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Something else that seems off is that the director said they'd now received the Building Regulations Compliance Certificate, but I wonder how that is possible to get legitimately before the work that's needed that was identified above is carried out.

Thanks again. Yes they are Gas Safe Registered, and came recommended. I sent them an email with the various issues and asked them to call me ASAP. The company director called me quite soon after and said they were booked in to do the external work in 2 days time. They hadn't mentioned this...

Thanks, I will get onto them. Would I likely have good legal grounds to expect the installers to correct these issues? If the new flue ought to have been sealed and/or the condensate pipe attached to a drain, then it sounds like their job is currently not completed. For filling the old flue...

Sorry for repeating my post - it looked like the forum had lost the first one. Nor me! Sounds about right!

Ah, sorry for misunderstanding. I don't know if the pipe in the bottom-right is new - I don't have previous photos of that wall and didn't think about what was there before. The previous boiler may well have been non-condensing - it was a Ferroli F30, plausibly from 2004 when I think the flat...

Ah OK, sorry for misunderstanding. I don't know if that pipe in the bottom right is new - I don't have photos of that wall and don't remember what was there before. I believe the previous boiler was non-condensing - it was a Ferroli F30, plausibly from 2004 when I think the flat was built, and...

Thanks. Which model is that for? I looked up the instructions for the ecoFIT pure 825-835 (not sure if this corresponds to the boiler I had installed - I only know its an ecoFIT 25kW) here and it doesn't seem to mention sealing the flue on the outside (for the flue set up on p.12). So I wonder...

If it's sealed on the inside alone, would it be compliant with regulations then? Does it only need to be sealed on the outside if the "mi's" say so?

Thanks. Sorry but just to check, what are "mi's"? Manufacturer's instructions?

Thanks. Do you mean it currently doesn't appear compliant with regulations if the new flue isn't sealed? What does it need to be 300mm away from? The new boiler is a Vaillant Ecofit.

Hi, I recently had a gas boiler replaced in a 2nd floor flat. In discussions with the company afterwards, I found out that they had to drill a new flue hole (I wasn't there when the work was being done - it didn't seem like they would have taken the initiative to tell me!). This hadn't been...

Thanks, this is a helpful perspective. The fireplaces below are blocked off. The dripping isn't causing noticeable water damage as yet, but we had the chimney inspected, which identified the cracks in the flaunching as the likely cause, and so we're debating whether to get that fixed to prevent...

Thanks for the replies. Some flat-owners think it isn't clearly worth the effort and cost. (We have share-of-freehold and need to come to a consensus.)

Hello, I own a flat in a block of converted terraced houses. One of our chimneys has been found to have cracks in the flaunching - see attached photos. The symptoms so far are fairly frequent dripping of water down the chimney when there is heavy rain (about once every 3-4 seconds), which seems...

Thanks for the further replies. I've deactivated the fan now and will look into getting ventilation to the outside installed. I checked that other fitting and it's disconnected, so I don't think that's a problem, but thanks for pointing it out. Astute observation about the coal dust - this is...