Un-condemn a boiler

[GJRhelp]

Ok, here's the situation.

A one bedroom flat has a gas heater / boiler combo in the living room. The living room, however, is also being used as a bedroom. There's a problem with the boiler / central heating, and an engineer is called out. He diagnoses a problem with a valve, and is about to fix it. He then notices that there is a bed in the living room and says that, because there isn't ventilation in the living room, he can't reactivate the boiler due to health and safety reasons. I believe that at this point, it is marked as unusable.

Now, the flat is being sold as a one-bedroom flat. The living room is back to being a living room. What we want to do is get the boiler in the living room reactivated.

Is it simply just a case of getting the engineer back to replace the valve and reactivate the boiler? Or is there a note somewhere of a boiler that should not be used?

 

[Bahco]

Is it simply just a case of getting the engineer back to replace the valve and reactivate the boiler? Or is there a note somewhere of a boiler that should not be used?

Its a case of you paying a Gas Safe plumber to do whatever is necessary so that the boiler is safe.

Get out the phone book.

 

[GJRhelp]

Absolutely.

I was just looking for a little independent advice prior to calling them out, so at least I'd have something to compare their answer to.

 

[gas4you]

You haven't said what make/model of combi it is?

If it is an open vented appliamnce then yes, the room shouldn't be used as a bedroom.

If it was room sealed then it should not have been turned off.

 

[GJRhelp]

It's not going to be a bedroom anymore.

It's a baxi bermuda back boiler(?).

 

[gas4you]

In that case the RGI was acting entirely correctly.

It is now up to you to either get him back or find someone else to start the boiler up again.

 

[GJRhelp]

Is that all it takes, just to replace the valve and put it back on again?

 

[adlplumbing]

proably and core vent 100cm2

 

[Agile]

That boiler always needs ventilation from outside!

Its still dangerous even if no one is sleeping there if there is no ventilation.

Fitting ventilation is not a major problem.

The original engineer is the best to call as he will know what problem needs to be fixed.

When its fixed its best to get a gas safety certificate as this is usually needed for the sales process.

Tony

 

[GJRhelp]

It's a bit worrying that the person who initially fitted it didn't consider this.

Thanks, everyone, for your help.

 

[Agile]

Very often they did and then the owner or tenant covered the vents or built an extension across it.

Ventilation for a gas appliance is a very basic requirement.

You burn gas and that uses up oxygen and you have to make this up with fresh air from outside.

If you dont do that the oxygen gets used up and the gas burns to a dangerous monoxide rather than the fully burnt dioxide.

Tony

 

[gas4you]

One of the most common ways of the ventilation 'disappearing' is when there was a window vent fitted and the windows are replaced with double glazing.

The window fitters should really always arrange a suitable new means of acheiving the required ventilation.