Pre-Installation
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Bosch Condens 5000W – 6 720 646 195 (2018/10)
3.6 Boiler location and clearances
3.6.1 Installation location
This boiler is only suitable for installing internally within a property at a
suitable location onto a fixed, rigid surface at least the same size as the
boiler and capable of supporting the boiler weight.
No surface protection is required against heat transfer from the boiler.
3.6.2 Servicing clearances - ventilated compartment
Figure 15 shows the minimum space required to install and service the
boiler in a ventilated compartment.
• If a boiler is installed in a compartment with clearances less than
shown in the tables 9, 10, or 11 ventilation is required. Refer to
table 8 for ventilation requirements.
Table 8 Compartment ventilation
Fig. 15 Vented compartment minimum clearances
* Minimum clearance to removable door
** Minimum clearance required for servicing
3.6.3 Compartments
• Minimum clearances must be maintained.
• An access door is required to install, service and maintain the boiler
and any ancillary equipment.
• If fitting the boiler into an airing cupboard use a noncombustible
material to separate the boiler from the airing space.
The material can be perforated up to a maximum hole size of 13mm.
Boiler clearances - Unventilated compartments
Tables 9, 10, or 11 show the options for the minimum space required to
install and service the boiler inside an unventilated compartment.
Installation clearances - Unventilated compartments
CAUTION:
Clearances
▶ Above and below clearances must not be reduced below the values
shown in table 9 as they are the minimum clearances required for
servicing.
Unventilated compartment installation clearances
Table 9 Minimum unventilated compartment clearances
If side clearances are reduced, either the clearances above & below
(height) are increased or the front clearance is increased.
Table 10 Reduced side clearances
If front clearance is reduced, either the clearances above & below
(height) are increased or the total side (left & right) clearance is
increased.
Table 11 Reduced front clearances
Vent position To room or internal space Direct to outside
High level Minimum free area
122 cm
2
Minimum free area
61 cm
2
Low level Minimum free area
122 cm
2
Minimum free area
61 cm
2
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+ 30 mm
above elbow
930 mm 410 mm
25 mm*
600 mm**
5 mm
Using 100 mm
flue kit
1080 mm
Using 125 mm
flue kit
1100 mm
200 mm
5 mm
The suggested total unventilated compartment minimum
clearances are:
Clearance dimension (millimetres)
Side 400
1)
1) If side clearances are reduced from 400 mm see table 10 for updated
clearances.
Above 170 approx. (30 above the elbow)
Below 200
Front 100
2)
2) If front clearance is reduced from 100 mm see table 11 for updated clearances.
If total side clearance
is reduced to:
(Combined left & right
clearances excluding
boiler)
Increase height
clearances to
(approx): (Combined
above & below
clearances excluding
boiler)
Front clearance (to
removable door) must
be increased to:
350 441 OR 129
300 523 161
250 617 200
200 717 243
150 856 295
100 1,012 358
50 1,202 343
If front
clearance (to
removable
door) is
reduced to:
Increase height
clearances to (approx):
(Combined above &
below clearances
excluding boiler)
Increase total side
clearance is reduced to:
(Combined left & right
clearances excluding
boiler)
50 511 OR 505
25 596 569