Hi, I have just had a new boiler fitted. Our old one was boxed in with a cupboard my husband made on the advice of my quality improvement officer. Our new boiler is much smarter and tidier than the old one and it seems a shame to cover it up. Does it have to be boxed in? Does anyone else have a boiler not boxed in? It is in the kitchen btw

my boiler isnt boxed in!

and mine is old but still going strong...i get it checked every year.

no one told me to box it in. What was the reason for it? can little ones get at it?


mandy xxx

Ours isn't. It's in the utility room. It's never been flagged as a problem, but my risk assessment states that no mindees are in kitchen/utility room unsupervised anyway. I have a stairgate up and they only go in to eat or access garden, that was mainly because I didn't want cupboard and drawer locks. ;)

I'm not entirely sure of the reason, she said that children should not be able to get to the controls. A child would have to be about 8 or 9 to be able to reach I reckon and by that age surely they wouldn't touch it anyway

My boiler isn't boxed in either - it is on the wall so out of reach of little ones, never been mentioned at inspection

Miffy xx

My boiler isn't boxed in either - it is on the wall so out of reach of little ones, never been mentioned at inspection

Miffy xx

Same here:thumbsup:

Thanks everyone, I won't worry about it then! :)