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short answer....yes
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Goldspoon
Carefully...
Heavy punishment for boiler explosion death
Friday, September 18, 2009, 13:45
A plumber and a housing association responsible for an horrific boiler explosion which killed an elderly woman will be sentenced by a judge.
Magistrates in Gloucester decided today they did not have sufficient power to punish Matthew Lee and the Severn Vale Housing Society for the mistakes which resulted in Christine Goodall's death last year.
The 65-year-old and her dog Kelly, 15, died when the decommissioned back boiler in her semi-detached house in Twyning, near Tewkesbury, blew up in November.
Her boiler had been decommissioned by Mr Lee, of Mendip Close, Cheltenham, in 1999 on the instructions of her landlords, the housing society.
But Elizabeth Trzoska, prosecuting for the Health and Safety Executive, said that the 41-year-old had done the work in a 'dangerous and foolhardy way.'
Heavy punishment for boiler explosion death
Friday, September 18, 2009, 13:45
A plumber and a housing association responsible for an horrific boiler explosion which killed an elderly woman will be sentenced by a judge.
Magistrates in Gloucester decided today they did not have sufficient power to punish Matthew Lee and the Severn Vale Housing Society for the mistakes which resulted in Christine Goodall's death last year.
The 65-year-old and her dog Kelly, 15, died when the decommissioned back boiler in her semi-detached house in Twyning, near Tewkesbury, blew up in November.
Her boiler had been decommissioned by Mr Lee, of Mendip Close, Cheltenham, in 1999 on the instructions of her landlords, the housing society.
But Elizabeth Trzoska, prosecuting for the Health and Safety Executive, said that the 41-year-old had done the work in a 'dangerous and foolhardy way.'
you got a link to that goldspoon 
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namsag
Bet that story relates to a solid fuel back boiler and not a gas one.
Bear in mind that keeping the fire, and the related vent, will leave the draft needed for the operation of the ancient system. If you are trying to safe money by using the fire only just to get the chill out when it is not that cold, you achieve the opposite.
Far better to get rid of the fire, close the vent and the chimney, and run the ch when you feel cold. Your new boiler also has about twice the efficiency of the old fire, and that is without counting the loss through the chimney
Far better to get rid of the fire, close the vent and the chimney, and run the ch when you feel cold. Your new boiler also has about twice the efficiency of the old fire, and that is without counting the loss through the chimney
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gassafeman
Goldspoon, that was a Solid Fuel appliance and not Natural Gas.
Paul
Paul
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Goldspoon
Oops... my mistake. Apologies all.
In spite of what someone has told you, it is NOT permitted to continue to use the fire after the boiler has been decommissioned.
Thats the manufacturer's instructions and confirmed by the gas registration authority!
The obvious answer it to decommission the boiler, safely remove the fire front, block the chimney and fit an electric fire.
Tony
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namsag
In reality AGILE your talking pish, put a link.
Or if you can look on gas safe tech bulletins and see what it says.
Thats trouble with un registered guys they know a bit but not all regs
Or if you can look on gas safe tech bulletins and see what it says.
Thats trouble with un registered guys they know a bit but not all regs
what you doing up at this hour
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