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cb9002
Thanks everyone, last night I followed all your advice above...
The fire was removed and cleaned as per the instruction manual, and the flue spigot restrictor was removed. I didn't muck about with the thermocouple, pilot or anything like that though. The heat exchanger was in good condition.
I also sealed around the closure plate with the appropriate closure tape.
I carried out a smoke test, which was fine on the cold flue, and then connected the fire up again and did the spillage tests with smoke matchess
I'm happy to say that, this time there was no leakage at all - great and I couldn't have done it without you.
I will remember the advice by many to get rid of the fire, but thats not an option until I can get central heating in, probably a year to save the $$$.
I will get a CO alarm in the meantime though, just in case.
cb9002
The fire was removed and cleaned as per the instruction manual, and the flue spigot restrictor was removed. I didn't muck about with the thermocouple, pilot or anything like that though. The heat exchanger was in good condition.
I also sealed around the closure plate with the appropriate closure tape.
I carried out a smoke test, which was fine on the cold flue, and then connected the fire up again and did the spillage tests with smoke matchess
I'm happy to say that, this time there was no leakage at all - great and I couldn't have done it without you.
I will remember the advice by many to get rid of the fire, but thats not an option until I can get central heating in, probably a year to save the $$$.
I will get a CO alarm in the meantime though, just in case.
cb9002