Access 12m height for flue

[Scott_D]

I need to get to a horizontal flue while
Replacing a boiler.
It’s on the 3rd floor and about 12m high
Higher than my triple extension and seems to be higher than most for sale.

Any ideas other than a scaffold?

 

[rpm]

Absail down from above?

 

[SimonG]

Cherry picker? You wouldn't get me up there 🤣🤣

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Hiab if you have one locally or tower or do the rope trick

Thread the rope through the flue tie a bottle to the end of a rope long enough and pull it from inside eg through the flue hole

 

[Scott_D]

It’s a back garden with no access so any kit will have to go through the house.
I May be able to do it from inside, just need a back up plan.

 

[SimonG]

Air ambulance?............

 

[oz-plumber]

What ever the situation, 12m up is way beyond the realms of expectations!!!

Scaffold is the only solution, and being 12m, a fairly substantial scaffold.

No return from a 12m fall!!!!

 

[Last Plumber]

Might be speaking out of turn but does your insurance cover you working at that height?
A lot are 10 Mtrs. Max.

Can the flue (presume this is a standard terminal on a horizontal flue you want to get at) not be installed from inside?

Failing all the above suggestions I would ask a high access company to provide someone for the day and get them to do an @rpm. Absail into position and you'll be there nice and safe inside pointing and explaining.

Some of these firms are brilliant in this regard and all you really need is another pair of hands and a bit of skill with a trowel?

 

[Scott_D]

Might be speaking out of turn but does your insurance cover you working at that height?
A lot are 10 Mtrs. Max.

Can the flue (presume this is a standard terminal on a horizontal flue you want to get at) not be installed from inside?

Failing all the above suggestions I would ask a high access company to provide someone for the day and get them to do an @rpm. Absail into position and you'll be there nice and safe inside pointing and explaining.

Some of these firms are brilliant in this regard and all you really need is another pair of hands and a bit of skill with a trowel?

Good point
I will have to check

 

[rpm]

I would love the chance to try a jet pack! Do they do a hands free version?

 

[Last Plumber]

I would love the chance to try a jet pack! Do they do a hands free version?

They will do one day and I'm ready for it!

 

[oz-plumber]

Might be speaking out of turn but does your insurance cover you working at that height?
A lot are 10 Mtrs. Max.

Only insurance worth checking on on this one is 'Life Insurance'.

Mind you, if your Insurance allows you to work 10 metres above ground level from a ladder and you do have a mishap,
you might become posthumously famous and have a new regulation named after you.

 

[king of pipes]

Scaffold needed Scott one slip at 12 m bud and you will be hospitalised I speak from experience in my 20's it happened to me a year off work and a busted leg and liver damage from the fall a month in hospital not worth the risk bud , regards kop

 

[rpm]

I`d rather go down from above than up a ladder however getting me up above and out is a different matter!

 

[Scott_D]

I`d rather go down from above than up a ladder however getting me up above and out is a different matter!

It would need an even longer ladder to go up and over

 

[mfgs]

Either fit the flue from the inside, can be easily done and some manufacturers allow the rubber seal instead of cementing. Then cement up the inside. Or get a scaffold, customer pays or don’t do the job. Don’t risk your safety to save a random customer a few hundred quid.

 

[Stanios]

Sore topic, many flues around here at height arent event cut to size never mind sealed externally. Almost all customers chase lowest quote and doing the flue properly at height can double the cost of the install! The simplest method below can still be quite tricky if you already have standard flue hole and trying to core a bigger one over it.

150mm core hole, flue cut to size, fit the collar and push through
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld1PWjxQ7aM&feature=emb_title

Technical Bulletin 152 from Gas Safe with above method - third diagram on attached image

 

[Scott_D]

Was about 9meters
Did it from inside but had to go up the ladder to cement the flue hole.