Hi I have a 4 year old house with a pre cast flue fitted for a gas fire.
The house as always had a electric fire fitted and recently had a plumber out to fit a gas fire as the flue and gas pipe are already there.
The first thing the plumber did was a smoke test and most of the smoke came back into the room so there was a problem that he couldn't fix.
I then got intouch with the house builder who said it wasn't under warranty.
I decided to remove the flue inside the loft and found a lot of spiders webbing etc of which i cleared out and also the rect of the flue etc looks brand new.
I then did a smoke test myself before calling the plumber out to fit the fire and smoke still came out of the fire and not all going up the chimney.
I did have the patio door open to the lounge when testing as didn't think this would make any difference. My neighbour has the exact same flue and gas fire which is ok so don,t think its that.
Can anyone verify on how to do a smoke test and would it have made a difference having the doors open to the outside.
Many thanks Shaun.
The house as always had a electric fire fitted and recently had a plumber out to fit a gas fire as the flue and gas pipe are already there.
The first thing the plumber did was a smoke test and most of the smoke came back into the room so there was a problem that he couldn't fix.
I then got intouch with the house builder who said it wasn't under warranty.
I decided to remove the flue inside the loft and found a lot of spiders webbing etc of which i cleared out and also the rect of the flue etc looks brand new.
I then did a smoke test myself before calling the plumber out to fit the fire and smoke still came out of the fire and not all going up the chimney.
I did have the patio door open to the lounge when testing as didn't think this would make any difference. My neighbour has the exact same flue and gas fire which is ok so don,t think its that.
Can anyone verify on how to do a smoke test and would it have made a difference having the doors open to the outside.
Many thanks Shaun.