flue

My 20 year old boiler is on its last legs, so am looking at replacing it. However I’m in a 3rd floor flat with a flue which goes out of the wall by a window. The boiler is by the wall so the flue is quite short. (I meant to post a photo but I don’t seem to have one, so I will post one tomorrow...

I recently moved house and have this hideous steel / aluminium liner going through one of the bedrooms. There is a gas fire in the living room below which I'm not planning to use and getting it disconnected by a gas engineer and there is a steel chimney flue on the roof. I have 2 questions...

Hi I have a Valiant condensing boiler in an upstairs airing cupboard with a flue pipe that runs up into the loft and then across to a vent in the gable end. I am about to add extra insulation to the loft. On the vertical section of the flue pipe where it passes through the ceiling into the...

Hi, Looking for some advice from the wonderful experts on this forum! I've been experiencing rainwater entering my boiler via the flue on my back wall (pictured) and dripping down through the boiler and then causing damage to internal walls. Sadly, there is only one downpipe on the row of...

Hi, Looking for some advice from the wonderful experts on this forum! I've been experiencing rainwater entering my boiler via the flue on my back wall (pictured) and dripping down through the boiler and then causing damage to internal walls. Sadly, there is only one downpipe on the row of...

Hi guys, does anyone have any advice on how to go about filling and and repairing these holes left by gas heaters? They're solid stone walls about 1ft thick, one is white tricky to get to from outside the other 2 are accesible. Looks like the flue has been cemented in place - not sure if it's...

Sorry to be a little bit vague but I was cleaning my uncles oil fed rayburn the other day but cannot find where a angled bit of thin plate about 20cm long goes, I noticed it had fallen on top of the burner and retrieved it when I took the burner out, I put it to one side thinking I'll find its...

Hi My TurboMax 828 is 23 yrs old and the diverter valve has been replaced three times in the last three years. So now thinking of replacing the boiler with another Vaillant. Would prefer to keep existing flue, if it is still in good condition. Would anyone know if the ecoTEC plus or ecoFIT...

Hi, I have a copper immersion heater which heats water for my hot taps, bath and shower. It is in a second floor flat and uses a seperate water pump. Both are plugged in on the same dedicated circuit. I want to update the water heating system so that I have hot water on demand. Currently I have...

Hi all I noticed water dripping from the bottom of my Vaillant combi boiler and found the source to be the base of the flue where it connects to the boiler (as in the photo below). I've sent pictures to the boiler installer but he's ghosting me. Is this something I can fix? Tighten up the...

Hi everyone. I really apppreciate any advice. I have a wood burning stove with a flue that terminates just above a sealed fireboard. I've had a WBS company check it out and they said this is unusual, and it needs a whole new flue liner etc to meet modern regs and to brun properly. They say as...

Hey, new to the forum but hope I could get some advice. I am paying a gas safe engineer to remove my Gas fire next week however I'm unsure on how to block it up permanently. We are planning to mount an electric one in it's place. We assume it will leave a hole in the wall which leads to the...

Hi all, I would be really grateful for any thoughts or advice. Really struggling to know where to go with this next. We had a new boiler installed about a couple of years ago. It is in the garage and the new flue goes through a new hole that was cut through garage roof boards. The old flue...

Plumber fitted new boiler recently and the new flue goes through a small pitched ground floor roof. Is this a bad job or am I being overly critical. Moreover, not sure the use of sealant/mastic under the sheet metal is a long term solution. Would value some opinions.

Hi all, I have a boiler flue exiting my house wall. Hot gases from the flue are continually setting off the security light PIR which was recently installed by a (clearly somewhat dopey) electrician. See photos attached. I have considered moving the light (or the PIR), but the gases would...

Hi, We've just had our gas fire taken out and gas capped in our new house. We were planning on putting in an electric log burner but would need to open out the cavity by around 10cm on either side in order for it to fit. I naively thought we might be able to just chisel away some brickwork on...

Hello The chimney breast and hearth have been removed on the ground floor. The chimney breast and hearth remain on the first floor, and the chimney breast goes up into the attic and onto the chimney outside. The chimney pots have been capped and have ventilation points. However there is no...

When I had my boiler serviced I was told it failed as the flue outlet is too close to my conservatory. Is it easy enough to get a flue extension attached to the wall, and then out away from the guttering/roof? - gutter sticks out from wall about 20 cms. The outlet is about 40+ cms from the...

I have a cast iron fireplace installed and wanted to put a gas fire insert (one of the coal ones) into the bottom where the real coal would have sat and had a couple of questions. An old 1950's fire was taken out, and I have cut away some of the brick and filler to allow this cast iron (coa...

Hi, I'm an inexperienced first time buyer. November moved in to the house to find damp plaster on 1st floor bedroom wall (external). Based on the description below and attached pics, what might be likely causes of the damp, and what repairs should I realistically expect? Are there any specific...