flue

Hi, We bought a new Barratt Home in 2007 and haven't modified the boiler or its boxing since then however today an engineer has refused to service it saying its boxing and exposed pipe is illegal (boxing above boiler and pipe to side - photo attached). The boiler has been serviced each year...

I'm in the process of buying a property. The legal process is currently going on. Neighbor was doing the two floor extension over their garage when we put the offer for buying the property next to them (left side). We just went for the second viewing recently and noticed that their extension has...

Hello, Having some roof work done. Scaffolds are up so looking (in addition to various work on the roof) to get a liner put in my front chimney by the roofers. It will be a single skin liner for a gas fire. Won’t be used for other fuel types. The old Gas fire was disconnected before I bought...

I live in a relatively new house, circa 1990, and wish to install a wood burning stove into the lounge. As the house does not have a chimney a double lined aluminium chimney needs to go out then up the external wall at the side of the house (above my land). I've spent ages googling and...

Hello. I’m about to rent out my house so need a landlord cert on the boiler. Combi boiler was installed around 2001 with vertical flue according to manufacturers instructions. The required minimum distance from adjacent wall was only 210mm (see pics). Do I need to move the flue or boiler to...

My local building control are happy for me to install my own woodburning stove, and they'll sign it off within their fee - provided it meets regs. So, I've designed it, but will it pass? Here's my design, any thoughts, constructive criticism or total freakouts from knowledgable DIY'ers or pros...

hi i am looking for some help if anyone can last night our central heating was on and i got woken up in the night with our flue dripping water along the full length of it never done this before any ideas please. the flue is about 2 meters long inside before it goes out the wall and is above our...

I'm putting in another wood burner in (this time in the kitchen) and have a question regarding the stove flue pipe. I only have a very shallow depth up the chimney flue (9 1/2") for the stove flue to go into. Structurally, would there be problems if the cast iron flue from the stove was say 2"...

Have recently moved into a different house and the boiler is leaking water down the vertical flue. the boiler is a vokera mynute he 35 system boiler. When it rains really heavy the water drips from the flue and down onto the condensing heat exchanger and into the bottom of the boiler. it has...

I've got a prime case of Gas Safe pointing to Building Regs and Building Regs pointing to Gas Safe. And a gas fitter (and me) stuck in the middle. I have a domestic combi boiler, fitted donkey's years ago. The flue went out through our wall that is alongside the neighbour's garden. It vents...

Hi, I'm fitting a conventional flue gas fireplace with a 125mm (5") flue liner, however I have a clay chimney terminal which has a 180 (7") spigot on it which I need to connect on to. There seem to be various different types of adaptors available but I'm not exactly sure which one is...

I have a Pre-Cast Flue with a gas fire, and a ridge / tile vent on the roof. The property is not insulated at the moment and I am looking to get the cavity wall and loft insulated. (hopefully for free via a grant) The wall upstairs above the fireplace can get fairly hot to the touch if the fire...

Just had a guy call to fit smart meters, whilst fitting the new gas meter he said my boiler flue doesn't comply with the regs and he should really turn it off. His issue (I think) was that a 60 deg bend in the flue occurs less than 600m from where it enters the boiler. The boiler is an old floor...

have a dated gas boiler, which heats the central heating AND hot water (works fine BTW). Unfortunately the flue exits approx. waist height, straight out into the path of my workshop door. Sending hot air (not a bad thing when its cold) and fumes (not a good thing at all!) when it kicks in early...

I live in a top floor flat and the building has a flat roof. The kitchen hood and bathroom extractor fan flues both go straight up through the roof. Last year around November water started dripping down the outside of both the kitchen hood flue (soaking wooden cabinets) and from where the...

Hi everyone I'm not sure if this is the ideal area to post this, but I'm hoping you can help me make sure I've got the right idea about some work that needs doing in a house I'm buying. The place is a 1974 semi which originally had a gas fire. The current owners had this removed - the gas...

Hi, Hi, New to here. Recently bought a house which I am renovating. I'm hoping to mount a TV on the chimney breast. On opening up the fireplace (removing an old electric fire) I've seen there are several old gas pipes in there. I'm assuming these would be fairly simple to shorten back as they...

Hi, I'm considering installing a small wood burner in my block shed. the roof consists of corrugated bitumen sheets, insulated and lined inside with plywood. My question is will this roof cope with a flue from a wood burning stove. I've assumed that he heat of the flue, may be a problem for...

We have recently moved into a house which came with a new condensing boiler installed Nov 2014 (the house had been renovated by a developer). From what I know of the properties history the boiler hasn’t moved position from where it used to be, but now that it is a condensing boiler the plume...

Is there a legal and gas safe weather shield that can be fitted in front of a horizontal flue pipe (fitted 2012) to stop wind blowing rain into the boiler housing? I have looked on-line, but can't seem to find an answer. Whenever the blowing rain hits within a certain arc I have to put a jug...