BG slapped notice on boiler in 1980s flat.

[RigidRaider]

A pal of mine made the mistake of having a service contract with BG, their engineer duly turned up and stuck a notice on his combi boiler saying it was unfit for use as the ventilation arrangements were inadequate. This is in a flat in a building with 80 other identical installations, none of which has killed or harmed its occupants in over 25 years as far as he knows.

Anybody know what ventilation he is supposed to provide in order to get the boiler approved? The flat has two large windows (converted cotton mill) but otherwise no access to the outside.

 

[namsag]

Boiler flue type make model and position required .
Incorrectly fitted boilers can kill at any stage conditions have to be just right

If it has been turned off for safety reasons why has your friend made a mistake would he rather be warm but dead.

 

[joe-90]

Why aren't the others in the building turned off too? Don't you care that the whole block could wake up dead?

 

[RigidRaider]

Now why would that suddenly happen when the mill conversion has been occupied by hundreds or even thousands of people since the mid 80s when the same boilers were installed by the same builder in every one of the 80-odd flats?

Presumably there are thousands of similar installations in homes around the UK, which are now considered potentially lethal? What has changed in the intervening years to make them suddenly dangerous? I'm genuinely interested to know; please educate me so that I can tell my pal.

 

[45yearsagasman]

Why don't you give boiler details as requested? Make/model and its location within the flat would help to give advice.Better still ask BG for an explanation as they would have left paperwork detailing the fault and should have offered a solution.

 

[RigidRaider]

I don't know those details and my pal is so impractical that he wouldn't have a clue. He told me it's a big floor-mounted combi boiler in a small utility room upstairs on the mezzanine floor (the mill has typically high ceilings).

The BG bloke gave no explanation, he just stuck a piece of tape on it.

 

[kirkgas]

can you lot also help me,
i have a pain......... just here............. what is wrong with me, and why haven't i died yet
PS my car also makes a funny noise, will it pass its MOT?

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

No make, model, fluing arrangement, boiler position, ventilation positions, no comment, when you know all this with maybe a picture, maybe someone can give you some info, just because a gas appliance hasn't killed anyone today or yesterday, doesn't mean it wont tomorrow.

This is a DIY forum not a clairvoyant web site, maybe Russell Grant could help......

 

[rojaca]

possibly change in regs as per ventialtion requirements as less than 90% of required free air now at risk, where it may previously had been only NCS?

bloody b.g going around applying the gas safety regulations as if it's the law! Who do they think they are?!

 

[45yearsagasman]

possibly change in regs as per ventialtion requirements as less than 90% of required free air now at risk, where it may previously had been only NCS?

bloody b.g going around applying the gas safety regulations as if it's the law! Who do they think they are?!

How can you make a statement like that without knowing the full facts?
Stick to the facts just the facts.Or was that with tongue in cheek?

 

[lawrance]

The customer or his pub talking mate must always be right. Lets not actually believe that the QUALIFIED responsible engineer could be right

 

[joinerjohn]

Obviously , your pal got the BG salesman, not the BG engineer.

 

[Gasman77]

Now that IS original God forbid a RGI turning people off to potentially save their lives....Did you buddy thank him?

 

[joe-90]

Then why didn't he tell the other 80 neighbours?

 

[Gasman77]

Quiet, clown