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I figured the flue placement part was within their remit, just my bad phrasing. Regarding what you said before, I don't think the water is much of a worry due to the height, but I will get it sorted if I have to in order to rent my flat out. Cheers, Chris

I'll have to dig out the form they gave me. This is actually only part of the way British Gas screwed me over. When they left the "DANGER - DO NOT USE" sign on my boiler, it came with a form detailing two faults. 1) flue too close to kitchen window and 2) the overflow pipe issue. They didn't...

Thanks everyone for the replies. A few people suggested just leaving it, which I have done for a year or so. I'm now going to be renting out the flat though, so I guess I need to deal with it. What can I do to get the boiler passed as safe in order to rent the flat out? If I do have to...

I live in a 2nd floor flat and my boiler was condemned by British Gas due to the overflow pipe pointing out from the wall. Apparently we need to put an elbow joint on the end to point water back towards the wall. Being 2 floors up, access to the overflow pipe is difficult. It's too far away from...