I'll try to make this quick.
Have a gas fire that was never used in a new house.
Recently got it checked out by a gas professional and it failed the smoke test.
Flue appears to be a constructed of precast concrete blocks all the way up to the loft and then onwards as an angled steel tube up to a ridge vent
No blockages or obvious leaks were found and he cant explain it other than it might just be too long a run and it might be costly to find and fix the cause.
The upshot is that unfortunately the fire failed to be certified.
To be honest its no big deal to me that i cant use it but i plan to sell the property within the next year and so I would have to declare this (I dont fancy putting anyones life at risk).
What would you do?
I was thinking I could put a wood burner stove into the fireplace.
Alternatively if i rip the fire out, decomission the flue somehow and put e.g. an electric fire in do i have to declare the certification failure when selling the property?
Have a gas fire that was never used in a new house.
Recently got it checked out by a gas professional and it failed the smoke test.
Flue appears to be a constructed of precast concrete blocks all the way up to the loft and then onwards as an angled steel tube up to a ridge vent
No blockages or obvious leaks were found and he cant explain it other than it might just be too long a run and it might be costly to find and fix the cause.
The upshot is that unfortunately the fire failed to be certified.
To be honest its no big deal to me that i cant use it but i plan to sell the property within the next year and so I would have to declare this (I dont fancy putting anyones life at risk).
What would you do?
I was thinking I could put a wood burner stove into the fireplace.
Alternatively if i rip the fire out, decomission the flue somehow and put e.g. an electric fire in do i have to declare the certification failure when selling the property?