Recent content by jeffuk80

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...

Yes we had it renovated during the summer. They said that they didn't touch the boiler although I'm now beginning to wonder...

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...

Thanks for your replies. I have attached a couple more photos of the top part of the flue. I have since sent the photos to the engineer who serviced the boiler a year ago and he says he would have noticed this because he had to put his tester in the flue. As MJGas notes, he thinks the flue...

A gas man (who had come for another job) noticed that the flue on my Vaillant combo boiler was not sealed properly and has closed the boiler down as 'Immediately Dangerous'. He says the boiler was installed too low on the wall, which is why the flue isn't sealed properly. The boiler was...

our hotpoint aquarius+ super spin WD640 1400 has stopped drying - it proceeds onto the drying programme but no heat seems to be generated. i have taken the top off and the fan seems to be working from what i can hear. So it is likely to be either the thermostats or the element. It is the...