also the clearance from the front of the boiler. im very sorry i dont have the model name, this was just information passed over to me, and the literature online doesn't seem to clarify the clearances well.
many thanks

 

[diamondgas]

Jamesboy678, Kingfishers went way back but if it's Fan Flued Mf, rear exit; 15mm above 5mm to the side

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

if its o/f about 3 miles either side:ack2:

 

[diamondgas]

:dunce2:And a boat load of compartment ventilation depending on the model .......... !

 

[SafeGasInstall]

recommend to customer to changer boiler now when renewing kitchen ,if left for after then will need to rip out the kitchen to fit new HE boiler

 

[SafeGasInstall]

make your life easy and fined out what type of boiler is ,otherwise can be taken to court for killing the family in that house

 

[diamondgas]

Bye-the-way .. If it's the even older model it needs 20mm above and a shed load of compartment ventilation for cooling! AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanD if it's open flued ... ya might as well leave the door off! Actually ya might as well leave the door off anyways coz of the vents needed! Really you'd be better off getting a GS Engineer round to advise ya!

 

[jamesboy678]

thanks very much for the help, we have a gas safe engineer on baord but typical he's on hols atm! have got someone else to come round and have a look, i think we will go along the lines of recommending new boiler, looking at it again, there is no high ventilation, only low and the flue is sticking out right underneath the guttering. many thanks again.