3 General requirements
3.1 Preliminary remarks for room sealed appliances
This appliance must only be installed and commissioned by a suitably competent person.
Please check with your installer that he is able to carryout all the necessary works including
official notification of the works to the relevant body upon completion.
3.2 Related documents
The installation of the appliance and any associated hot water system must be in accordance
with (but not limit-ed to) the following; COSHH regulations, Gas Safety (Installation and Use)
Regulations 1998, Health and Safety Document No. 635 (The Electricity at Work Regulations
1989), BS7671 (IEE Wiring Regulations) and the Water Supply (Water Fitting) Regulations
1999, or The Water Bylaws 2000 (Scotland). It should also be in accordance with the relevant
requirements of the Local Authority, Building Regulations, The Building Regulations (Scotland),
The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) and the relevant recommendations of the following
British Standards:
BS 6700: Services supplying water for domestic use within buildings and their curtilages.
BS 6798: Specification for installation of gas fired boilers not exceeding 60 kW input.
BS 6891: Specification for installation of low pressure gas pipe work up to 35 mm (R1) in
domestic premises (2nd family gas).
BS 7593: Treatment of water in domestic hot water central heating systems. Institute of Gas
Engineers Publication IGE/UP/7/1998: “Guide for gas installations in timber framed housing”.
IGE/UP1: Soundness testing and purging of industrial and commercial gas installation.
IGE/UP2: Gas installation pipe work, boosters and compressors on industrial and commercial
premises.
IGE/UP10. Installation of gas appliances in industrial and commercial premises.
BS. 6644: Installation of gas fired hot water boilers of rated inputs between 60 kW and 2 MW
(2nd and 3rd family gases).
BS. 5449: Forced circulation hot water central heating systems for domestic premises. Note:
only up to 45 kW.
BS. 6880: Low temperature hot water heating systems of output greater than 45 kW.
Part 1 Fundamental and design considerations.
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