Is my flue dangerous
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con1_uk said:Here you go
The flue looks closer I took the picture from out of the loft window.
direct from the book of god so its gosple
roof lights if a flue is near an opening window on a pitched roof it must not be sited within 2000 mm below the opening window.
diagrams show same situation in book which shows flue must be sited atleast 1500 mm away (if in front) from top of window to base of teminal with terminal above the height of window so it does require attention.
give detials of the model youve got so the specs can be looked at to see what remedy is available
X
x-man
From flue terminal to the closest point of the window opening Corgi and manufacturer states 2 metres minimum. This is going by the picture you posted. Amen!
giblets said:
Ignorance of the law is no defence we are told!
But I did a boiler repair for a Barrister who had defended a building labourer. The builder had told him to "prop up a flue" and he did what he was told to. It caused a monoxide leak and somebody was killed.
The labourer got off because he was able to successfully be defended on the basis he was not expected to know anything about gas safety and only did what he was told to by the builder.
The Barrister could not remember exactly what happened to the builder but thought he only got a fine of a few hundred "because he did not realise the danger involved".
A CORGI would find that a difficult defence!
The vertical flue looks closer to the stack the the minimum 600 mm !!! As we dont have the distance from the loft window it might well be the required 2000 mm for all we know.
Tony
As tony is trying to say the builder is very responsible.
The flue looks too close to the chimney so would have been illegal before he started, not that, thats an excuss.
BS 5440.1 covers flues for RGI's etc and the building regulation part J covers the builders work, and contains detailed drawings as to what and where the flue can/cannot go
The flue looks too close to the chimney so would have been illegal before he started, not that, thats an excuss.
BS 5440.1 covers flues for RGI's etc and the building regulation part J covers the builders work, and contains detailed drawings as to what and where the flue can/cannot go
N
namsag
Going back to the original question .Providing the appliance is working right the products of combustion are water vapor and carbon dioxide not monoxide which as we all know is lethal. It is not ideal that it occasionally comes back in through window but providing boiler is set up and working correctly it`s not going to do you any harm.
As for the distance from flue terminal to a raised non-combustible surface ie the brick wall in your photo most new worcesters state 500mm . But some manufacturers never used to have this distance in there instructions and have been adding them over the past few years as roof termination becomes more popular. There is talk of roof termination becoming compulsory with the obvious exemptions.
As for the distance from flue terminal to a raised non-combustible surface ie the brick wall in your photo most new worcesters state 500mm . But some manufacturers never used to have this distance in there instructions and have been adding them over the past few years as roof termination becomes more popular. There is talk of roof termination becoming compulsory with the obvious exemptions.
QUite so. Just read the theead for the first time and wondered why nobody'd said so before!
Car exhausts might be 10,000 ppm Carbon Monoxide. Boilers fumes normal max max well, we can argue, say 400, typically far less.
The OP seems to have vanished.
Here's his boiler though:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Conbrue/LoftPictures/photo#5067875619460578674
and the rest of what looks like a DIY botchfest
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Conbrue/LoftPictures
Car exhausts might be 10,000 ppm Carbon Monoxide. Boilers fumes normal max max well, we can argue, say 400, typically far less.
The OP seems to have vanished.
Here's his boiler though:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Conbrue/LoftPictures/photo#5067875619460578674
and the rest of what looks like a DIY botchfest
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Conbrue/LoftPictures
Botchfest???
Thats not very nice is it?
What makes you say that? The loft has been done to and signed off to current building regulations the boiler was fitted by a registered Corgi installer and is serviced regulary.
I have done alot of the work myself but I have paid people for the jobs that I think need an expert involved. The builder who fitted the windows fitted them a while ago and I can only employ a person to do the work I have to hope that it is done correctly and to regulations. I have tried to do the right thing coming on here and asking for advise where needed and I am met with a comment like that!
Thanks everyone else who has helped with their replies so far.
Thats not very nice is it?
What makes you say that? The loft has been done to and signed off to current building regulations the boiler was fitted by a registered Corgi installer and is serviced regulary.
I have done alot of the work myself but I have paid people for the jobs that I think need an expert involved. The builder who fitted the windows fitted them a while ago and I can only employ a person to do the work I have to hope that it is done correctly and to regulations. I have tried to do the right thing coming on here and asking for advise where needed and I am met with a comment like that!
Thanks everyone else who has helped with their replies so far.
Where is the filling loop?
We have a wirefree thermo
We have a wirefree thermo
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