Any one installing a flue outlet onto a neighbours property , or up to the boundary of that property should take due consideration that the neighbour may be entitled to build up to that boundary which can or may have an effect on the flue , basically the responsibility is with the installer & or owner of the flue !! A duty of care would be applied if any structure caused a dangerous situaation to occur with say an open flue boiler , the neighbour would have to be informed !! the end result is that the boiler would have to be moved , & or the flue altered same would apply to a rs appliance !!!
Boiler unsafe due to flue
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Thank you for all your replies.
Our boiler is an Ideal Classic LXFF & FF Fanned Flue Gas Boiler, Boiler Size FF260.
Hoping we will be able to get hold of a new flue for this boiler as don't fancy the cost of a new boiler which I'm told we could get a different type (condensing?!? I think)
Our boiler is an Ideal Classic LXFF & FF Fanned Flue Gas Boiler, Boiler Size FF260.
Hoping we will be able to get hold of a new flue for this boiler as don't fancy the cost of a new boiler which I'm told we could get a different type (condensing?!? I think)
Its unlikely you will find suitable flue parts available new.
I have a Vertex flue which may become redundant later this summer but thats unlikely to be suitable for your needs.
A photo posted would help us to give you better advice.
Tony
I have a Vertex flue which may become redundant later this summer but thats unlikely to be suitable for your needs.
A photo posted would help us to give you better advice.
Tony
The Installation Manual has details about flue positioning.
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If the flue is placed on or over neighbours land without permission then it should not be there in the first place.
The neighbour has every right to ask him to remove it.
In this case he did not so so but the OP later found that it could not operate correctly after the car port had been constructed.
Tony
The neighbour has every right to ask him to remove it.
In this case he did not so so but the OP later found that it could not operate correctly after the car port had been constructed.
Tony
Exactly - the OP's houses original owner was in the wrong to put the flue in the wrong place, and the neighbour should not have caused a flue to become hazardous by building the car port without sorting out the flue issue first. The resultant problem is a result of both of their errors in combination.
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Pensioner in scotland was prosecuted about two years ago for purposely positioning something next to a neighbours flue exiting onto his property that could cause the boiler to become dangerous.
Unfortunately i dont have a link
Unfortunately i dont have a link
Copied from GSIU regs
Existing gas fittings
8. - (1) No person shall make any alteration to any premises in which a gas fitting or gas storage vessel is fitted if that alteration would adversely affect the safety of the fitting or vessel in such a manner that, if the fitting or the vessel had been installed after the alteration, there would have been a contravention of, or failure to comply with, these Regulations.
(2) No person shall do anything which would affect a gas fitting or any flue or means of ventilation used in connection with the fitting in such a manner that the subsequent use of the fitting might constitute a danger to any person, except that this paragraph does not apply to an alteration to premises.
Existing gas fittings
8. - (1) No person shall make any alteration to any premises in which a gas fitting or gas storage vessel is fitted if that alteration would adversely affect the safety of the fitting or vessel in such a manner that, if the fitting or the vessel had been installed after the alteration, there would have been a contravention of, or failure to comply with, these Regulations.
(2) No person shall do anything which would affect a gas fitting or any flue or means of ventilation used in connection with the fitting in such a manner that the subsequent use of the fitting might constitute a danger to any person, except that this paragraph does not apply to an alteration to premises.
The regs do cover the situation after all.However, because the OP has not given us all necessary information, particularly about the ownership of the driveway, position of boundaries etc etc, it is impossible to say if either the OP or the neighbour has contravened the regulations.
The OP's best bet is to ask an independent GasSafe registered engineer to advise him if the flue is safe or not. The fact that it discharges over what could be the neighbour's land is only relevant if the neighbour objects - which he hasn't done. This leaves the discharge into a car port, which is permitted, providing the location of the flue meets certain criteria.
GSIU reg 8 only applies to the altyeration to the premise's in which the gas appliance is fitted it does not cover any alteration to adjoining premise's !!!
gas equipment must be installed so that safety cannot be affected by future develpment's by a neighbouring property , e.g a flue should be located at a safe distance from any site boundary so that in the event of development on a neighbouring site thre flue will continue to operate correctly !!!
gas equipment must be installed so that safety cannot be affected by future develpment's by a neighbouring property , e.g a flue should be located at a safe distance from any site boundary so that in the event of development on a neighbouring site thre flue will continue to operate correctly !!!
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