Installing new gas fire, flexible spigot up the chimney.

[SadieLovatt]

Hi,

Having had a back boiler and accompanying fire removed (one of those fires that won't work on its own) we've looked at what we are left with and you can see what appears to be a flexible spigot (that was attached to the old boiler) that runs up the chimney surrounded by insulation - something I've not seen before but hell, I don't see the back of too many fires in my line of work.
Now we obviously need to buy a fire of some sort to put in its place but can anyone tell me whether this arrangement will cause us any issues?

The last time we had a fire fitted (last house) one fire was disconnected, there was nothing behind and a new fire was fitted, no problem.

Do we need to have this spigot and insulation removed or can we just connect a new gas fire to this in some form? Would there be any other issues/consideration in installaing a new fire based on this?

Sadie.

 

[sbgasman]

flue liner must be removed,and chimney smoke tested prior to installing new gas fire

 

[namsag]

Get it removed , why was it not done at the time,
It needs removing from top up do not pull it down as you may leave a blockage in the flue

 

[SadieLovatt]

Get it removed , why was it not done at the time,
It needs removing from top up do not pull it down as you may leave a blockage in the flue

I think the engineer at the time took me literally, I didn't know there was anything up the chimney and therefore couldn't ask for work to be done that I didn't know needed to be done.

Going forward, we're either looking at putting either an electric fire or a gas fire in its place. We already have a 1600 x 500 P+ radiator in the room and often use candles for ambient light in the evening (which themselves produce >1Kw of heat) so whatever we install will be more cosmetic than functional.

So, if we have a gas fire, we're going to need to have this spigot/insulation removed first, ok... how much would this typically cost?

Sadie.