Baxi Bermuda GF fire

[bert large]

Has anyone ever seen a fire by this name that is a stand alone gas fire ?

I had to do a fire service on the above fire & it was turned off at the restrictor elbow. When I asked why the customer "couldn't remember" why it had been turned off there. No MI's were available.

The fire itself worked fine & pulled well but there was something niggling me as to why it had been turned off. The cable to the lights at the front had a proper connector at the fire end but the cable had been joined further back, also fairly sure closure plate wasn't original although well made.

I think this fire has been kept from an old back boiler unit although any modifications have been well done. Just wondering if anyone has come across a fire of this name & I am reading too much into it.
Left it turned off for now pending further information.

 

[Chalked]

Is it he one with glass front?

 

[bert large]

Yes it is Chalked. It is very like the Baxi Baroque fire in style but definitely not one of those.

 

[Leo21]

If it says Bermuda, it's from a back boiler. Which is a no no without a back boiler behind it.

 

[bert large]

Thanks Leo, that's what I thought. Never seen that model on anything other than a BBU. I realize its not allowed, just wanting confirmation.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Thanks Leo, that's what I thought. Never seen that model on anything other than a BBU. I realize its not allowed, just wanting confirmation.

Handy this site aint it

 

[Linkyplumb]

Seen quite a few like that round here, all have given me pleasure when capping them off.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Wait, so they had fitted it as a stand alone fire ? or took the BBU out and bodged it in? odd

 

[Leo21]

Wait, so they had fitted it as a stand alone fire ? or took the BBU out and bodged it in? odd

Yup, I have to explain the no no,s of this on a weekly basis.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Yup, I have to explain the no no,s of this on a weekly basis.

Wow, I just can't understand it?? why?

 

[Leo21]

Wow, I just can't understand it?? why?

If I knew that I'd have a bigger house.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

simple answer if it has a round flue outlet it is a stand alone GF fire,if its square its designed only to work with a Bermuda,baxi did make a stand alone GF(gas flame) but it must have a round outlet

 

[bert large]

It has a letter box flue outlet Gas Man.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

It has a letter box flue outlet Gas Man.

its ID in that case,letterbox outlet is only designed to work with a BBU

 

[Atouchofgas]

Not true gasman, some baxi fires that looked like the fronts for bbus, had letterbox but were designed as stand alone units with closure plate. The bbu fires, the gas supply was usually on the left and the stand alone one were in the middle at the rear

 

[mountainman]

Every Baxi bbu gas fire that I can recall had a supply to the right hand side which was connected to the bbu gas isolator.
Did one yesterday coincidentally.

 

[Atouchofgas]

Sorry that was a typo meant right

 

[kris]

You right mountain i service loads of these as they were in every council house although alot have been fazed out but the gas supply is on right hand side with the fire and the isolator allows u to work on either,, oh the good old days BBU breakdowns ----- oh a thermocouple

 

[AWheating]

Without the instructions why would you touch it, first thing to be done is contact the manufacturer. Working on an appliance without the knowledge needed is stupid and what causes mistakes.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Not true gasman, some baxi fires that looked like the fronts for bbus, had letterbox but were designed as stand alone units with closure plate. The bbu fires, the gas supply was usually on the left and the stand alone one were in the middle at the rear

find me the mi,s on that please,as every stand alone i have seen has a round flue,i have 4 books on baxi gas fires from 1970-1990 only square ones in there are for bbu,s you have your facts totally wrong regarding the GF series though