We live in a staggered terrace house. our boiler needs to be replaced, but we have been told due to new laws we are unable to use our internal flue. The only way to get the flue out is to drill out on the only outside wall, which would lead into our neighbours garden. We have said we will put a flume kit on so any air will be upwards towards the sky. But they have said no..How else can we get our boiler vented.
Can our flue be on our wall but into neighbours garden
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Morris40
If your wall and their garden is the same boundry line then no you cannot terminate there, can you move the boiler to the loft ?
There is no where in the loft to put it - the boilerman looked into that. The problem we have is that we would need access to put the flue in. Do we have any rights to be able to put the flume on our wall, our pipe from the toilet is already on that wall in his garden space.
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You don't have any right to do anything his side of the boundary without his permission. Can't you use a roof terminal? It would eliminate the boundary issue entirely... The boiler could still be downstairs (in theory anyway)
What is a roof terminal?? We are being told that we are unable to use the internal flue which leads out of the roof.
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expertgasman
muggles";p="1900816 said:
muggles";p="1900816 said:
OUr engineer has said that the reason we can't use the internal flue is because laws have changed and not that it is unsafe. If we could still use it we would have no worries. Has he got that wrong??
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expertgasman
OUr engineer has said that the reason we can't use the internal flue is because laws have changed and not that it is unsafe. If we could still use it we would have no worries. Has he got that wrong??[/quote]
No he's sort of right, in that there is NO boiler available that could use that flue, the requirement being for a condensing boiler, all of which comes with it's own flue.
No he's sort of right, in that there is NO boiler available that could use that flue, the requirement being for a condensing boiler, all of which comes with it's own flue.
Sorry, excuse me, but please can you answer the following:
Do you have a tiled/ slate roof,
Do you have a loft, is there a loft hatch
Do you have an airing cupboard used, or unused
Is your bathroom downstairs, or upstairs
If you are a semi detached, you either have a gable end or hipped roof.
If you answer yes to most of the above, then you can have your boiler in the loft/airing cupboard, with a new vertical flue system that goes thru your roof.
But again we don't know home layout, floor coverings, gas meter location, condensate run etc etc
Mike
Do you have a tiled/ slate roof,
Do you have a loft, is there a loft hatch
Do you have an airing cupboard used, or unused
Is your bathroom downstairs, or upstairs
If you are a semi detached, you either have a gable end or hipped roof.
If you answer yes to most of the above, then you can have your boiler in the loft/airing cupboard, with a new vertical flue system that goes thru your roof.
But again we don't know home layout, floor coverings, gas meter location, condensate run etc etc
Mike
expertgasman";p="1900850 said:
Hollyhouse";p="1900867 said:
Thanks for all your help and suggestions. I shall go back to the engineer and see if we can arrange something to suit.
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Morris40
soil pipes and guttering don't produce annoying plume or worst case Carbon Monoxide
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