Is a boiler flue hole inside ok to be left unsealed

carly jen said:

I had new boiler and flue fitted the flue runs through my daughter room, my old flue was box in and i only lost a little of ceiling. The gas Engineer has screwed new flue under the boxing hasnt even tried to cut old boxing or even remove old flue pipe he has put new hole from inside to outside and had left a big hole unsealed inside, and has put new boxing over flue and has lost me 19in of ceiling it looks so bad . I had it fitted in decenber and i was unhappy with it because they didnt put it higher where old flue is. I had 2 Surveyors come out and also agreed that it needs to be put higher so this was agreed that the flue would be fitted highter so i dont lose all that ceiling. So they booked for 10th 11th march all day job both days and would be compleat. This is how iv been left . I dont think this is save for my child to be sleeping in the room. I have contacted landlord but they are not hurry to get back to me. Should this be left like this and what can i do or go to for help

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carly jen said:

I had new boiler and flue fitted the flue runs through my daughter room, my old flue was box in and i only lost a little of ceiling. The gas Engineer has screwed new flue under the boxing hasnt even tried to cut old boxing or even remove old flue pipe he has put new hole from inside to outside and had left a big hole unsealed inside, and has put new boxing over flue and has lost me 19in of ceiling it looks so bad . I had it fitted in decenber and i was unhappy with it because they didnt put it higher where old flue is. I had 2 Surveyors come out and also agreed that it needs to be put higher so this was agreed that the flue would be fitted highter so i dont lose all that ceiling. So they booked for 10th 11th march all day job both days and would be compleat. This is how iv been left . I dont think this is save for my child to be sleeping in the room. I have contacted landlord but they are not hurry to get back to me. Should this be left like this and what can i do or go to for help

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snowhead said:

As a minimum the new flue should be sealed around the inside and outside as per boiler manufacturers instructions.
AND more importantly the old flue should be removed and the hole in the brickwork made good both inside and outside to prevent any flue gases from the new boiler entering the property.
Is the end of the old flue open into where the old boiler was located and is the old flue terminal still visible outside?

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