My boiler got flooded at the weekend.
Heavy rain and wind blew water into the flue. The PCB has fried (or boiled) itself to death.
Is there specific guidance on the angle of a flue that goes approx horizontally from the boiler to the outside?
The insurance company are saying they won't pay up because the installation was faulty. Sounds harsh to me given that we can't really have identified this problem and given that we have had the boiler professionally serviced.
The flue comes out of the top of the boiler, then turns and goes horizontally out through the wall. It's about 2-3 feet from the top of the boiler to the end of the flue.
The fault would probably not have happened if the flue sloped downwards as it went outside - in fact it is possibly slightly upwards but it's hard to tell as there is no space for a spirit level.
The boiler is a Micron 60ff (not a condensing boiler).
Thanks for any thoughts.
Heavy rain and wind blew water into the flue. The PCB has fried (or boiled) itself to death.
Is there specific guidance on the angle of a flue that goes approx horizontally from the boiler to the outside?
The insurance company are saying they won't pay up because the installation was faulty. Sounds harsh to me given that we can't really have identified this problem and given that we have had the boiler professionally serviced.
The flue comes out of the top of the boiler, then turns and goes horizontally out through the wall. It's about 2-3 feet from the top of the boiler to the end of the flue.
The fault would probably not have happened if the flue sloped downwards as it went outside - in fact it is possibly slightly upwards but it's hard to tell as there is no space for a spirit level.
The boiler is a Micron 60ff (not a condensing boiler).
Thanks for any thoughts.