A friend recently had their open fronted inset (into old chimney breast) gas fire condemned at a service, because the room had no ventilation apart from the doors. The room has no external walls so fitting vents will be difficult. We have a similar situation but were told that because our fire is glass fronted & sealed we did not need vents fitted when we had it installed. Does our friend have any options & were we advised correctly. We have a carbon monoxide detector above the fire which has never indicated a problem & the updraft is always ok when a smoke device is placed near the test point, but I am slightly perturbed that it should never have been installed in this room.
Room without external walls & vents for gas fire.
- Thread starter jj4091
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Depends on the fire.
If there are no outside walls and a vent is required, then the vents need to be bigger through each intervening wall as you go from the outside.
The Gas Engineer should know all this.
Don't assume that the rules for your fire as the same for your friend's.
If there are no outside walls and a vent is required, then the vents need to be bigger through each intervening wall as you go from the outside.
The Gas Engineer should know all this.
Don't assume that the rules for your fire as the same for your friend's.
The friends engineer did not offer any advice on how to vent, just that it needed doing before they could service it. Not very helpful.
I am not assuming ours will have the same requirements which is why I am asking if I was wrongly advised about there being no need for added ventilation in our installation.
I am not assuming ours will have the same requirements which is why I am asking if I was wrongly advised about there being no need for added ventilation in our installation.
Like i said - it depends on the fires. There are different requirements for different types. Just because your's has a glass front doesn't mean it is sealed either, and judging by the advice you've had so far I would not be so confident.
We'll need the makes and models of the fires, maybe some pictures of them too.
@FiremanT knows more than I do though.
We'll need the makes and models of the fires, maybe some pictures of them too.
@FiremanT knows more than I do though.
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Spot on Dan. No comments really possible without the info. Without writing pages of IFS and buts.
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