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  1. S

    Thoughts on Internal flues, aesthetics and specifics on flue falls

    HI, Ideal Logic flue fall is 1.5 degree, as per manufacturers instructions. Did you know that they have an allowance? The upper allowance is 2 degree, but this is not in the instructions. The question is if the flue fall is say 1.9 degree, does it comply with the manufacturers instructions...
  2. FKBIH27

    IDEAL - Vertical FLUE

    I have a customer that wants me to fully strip down and service their boiler, I have been round previously for other work I did have a look at their boiler and flue. The flue has caught my attention as there do not seem to be any "ports for flue analyser. it is a vertical flue. i am newly...
  3. C

    Anton sprint pro 6 flue has analyser

    I have two anton sprint pro 6 units, one is brand new has screen cover on the other is used but immaculate Carry bag Probe Filter Printer and paper
  4. C

    Flue fitted from inside flat?

    Need boiler replacing In flat. Can the flue be installed from inside as external access is not practical.
  5. M

    Help. Vertical flue adjacent to chimney

    Hello Everyone Recently bereaved friend of mine is wanting to replace his 15 year old Combi. It is in the loft on the party wall of a semi ( pitched roof has three sloping sides). He asked his Gas Safe Service Engineer for a price to replace. Engineer said that existing vertical flue is too...
  6. C

    Flue Integrity Test.

    Hello, I'm after a bit of advice. If you, as a gas engineer, needed to "fault find" on a boiler that has a problem, would you do a flue integrity test as one of the first ports of call. The boiler ignites, stays lit for 20 seconds or so then shuts off. About 20 seconds later, the boiler...
  7. R

    Which Flue gas analyser

    Anyone recommend a flue gas analyser. My old Kane needs a replacement and they all seem to have gone up in price. Someone suggested bluelyzer but I've never heard of them.
  8. L

    Tricky Flue Relocation

    Very recently had a garage side extension on our house and now the boiler flue is too close to the wall. the boiler was fitted about 5 years ago and wasn’t touched when we did the extension. I need to get a plumber to change it but would like to have a plan before they come, can anyone give me...
  9. R

    23 year old Vaillant Thermocompact needs replacing - flue problems?

    We built our detached house 23 yrs ago, having a Vaillant Thermocompact boiler with a Megaflo tank, and it's been excellent. The boiler sits in a room under the stairs, with the flue discharging out of the side wall (no windows or doors) at a height of around 2.5m from the ground. The...
  10. M

    Selling brand new Worcester flue kit

    As new, unopened (ordered in error) Worcester - 80/125mm condensfit telescopic flue kit £110 o.n.o, can post out nationwide no extra cost
  11. C

    Valor Turbochim Side Flue 517SF Wont Start Fan

    Hi All I have a Turbochim side flue fire, installed Dec 2000 and has worked well for 20 years. It would not turn On the other day. Normally you press and hold On button and the fan starts. Now when you press the ON button you here a click and the fan fails to start. The fan has been tested (...
  12. B

    Why would a service engineer drill a hole in flue to check emissions?

    This is the background. I noticed a smell of oil in a small enuite that adjoins my boiler house and went out to boiler house and oil tank to have a look. I could not find any odours of oil anywhere so assumed it had come in window, ie you can get a smell of oil from tank, near the outlet pipe...
  13. W

    Rayburn 460K Flue temperatures?

    Greetings! Having just rebuilt a Rayburn 460k with (ecoflam burners) due to the dreaded warped oven protection plate, I am trying to work out if the test point temperature readings for the Rayburn are, ‘what you’d expect’ Flue ways on cooker side & boiler side, including boiler baffles all now...
  14. M

    Ideal mexico flue leaking

    Have had a customer call me this afternoon saying the builder knocked the flue pipe last week and now there is water continuously from the flue. Its a floor standing ideal mexico with an open flue. He says it happens even when not raining. I only completed my ACS in April so am fairly new with...
  15. D

    Replacing British Gas 330+ System Boiler but keep flue

    Hi In new flat, looking to replace BG 330+ system boiler with a combi, but retain existing flue as there are a few bends and quite long - it's still in good condition #(8 yrs old). I'm told the boiler was made by Glowworm, and that their new Energy 7 would do the trick. I'm thinking of buying...
  16. D

    Flue on a secondhand boiler

    We are hoping to purchase a secondhand floor standing oil boiler. The flue originally comes out on the right of the boiler. Our old boilers flue comes out of the top of the boiler. Could the new secondhand boiler work if the flue was changed to the top of the boiler? The proposed boiler we are...
  17. K

    Gap around the hole flue exit

    Hello there Quick question: I have installed a new boiler today. The engineer is foing ro back tomorrow. The boiler is in the conservatory mounted on the wall. The flue pipes exit from top of the boiler through a round hole to outside the house. There is a big gap around the hole and...
  18. hatchwork

    60mm flue inner in Glasgow!

    Hi All, This is a bit of a random one, but I'm a product designer working on a lighting project and I'm on the hunt for unused/waste/offcuts of the 60mm plastic flue inner that you get with some boilers. If anyone in the Glasgow area has any of the white for translucent stuff, I would...
  19. R

    New flue letting water in through middle.

    Just had a massive downpour and seems the inner tube of the vertical flue lets water in . The boiler is not connected as the plumber is doing that next week but I have put the flue through the roof hence noticing it . It's a condensing flue for oil system. It is new and water is only coming...
  20. IanHoll

    Vertical Flue Install

    I've just had a Worcestershire Bosch installed by a gas engineer and heard him talking about having forgotten elbows, was it 90 elbows that he forgot and should have installed? The hole made in my ceiling is horrendous due to the 45 degree entry, but the plate he installed cover the mess. Can...

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