Not necessarily
Dependant on the type of flue, its possible that the part of the flue with a hole in only had fresh clean air, Its usually the internal part of the flue of said particular type which carries products of combustion.
Help- has an engineer just broken my boiler !!
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Not necessarily
Dependant on the type of flue, its possible that the part of the flue with a hole in only had fresh clean air, Its usually the internal part of the flue of said particular type which carries products of combustion.
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Why is it ALWAYS the Engineer that is the Villan! 
when you attend any gas or oil appliance you have to be mindful that it could be at least 12 months before another inspection will be made on the appliance, so if a flue, or a burner or any other part looks a bit "iffy" then it is right and proper that the Engineer has a good look at the item, which sometimes means tapping loose rust and debris away to fully inspect the part, if that results in a perforation and an AR or ID situation, then the Engineer cannot really be blamed in fact you should be THANKING HIM or HER
when you attend any gas or oil appliance you have to be mindful that it could be at least 12 months before another inspection will be made on the appliance, so if a flue, or a burner or any other part looks a bit "iffy" then it is right and proper that the Engineer has a good look at the item, which sometimes means tapping loose rust and debris away to fully inspect the part, if that results in a perforation and an AR or ID situation, then the Engineer cannot really be blamed in fact you should be THANKING HIM or HER
Ruth, I have a Ford car. Can you tell me if spares are available?
I thought not!
Wickes is a building materials stores. They sell boilers but dont make them! You need to see exactly which boiler model you have.
Then we can tell you if spare parts are available.
Can you photograph and post a piucture of the hole?
Tony
I thought not!
Wickes is a building materials stores. They sell boilers but dont make them! You need to see exactly which boiler model you have.
Then we can tell you if spare parts are available.
Can you photograph and post a piucture of the hole?
Tony
I have got an old boiler admittedly but have had british gas homecare cover for years and over that time they have practically rebuilt it with spares. It has been running fine but blew a fuse this morning.
I rang them and the engineer came out and changed the fuse and then started bashing around and scraping with a screwdriver.
He then said there is a little hole in the flue and condemned it!
i have a detector in the room that has never gone off.
Do you think he could have damaged it or would it just be wear and tear?
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Hi there just to put my ore in and answer a few things, scraping / poking a flue, case or any part of the metal work with a screw driver is 100% ok as a matter of fact you should thank the engineer for his work as many would not go to the extent of these extra checks , as one guy just has said its like a car mot where they are required to do this to the underside of your car.
The co detector. this may not have gone off depending on the position of the hole with out more information its hard to say, but when a flue rots its normally on the inner flue (exhaust flue) theres a 2nd outer flue this is the air intake. so the air comes in from outside down the outer flue, burns in the boiler and is sent down the inner flue to outside, if theres a hole in the inner flue it draws the already burnt exhaust gases back into the boiler and trys to re-burn air thats got a low oxygen content this causes high co /co2 readings and over a period of time (could be days or months no way to tell) this becomes dangerous causing sooting inside the boiler this then could force co /co2 into your room then the co detector would go off.
could he have damaged it? i doubt it the flue metal is 3/4mm think and hard it would take a very strong man to puncher good metal.
I rang them and the engineer came out and changed the fuse and then started bashing around and scraping with a screwdriver.
He then said there is a little hole in the flue and condemned it!
i have a detector in the room that has never gone off.
Do you think he could have damaged it or would it just be wear and tear?
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Hi there just to put my ore in and answer a few things, scraping / poking a flue, case or any part of the metal work with a screw driver is 100% ok as a matter of fact you should thank the engineer for his work as many would not go to the extent of these extra checks , as one guy just has said its like a car mot where they are required to do this to the underside of your car.
The co detector. this may not have gone off depending on the position of the hole with out more information its hard to say, but when a flue rots its normally on the inner flue (exhaust flue) theres a 2nd outer flue this is the air intake. so the air comes in from outside down the outer flue, burns in the boiler and is sent down the inner flue to outside, if theres a hole in the inner flue it draws the already burnt exhaust gases back into the boiler and trys to re-burn air thats got a low oxygen content this causes high co /co2 readings and over a period of time (could be days or months no way to tell) this becomes dangerous causing sooting inside the boiler this then could force co /co2 into your room then the co detector would go off.
could he have damaged it? i doubt it the flue metal is 3/4mm think and hard it would take a very strong man to puncher good metal.
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There are threads on this site where engineers (of different companies)
who condem gas boilers in favour of a new boiler sale are rewarded with a £££ bonus or is it part of their daily routine to sell,rather than using common sense.
A photo of where the hole is would help,everything is repairable.
who condem gas boilers in favour of a new boiler sale are rewarded with a £££ bonus or is it part of their daily routine to sell,rather than using common sense.
A photo of where the hole is would help,everything is repairable.
Sounds like a halstead,
Halstead spares are massively overpriced.
To me what the enginner has done is completely reasnable, if I as an engineer suspect something wrong with a flue i would also have a tap and scrape or two at the suspect area, if the driver doesn't go through then fair enough it would seem safe,
But if the driver poked a hole then consider yourself lucky as this could have resulted (very soon) as a holed flue and potential problems.
But if the driver poked a hole then consider yourself lucky as this could have resulted (very soon) as a holed flue and potential problems.
Hi Agile
It is a Halstead boiler. I cant post a pic as he used a hand mirror to see the hole
It is a Halstead boiler. I cant post a pic as he used a hand mirror to see the hole
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Wow ! well he's been thorough and presumably couldn't have knocked as hole in it if you cant get to it.
He probably saw something that caused him to investigate it, he's done you a big favour very unusal for british gas !
The favour is he may have saved your life of stopped you from getting brain damage !
How much is a new boiler including installation please (Cheap as poss!)
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