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    Fernox heating system chemicals, filters and equipment now available

    Hello All, If anyone is interested enough to look at the Fernox products being sold by CORGI Direct what do you think of the prices ? Just a couple of examples - the Fernox MB1 and the Lead Free Solder ! Chris
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    Baxi Solo 3 PFL 60 plume smells of unburnt gas

    Hello Flip, From your description it seems obvious that the Gas Control Valve is letting too much Gas out before it is ignited. However enough Gas to be actually smelled externally / inside another property [!] being expelled from the Flue I find worrying. Imagine that the Gas Valve for some...
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    BS5440-1 preventing gas fire upgrade.... Help!!

    Chris Hello again Chris, You are correct that Appliances that were installed to previous Standards and are working correctly / safely cannot be condemned. But when a replacement appliance needs to be installed the `New` / current Standards have to be applied / adhered to - including in this...
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    BS5440-1 preventing gas fire upgrade.... Help!!

    Hello Chris, I know that this may cause some disagreement but: These Flueless Gas Fires like others are specified to be a `Secondary Heat Source` - not designed to be used when temperatures are really cold because the combustion process will cause condensation to form on Window glass and other...
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    Neighbours Flue opinion needed

    Hello again bogrodder, As I mentioned in a previous message I have been calling a Flue a Flue for nearly 50 Years and unless I have to use the term `Chimney` in a Contract Specification or during a Gas ACS Assessment I will still use the term `Flue`. Even then the fact that this `EU forced...
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    Neighbours Flue opinion needed

    Hello bogrodder, The most stupid thing about the term `Flue` being changed to `Chimney` is the fact that ALL `Flues` are supposed to be called a `Chimney`. Even a horizontal Fanned Flue through a wall is also supposed to be called a `Chimney` ! When the other Gas Engineers and I were told...
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    Neighbours Flue opinion needed

    Hello again Riley, I mentioned about You removing the `Like` because I have deleted that message due to me mistakenly attaching a Diagram & Clearances chart for Solid Fuel Appliances. Chris
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    Neighbours Flue opinion needed

    Riley, My entire reason for writing my original reply to You on here was because We ALL know the `newly termed` [8 year old] `Chimneys` as Flues. And - it was absolutely ridiculous for the term `Chimney` to be introduced for Boiler Flues because as You pointed out there are different...
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    Neighbours Flue opinion needed

    Hello All, I apologise for my deleted message and attached Diagram - the clearances in the Scottish Diagram were for Solid Fuel Appliances. Chris
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    Neighbours Flue opinion needed

    Riley, I have no doubt about your Gas Safety knowledge and your experience in fitting Boiler Flues / `Chimneys`. I wrote my message just to let Members who might not know about the ridiculous change in terminology from Flue to `Chimney` in early 2012. Unless I was writing a Contract...
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    Neighbours Flue opinion needed

    Hello Riley, Every person reading your comment that I responded to would think that you were contradicting the previous posters description `a new chimney`. If You knew the `new` / 7 year old terminology you should not be contradicting that by your comment - `its a flue`. I was not trying to...
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    Neighbours Flue opinion needed

    Hello Riley, From about early 2012 the `Gas Industry` decided to change the term `Flue` to `Chimney`. I found this out at the time when I was attending a Gas Training & Assessment Centre / College to take the Combustion Analyser ACS. I cannot remember exactly who / where or why that change...
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    need a second pair of eyes

    Hello Shaun, "Happy New Year" to You and all of our Members. I have seen many examples of this ridiculous Ebay and Amazon listings pricing recently. One of the most ridiculous was for a 5 Litre container of Antibacterial Hand Washing liquid soap which was listed at £119.00. I had been...
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    Boiler replacement. 15kw or 18kw

    Hello doitmyself, The `Whole House Heat Loss Calculation` / `Whole House Boiler Sizing Method` idea was introduced by the `Energy Saving Trust` to try and stop Heating / Boiler Installers just installing a `like for like` Boiler when they were replacing an existing appliance. The `EST` had...
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    Boiler replacement. 15kw or 18kw

    Hello Knappers, We were advising the OP / Steve57 on what Member King of Pipes and I maintain to be the best choice of two Boilers regarding the Input / Output produced by either a Vaillant Eco Tec 15 Kw or 18 Kw model. We were not arguing with Member YorkshireDave who is a well respected...
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    Boiler replacement. 15kw or 18kw

    Hello YorkshireDave, When I wrote my reply to the OP I worded it to suit the idea that his property`s Heat Loss calculations found that the Heat Loss was close to 15 Kw. Advising him to install a 18 Kw Boiler would NOT mean that the Boiler was so oversized that it would be `short cycling` any...
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    Boiler replacement. 15kw or 18kw

    Hello Steve57, Please excuse me for not looking at the Vaillant Boilers Installation Instructions before writing this but I defer to Member Riley for His knowledge / comment about these particular Boilers being able to be `Range Rated` in terms of being able to adjust their Input / Output. A...
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    New to forum - ex plumber (with a question!)

    Hello Ric2013, I would still be looking at the Boiler being heavily scaled. I feel that the calculated excessive amount of Gas to heat your Cylinder / Hot Water can only be attributed to it having to heat the water in the Primary loop through a layer of Limescale. If as I suspect there is a...
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    A lead gas supply; is it a safety issue?

    Hello again BruceK, Regarding your comment: `I'll certainly call on the services of a Gas Safe engineer and we'll take it from there`. You don`t need to engage a Gas Safe Engineer because they cannot renew the Incoming Gas Supply TO the Gas Meter - it is the `property` of the Gas Supplier /...
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    A lead gas supply; is it a safety issue?

    Hello BruceK, Is it the Pipe that comes into the Home TO the Gas Meter that is Lead ? If so that Pipe is the responsibility of the Gas Supplier / Gas Transporter/ Gas Mains Contractor and your elderly Customer would NOT be responsible for costs incurred in replacing the Lead pipe. I would...

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