Hi
Not sure if this is in correct forum or not.
Having my loft converted - have a gas fire in the lounge which I believe has something called a slimline pre-cast flue ( or similar ?)
The gas goes up the skin of the house , then in through a pipe about 9 inches wide in the loft , and out through the ridge of the loft.
To get the steels in , the pipe was taken off ( we have not used fire obviously ) so at the mo , the gas would just go straight into the loft.
I do not want the pipe to go back exactly where it was because it would cut down on the under-eaves storage that we require for wardrobes.
But not sure where the pipe could go - if it went straight up from where it comes into the loft , it hits the slope of the roof only about 3 foot from the floor ( and hence use much shorter pipe) ( as near to the back of the house) rather than going out at its previous position at the ridge. Is this OK ? Would save using up that valuable under eaves bit where old pipe currently went.
To confuse matters , we are having dormers - these start about 70 cms from gable end ( about 40 cm from internal wall) and so the gas would be coming out pretty near to the new dormer walls if did as above . Even if did as previous , the dormers go pretty much the whole height of the roof , so even going out at ridge , is still pretty near dormer roof/ wall.
Can I angle the pipe at its exit point so it blows awat from the house ( and hence away from the dormer) . Are there any rules that the exit point has to be x-distance away from dormer window ?
Any help appreciated
Not sure if this is in correct forum or not.
Having my loft converted - have a gas fire in the lounge which I believe has something called a slimline pre-cast flue ( or similar ?)
The gas goes up the skin of the house , then in through a pipe about 9 inches wide in the loft , and out through the ridge of the loft.
To get the steels in , the pipe was taken off ( we have not used fire obviously ) so at the mo , the gas would just go straight into the loft.
I do not want the pipe to go back exactly where it was because it would cut down on the under-eaves storage that we require for wardrobes.
But not sure where the pipe could go - if it went straight up from where it comes into the loft , it hits the slope of the roof only about 3 foot from the floor ( and hence use much shorter pipe) ( as near to the back of the house) rather than going out at its previous position at the ridge. Is this OK ? Would save using up that valuable under eaves bit where old pipe currently went.
To confuse matters , we are having dormers - these start about 70 cms from gable end ( about 40 cm from internal wall) and so the gas would be coming out pretty near to the new dormer walls if did as above . Even if did as previous , the dormers go pretty much the whole height of the roof , so even going out at ridge , is still pretty near dormer roof/ wall.
Can I angle the pipe at its exit point so it blows awat from the house ( and hence away from the dormer) . Are there any rules that the exit point has to be x-distance away from dormer window ?
Any help appreciated
