Sorry I'm not sure if this comes under roofing or plumbing or possibly something else.
I don't have a chimney stack in my home, I have a metal flue that runs up the wall cavity and then pops into the house in the loft and up through the roof with a lovely spinning cowl on top.
Anyway i'm removing my gas fire and want to remove said flue as in strong winds (or even just mild winds) this thing goes absolutely mental and it sounds like the whole house is going to shake to pieces.
How would I (or rather a professional) go about doing this and is it a simple job? I've read something saying that you shouldnt remove a disused flue but should rather just cap them off but surely it can go cant it?
Another question is would you just cut it off in the loft leaving the part in the cavity wall there or is it not as simple as that? I've read something about condensation but I'm not sure if that applies.
Any advice would be appreciated
Oh one more thing, is this a job for a roofer or plumber or both? Or indeed neither?
I don't have a chimney stack in my home, I have a metal flue that runs up the wall cavity and then pops into the house in the loft and up through the roof with a lovely spinning cowl on top.
Anyway i'm removing my gas fire and want to remove said flue as in strong winds (or even just mild winds) this thing goes absolutely mental and it sounds like the whole house is going to shake to pieces.
How would I (or rather a professional) go about doing this and is it a simple job? I've read something saying that you shouldnt remove a disused flue but should rather just cap them off but surely it can go cant it?
Another question is would you just cut it off in the loft leaving the part in the cavity wall there or is it not as simple as that? I've read something about condensation but I'm not sure if that applies.
Any advice would be appreciated
Oh one more thing, is this a job for a roofer or plumber or both? Or indeed neither?
