Flue confusion

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Hi all,

Just moved into a new place, boiler is a Apollo Fanfare 15/30 which, whilst old, is working fine.

We had a gas safety certificate issued which confirms the flue is room sealed ("Flue type: R/S") and that the appliance is safe to use.

Whilst putting some stuff in the loft just now I noticed that the flue from the boiler appears to have a mesh opening where the diameter of the flue changes. Is this letting combustion gases into the attic space? Or am I missing something?

To be clear, I can see straight through the upper (larger diameter) part of the mesh.

The lower half has a solid internal wall.

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Presumably you are renting the property?

Did the engineer even look into the loft?

Tony
 
We purchased the property and had the sellers have a gas safety certificate issues as part of the sale. Hence I don't know whether the engineer looked in the loft I'm afraid.

Thanks for the reading, explains a lot. So this setup is safe as long as it is installed and maintained correctly?

Would this be legal for a new installation?
 
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When was the roof built as post 1985(I think) they had to be vented and were classed as outside spaces for the provision of combustion air for a vertex flue.
 
The house was built 1985, though I think final fitting/finishing was around 1987.

The soffits all the way around the roof have circular vents every 500mm or so, so there's good air supply into the attic.
 

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