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Yep I agree. They did state that a new boiler would be required as the flue assay was not available for that model any more - Although I subsequently rang round a few places and it can be got. That said, I still decided to get the whole thing replaced (as you say I don't really want to throw...

Good explanation - Ta. I assume this was sarcasm? Let me check my snarcmeter. Ah, off-scale high. :)

[/url] So it should be in the hall then? - (next to the smoke alarm) "Homeowners should remember not to install carbon monoxide detectors directly above or beside fuel-burning appliances, as appliances may emit a small amount of carbon monoxide upon start-up. A detector should not be...

Not surprised, we've got some Narda kit at work, although they have a lot of competition these days. Most of our stuff is up in the GHz (microwave). At those frequencies it tends to cook you from the inside out (esp eyes as you say). But I digress.........

I didn't, but I will do before the new one gets fitted. Why was becasue I hadn't thought about it, which I accept wasn't sensible. Thanks for mentioning it :)

I was attempting to make the point that I *understand* implicitly that these rules are required - so that people don't get hurt. I'm sorry that passed you by in your haste to be sarcastic. (But since you've already told me that a high *external* vent CO level will "kill me in less than an hour"...

Well no, I've not thanked him yet, but I certainly will when they come back to fit the new one next week. It's a good thing that this has been discovered, IMO Why would someone have ended up in hospital? If the boiler is venting excess CO into the outside, why is this "immediately dangerous"...

All, Thanks to the forum for for clarifying how the rules work. Filtering out the complaints about how awful us homeowners are and how grateful we should be, there was a useful explaination in the responses. Perhaps I should add that I have no real dispute regarding what is safe or not...

Your post stands out because the others provided information whereas you just griped about us "Homeowners". You seem to be a long-standing member so I have to say I'm disappointed (although the language of your response seems to be fairly typical of this forum)

OK so the other day we had our (old) combi gas boiler (Volkera Excell 80sp) serviced. The guy did the usual check with a combustion meter in the flue, and got with a higher-than-allowed CO reading. Apparently the inner flue has corroded allowing combustion products into the boiler air supply...