Recent content by bonnanbuidhe

First may I say that I feel I owe you an apology for the abrasive manner in which I answered your last post. Please accept it ! I believe my boiler was properly installed as stipulated by the manufacturer. I have no reason to think otherwise. In other words, the ventilation exceeded the...

I have written a letter to that effect. Thank you for your suggestion

Oh dear ! Temper, temper! For a start let's get Jesus sorted; he walked on water. So much is common knowledge. I fully understand what you say about the boiler but I have the supplier's installation and annual service records for the past 18 years; there is not a single reference to...

I am not trying to trump anyone. One thing is clear however and that is that not all the answers I received appeared to come from "people with the correct knowledge". How else would you explain the disparity among the answers I received. Why the objection to my correcting a view expressed by...

Thank you for that. It never occurred to me that anyone was being facetious. I intend having additional ventilation fitted. I shall not be around long enough for a new boiler to pay for itself.

It was passed as up to standard for the past 18 years by the people who are now telling me that it no longer conforms to the regulations. This is supported by the information I received from HSE. It;s a case of moving the goalposts I think. It is possible that standards 18 years ago were...

I was seeking advice and have no wish to appear cleverer than those trying to help me. If that is your perception, I suggest you are a bit too sensitive on this occasion. You seem to be taking my remarks personally. If you read all the posts on my topic you will, I hope, agree that there is no...

You appear not to be aware of the regulations. The following is taken from information I received from HSE Infoline Admin two days ago. May 2005. " Any existing gas installations with below 40 per cent ( 0%to 39%) ventilationshould be deemed At Risk and the appliance should be turned off...

The current regulation ( 1st June 2008 ) requires 90% of the ventilation stipulated by the manufacturer.It was previously 50%. If an engineer decides that an installation is AR, in this case if ventilation is less than 90% of the boiler manufacturer's recommendation, he should ask permission...

You are right to say that nothing has changed in the physical sense but if the HSE regulations have been updated, what was previously regarded as safe is now considered unsafe and so, in my case, the ventilation area must be increased. Are changes to the regulations based on experience in...

The judge has logic on his side. The boiler can only be in one of two conditions. safe or unsafe. To say that something is fairly safe, possibly dangerous and so on is meaningless. It follows that the HSE regulations should only have two categories with respect to safety, safe and unsafe. To...

I agree that you said I should have the installation brought up to date. That wa my intention. I agree that common sense suggests that I am at no greater risk than I was before the changes in the regulations. However, when you state that the boiler was either safe or unsafe and that a piece...

I cannot agree with what you say. The company concerned will not service the boiler unless I have the ventilation brought up to standard by them; they consider it unsafe. Perhaps they are being pernickety ! And how about HSE ? There seems little point in having standards if we do not adhere to...

HSE have confirmed what you say. It appears that our installation had been AR for the past two years. A letter received from the company whicjh has serviced our boiler for the last twenty years states that the requirement for 95% ventillation was introduced in "late 2008".I now know that the...

Thank you for your informative reply. Chinese whispers notwithstanding, the engineer said he ought to cap the boiler. He went on to say that he would pretend he had not paid us a visit, so that we would have time to have additional ventilation to be fitted before he returned to service the...