Pilot light and open windows

[Help4me]

Hi,
We have a gas back boiler with fire on the front. Now the weather is better we have the windows open for most of the day. There are two large windows both on the opposite wall to the fireplace. We keep the pilot light on all the time as we heat the water up with the gas as we've been told this will be cheaper than electricity.
Will the pilot light be ok with the draft coming in from the windows? Or, should we turn it off and only put it on when we want to heat the water up? Also, while we are heating the water should we close the windows?

Thanx

 

[rm1]

open flued appliances require permanent ventilation this is required to ensure the appliance has enough oxygen to burn safely this is calculated by the maximun input rating of the appliance(net) ie boiler and fire combined giving a total kw rating you then take of 7kw for adventitious ventilation and the remaining kw's are calculated at 5cm'2 per kw an example would be you have a boiler with a maximum net imput rating off 20kw and a fire of 7kw max net input rating the calculation would be 20+7=27kw-7kw x 5cm'2=100cm'2 purpose provided ventilation required for further guidlines look at bs 5440 part 1 and 2

 

[aggis]

The pilot has a safety cut off, will isolate the gas supply if it ever goes out.

 

[GrahamM]

Hi,
We have a gas back boiler with fire on the front. Now the weather is better we have the windows open for most of the day. There are two large windows both on the opposite wall to the fireplace. We keep the pilot light on all the time as we heat the water up with the gas as we've been told this will be cheaper than electricity.
Will the pilot light be ok with the draft coming in from the windows? Or, should we turn it off and only put it on when we want to heat the water up? Also, while we are heating the water should we close the windows?

Thanx

This appliance is known as a standing or permanent pilot appliance. The pilot light is designed to be constantly on. Tuning off and on at your leisure may cause issues. Although, the odd occasional downdraft etc may extinguish the pilot there is a safety device in place to shut the gas off. Opening windows should have little or no bearing on the pilot.

 

[royston]

Lol, bet that made sense to the poster that vent calc !!

 

[Help4me]

Lol! Yeah, fraid it was like rocket science to me. Thanx to everyone though. It's put my mind at rest.

 

[REDSAW]

open flued appliances require permanent ventilation this is required to ensure the appliance has enough oxygen to burn safely this is calculated by the maximun input rating of the appliance(net) ie boiler and fire combined giving a total kw rating you then take of 7kw for adventitious ventilation and the remaining kw's are calculated at 5cm'2 per kw an example would be you have a boiler with a maximum net imput rating off 20kw and a fire of 7kw max net input rating the calculation would be 20+7=27kw-7kw x 5cm'2=100cm'2 purpose provided ventilation required for further guidlines look at bs 5440 part 1 and 2

practicing for our acs assesments are we?.

 

[Alpha man]

practicing for our acs assesments are we?.

LOL, or hes got a Gas safe inspection soon!!,

Help4me, have you had your boiler service recently and have you got open ventilation through the wall??