i have recently bought a terraced house with a back yard.the flue from next doors boiler vents into my yard about 500mm from my window opening lights and blows directly into my kitchen if the door is open.spoke to owner from next door and he just said that it has been like that for years .please can anyone give some advice cheers steve
gas boiler flues in terraced properties
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holty
boiler make would help.also see the other post on flue outlets
cheers for that will try to find out make of boiler and postn it tomorrow.
Clarify, do you mean he has an extension and his oulet terminates in your property.
If so, regardless of boiler type or how long its been in it is not permitted, it is your space, if the wall is the boundary.
Give him a call, inform him you plan to erect an extension/conservatory in the near future and he best start making plans to re-site flue outlet.
The outcome will go one of two ways, he'll oblige and be OK, or he'll be a total a**e. If he knows who installed the boiler and can prove it, he can quite rightly request they do work FOC.
John
If so, regardless of boiler type or how long its been in it is not permitted, it is your space, if the wall is the boundary.
Give him a call, inform him you plan to erect an extension/conservatory in the near future and he best start making plans to re-site flue outlet.
The outcome will go one of two ways, he'll oblige and be OK, or he'll be a total a**e. If he knows who installed the boiler and can prove it, he can quite rightly request they do work FOC.
John
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hi john the boiler is situated in his kitchen extension and the flue exits through his side .wall into our back yard 500mm from the top opening window and opposite our back door about 5 feet away.we aproached the landlord today and he wasnt very helpful we are just worried what fumes his boiler would be pumping out so close to our property cheers will try to find out make of boiler is off his tennant cheers steve
H
holty
you could erect anything you want to get next doors neighbours flue to not be to regs. the only one to be in breach of the regs will be the persons doing this. the clearances are so margin to openings these days most flues will be within the regs. but the sight of plumming can cause all sorts of problems.
If products are combustion are entering a property, or at risk of entering a property regardless of the dimensions, it can be classified as At Risk and turned off. Many modern boilers will produce CO levels in excess of 100ppm even in normal operation and you don't want this coming in your house.
If the extension wall is built on the boundary line the terminal will be in your property, if it is not written into the deeds as a specific clause it is a no no. It always has been and always will be. It sounds daft but the neighbour has basically nicked a very small part of your property and is also discharging pollution into it, not by it or across it, into it.
H
holty
bit like testing a gas fire for spilage on a windy day then on a non windy day.bill would be expensive though.
hi every one for thier help Transco have ordered the landlord to re route the flue up and over the extension and away from the door and window asap as it is a potential hazard again thanks to all who contributed steve
expect you won't be on his christmas list then! Well done.
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