Help! Is my boiler going to explode / burn the house down?

[Agile]

Anyone remember the height above a flammable surface?

 

[Doggit]

As in cooker hood above a hob? 650mm - and the relevance of your question in relation to this thread?

 

[Dan Robinson]

On a Wall Hung?

 

[Ihavenojob]

Anyone remember the height above a flammable surface?

9", not boasting.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Anyone remember the height above a flammable surface?

9", not boasting.

Bit more specific than that .

Tony - was that a rhetorical question?

 

[Ihavenojob]

Wall mounted (or free standing) gas fire, the burner had to be 9" (225mm) above a combustible surface.

 

[Dan Robinson]

9" (225mm) above a combustible surface

...from....?

 

[Ihavenojob]

.from....?

memory

 

[Nige F]

Well, at least you're guaranteed mouse free for 1 year.

 

[Dan Robinson]

memory

Incandescent materials or flame

 

[Madrab]

Not sure what you mean about the air vent FiremanT

That type of appliance would normally require an air vent in the same room, to supply it with the correct amount of ventilation. Did they block that too?

If this isn't a wind up then that company's employees and their supervisors/bosses/trainers need a swift kick up the ar$e as their employees could be creating life threatening situations as in this case. That's where RIDDOR and the HSE come in.

 

[bernardgreen]

Well, at least you're guaranteed mouse free for 1 year.

could have been a case of dead mice, killed by carbon monoxide

 

[Agile]

Well I remembered the 225 mm dimension.

But did not want to state it in case anyone complained I was giving out gas safe information.

In the picture the boiler looks as if it does not meet that distance. Surprised no one else noticed.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Well I remembered the 225 mm dimension.

But did not want to state it in case anyone complained I was giving out gas safe information.

In the picture the boiler looks as if it does not meet that distance. Surprised no one else noticed.

Really?

 

[Adam H]

Thanks all for all the information - you've really helped me out, flying pink pigs notwithstanding .

I've got a Gas Safe engineer coming tomorrow morning to sort everything out, will be looking hard at a RIDDOR report, and will see how SuperProof decide they want to deal with this...

That type of appliance would normally require an air vent in the same room, to supply it with the correct amount of ventilation. Did they block that too?

If this isn't a wind up then that company's employees and their supervisors/bosses/trainers need a swift kick up the ar$e as their employees could be creating life threatening situations as in this case. That's where RIDDOR and the HSE come in.

Yep there is an air vent in the room - situated high up so they didn't seal it up. Not sure of the dimensions so I'll ask the engineer if it's all up to spec.