An interesting condensing flue - would appreciate comments of any kind

[jwintermedia]

 

[ShaunCorbs]

😀

No No No and more No

Totally wrong

 

[king of pipes]

Bad ,bad ,bad who the hell did that

 

[jwintermedia]

A fitter who should who should know better!

This is the second attempt. The first looked very tidy but the pipe was half way under the walkway and dripped on us as we walked in and out of the building. We made comment to the managing agent who asked the guy to come back out and this is what we have.

The owner of the property has yet to see this delightful 'structure'

I have laughed soooooo much over this I thought I'd post it to give you all a laugh on a dreary snowy day!

 

[Allgoode]

OMG.....................
I'm flabbergasted by this. Was the fitter qualified? or blind/plain stupid.
Management agent needs to throw him off the balcony...................

 

[jwintermedia]

Unfortunately this is the ground floor flat (ha!ha!)

25 years exp. Gas registered (checked and he's there!).

 

[Harvest Fields]

Did he drill the flue hole as well?

 

[Alpha man]

Wow

 

[jwintermedia]

He did use the existing hole from the previous flue which also had that slight over hang.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Not the best really.😛

 

[Allgoode]

It's ok...
I found out who it was & it is.....................Stevie Wonder..........

 

[Scott_D]

One for the gas safe magazine

 

[gmartine]

That's the trouble with those flue extension kits...you only get three elbows.

 

[king of pipes]

Thats no excuse bud the boiler should not even be in that position it still needs to be fitted to manufacturers instructions and the regs and its definitely not, plumekits are not intended to be used in this situation its just bad workmanship and understanding it is so easy to have done a better job without a plume kit very poor. Kop

 

[jwintermedia]

#King of pipes

When you say the boiler should not be in that position are you talking about the boiler or the boiler flue?

In terms of the boiler itself we live in a grade 2 listed building and the rules and regulations of the building end at the exterior wall and not the balconies and walkways.

I live on the top floor and was fortunate enough to be able to obtain permission to put my boiler into the loft and take my flue The roof.

The apartments directly under me have no option but to have the boiler in the location to which they are currently or go electric. But they don't have they space for a hot water tank

 

[king of pipes]

Dosent make any difference it has to be fitted to the regs , the manufacturer should have been consulted if there was a issue before anything was fitted see attached fitting a plume kit dose not mean you can deviate from these rules fact . My advice report him to gas safe this installer need a kick up the ---- and retraining . Kop

 

[jwintermedia]

This is the other flues for the same apartments in our buildings- are they to code?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Flues in voids comes to mind.

 

[king of pipes]

Better but no each flue joint needs to be accessible so it can be examined for leakage there are specialized boxings made for this purpose. Kop

 

[jwintermedia]

'Flues in voids'
Can you expand please....I'm a housewife!!

 

[Harvest Fields]

Better but no each flue joint needs to be accessible so it can be examined for leakage there are specialized boxings made for this purpose. Kop

As above

 

[jwintermedia]

the bottoms of all the boxing in unscrews to access .....

 

[Harvest Fields]

Should still have 250mm x 250mm inspection hatches

 

[jwintermedia]

OMG! This just gets more and more ridiculous-

I am beginning to question the competence of every heating engineer in our home town!!!!

 

[snowhead]

When you say the boiler should not be in that position are you talking about the boiler or the boiler flue?

The hole for the flue undermines the structural support for the lintel over the window.
It doesn't matter that the concrete walkway may join into the wall and form a bridge over the window either.
The hole that was already there for the previous flue was also wrong.