Recent content by griffiths1971

my partner installed a log burner & aluminium flue in our new home himself. Everything went well, but now when we have heavy rain, water runs into the log burner & floods the hearth. We also have a very strong smell of ash when the fire isn't lit. Any ideas?

We have lived in our house since 2003, and we have a HRM Wallstar Boiler. The house/boiler were both new. Everything was fine for about 4 years, then we noticed that sometimes the heating didn't click on when it was supposed to do, it only happened now and again. Of course it started...