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Offline lyledunn

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Bolier location
« on: September 23, 2011, 12:18:39 PM »
A small, single-storey public house has a large well-ventilated roof space which has been floored with wooden planking and is used only for storage. The oil-fire boiler has, for some unknown reason, been positioned in this space. It is fitted with an oil shut off valve. Even though there is a drip tray, there is obvious oil leakage, probably over a number of years, evident in the flooring immediately around the boiler. The boiler sits directly on the wooden floor immediately above an area occupied by the public. A section through the floor would be wood flooring over 50x200 joists with 12mm platerboard ceiling. As part of the application for entertainment licence I have to deem the heating system safe and operational, which it is apart from this concern. A fire risk assessment was carried out but the situation was not even mentioned. Am I seeing a problem that a professional in fire risk assessment would not?

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Re: Bolier location
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2011, 12:27:27 PM »
Lyle
Is it a thermal or fusible link shut off valve?
Domestic size boiler?
We're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland.

Offline lyledunn

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Re: Bolier location
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2011, 01:34:27 PM »
Nearlythere, hi! It is a domestic size unit with fusible link

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Re: Bolier location
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2011, 01:55:14 PM »
lyledunn

early warning from ?


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Re: Bolier location
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2011, 02:27:07 PM »
Nearlythere, hi! It is a domestic size unit with fusible link
Being in the roof space is there a smaller reservoir oil tank gravity feeding the burner?
We're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland.

Offline lyledunn

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Re: Bolier location
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2011, 09:19:48 AM »
Nearlythere,
the oil supply tank is located elsewhere and uses the tiger-loop to draw oil from a lower position, so there is no supplementary reservoir. I have uncovered some pertinent information in BS 5410-1997 (COP for oil-firing boilers up to 45Kw) which is quite explicit in terms of fire safety features.

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Re: Bolier location
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2011, 12:17:08 PM »
Nearlythere,
the oil supply tank is located elsewhere and uses the tiger-loop to draw oil from a lower position, so there is no supplementary reservoir. I have uncovered some pertinent information in BS 5410-1997 (COP for oil-firing boilers up to 45Kw) which is quite explicit in terms of fire safety features.
I will send a document to your private email.
We're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland.

Offline wee brian

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Re: Bolier location
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2011, 01:03:08 AM »
I'd start with AD J