Baxi bermuda 552 back boiler

[GypsyGSD]

Has 4 burner fire,does anyone know if the fire can be removed which would allow the boiler to still be used? I have an electric glass front fire to fit but still need boiler for hot water

[gasman]

You can safely remove the fire from the back boiler and still use the boiler, the supply must be permently capped though. The problem is you can not close off the builders opening ( the hole in the chinmey breast ) or else you will stop the ventilation required for complete combustion and the safe evacuation of the products of combustion. So you can not put you're glass fronted electric fire there.

[GypsyGSD]

thanks,gasman,i won't block the hole completely,but intend to leave plenty of ventilation and also leave access to boiler controls at base.thanks again.

[gucciman]

gasman, would you not also have to block off the hole where the fumes from the fire mix with the fumes from the boiler to prevent them coming back into the room?

[gasman]

Hi gucciman, Seems as this is an OF appliance then blocking the hole would be harmfull as it is also the boilers down-draught diverter and designed to be open. The fire spigot does not fill up this hole and there is quite a large gap there around the spiggot. If spillage was to occour then it would still find its way into the room would it not. Even if the fire was still there it would come come back into the room would'nt it. This unit is fited with a ASD So if serviced and the 26:9 are performed every 12 month then all should be OK.

[gucciman]

thats great gasman, wasn't sure on that one.

what do you think of the asd's? my old man doesn't rate them at all. he told me about one instance where he was called out to a fire and the radiants were chock full of soot yet the fire had still been working, the only reason the woman called him in was because a lump of soot got inbetween the thermocouple and the pilot and stopped the fire lighting.

[rufus422]

Hi GypsyGSD. Did you resolve this? We've had a Corgi engineer switch us off because of running the Baxi bermuda back boiler without the front. Even with the front on the design is open anyway!