The gas engineer who did the service 14 months ago came today to do this job. As he expected from the photos, he was able to push back the flue into place and screw it down. It took about 20mins and cost £60.
The kitchen fitters had plastered the wall around the flue and he thinks the flue...
Thanks for the feedback. As a leaseholder I believe I need to get permission from the housing authority to drill into the external wall, but I'm sure they can provide this at short notice given the circumstances.
Two engineers have now advised I should raise the boiler by 4cm (one has only...
The flue is about 2.3m up from the ground. We are on the ground floor of a maisonette and the flue is easily accessible from the outside.
The other engineer has given me a quote of 90 pounds to lower the flue if drilling is involved, so I think I'll go with this option.
Thanks. I have since spoken to today's engineer again and he says he advised lifting the boiler rather than lowering the flue because the latter would involve (a) drilling through the outside wall and damaging the brickwork and (b) having to remove the boiler anyway in order to do the drilling...