hi, I have the baxi wm 51/3rs and there is a smell of gas coming from the flue, not the boiler, I had a gas fitter out and he said it smelt of gas because the bricks around the flue needed repointing which I did but it still smells strongly of gas when it is fired up, any thoughts please? cheers, derek
baxi wm 51/3rs
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You will need to get a gas safe engineer ASAP to check out, it may not be burning correctly, or gas valve letting by. You will need to shut down boiler, turn gas off at the meter and don't use it till the boiler is checked and safe to use.
Daniel.
Daniel.
hi, sorry for delay, yes he is a gas board trained gas fitter.
the boiler is on an outside wall of an integral garage near to a door frame. when the fitter came he found a leak in one of the pipe junctions in the boiler and fixed it but for me outside it still smelt of gas and he said this was because the bricks around the flu had lost their mortar and the cavity wall by the door frame also needed filling, I have fixed all this. would air leaking into the flue from these sources cause some of the gas not to ignite and be blown out of the flue? the water heating and central heating does seem to work well anyway. I am getting a different fitter out tomorrow, cheers, derek
the boiler is on an outside wall of an integral garage near to a door frame. when the fitter came he found a leak in one of the pipe junctions in the boiler and fixed it but for me outside it still smelt of gas and he said this was because the bricks around the flu had lost their mortar and the cavity wall by the door frame also needed filling, I have fixed all this. would air leaking into the flue from these sources cause some of the gas not to ignite and be blown out of the flue? the water heating and central heating does seem to work well anyway. I am getting a different fitter out tomorrow, cheers, derek
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new fitter arrived, diagnosed faulty valve, replaced it, no smell of gas, job done, cheers, derek
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