Sorry - I should have posted this in the Central Heating section.
Hello All,
I don`t know how many Members would be affected by this and at present it is only a Boiler Manufacturers interpretation of possible amendments to the Building Regulations Fire protection relating to Boilers in Flats in High Rise Blocks:
I have just read an Email that I received from H&V News online magazine which contained a link to an article in which a Boiler Manufacturer has interpreted reviews / probable amendments to the Building Regulations on Fire Protection for High Rise Blocks of Flats after the Grenfell Fire disaster to mean that Boilers in these flats that have flues that are made from polypropylene plastic would be a possible point of Fire ingress in the event of a Fire getting to the area where the Flue exits the flats.
HERE IS A QUOTE FROM THAT ARTICLE:
In a nutshell, this Amendment effectively renders all boiler installations in high-rise buildings non-compliant as most gas boiler flues are made of polypropylene plastic (PPE), which is classed as a combustible material.”
HERE IS A LINK TO THE ARTICLE:
Fire safety amendments render 'most high-rise housing flues non-compliant' says manufacturer (I've edited your link and removed the [automatically-inserted] tracking information that was in it - Be sure to link directly in future, check links you're copying and find the actual root source, Dan).
The article states that approximately 20,000 Boilers a year are installed in High Rise Blocks.
Obviously most if not all of the Condensing Boilers installed since April 2004 will have polypropylene plastic flues.
The Boiler Manufacturer stated in the article that `they are the only Manufacturer of Condensing Boilers that make Flues from galvanised powder coated steel and high grade aluminium` which would be compliant with these possible Fire Regulation amendments so that is obviously why they are highlighting the possible problem with the polypropylene plastic flues.
I will be interested in the outcome of these Building Regulations Fire Protection amendments although it will not affect me because I don`t get requests to install Boilers in Flats in High Rise Blocks.
Chris
Hello All,
I don`t know how many Members would be affected by this and at present it is only a Boiler Manufacturers interpretation of possible amendments to the Building Regulations Fire protection relating to Boilers in Flats in High Rise Blocks:
I have just read an Email that I received from H&V News online magazine which contained a link to an article in which a Boiler Manufacturer has interpreted reviews / probable amendments to the Building Regulations on Fire Protection for High Rise Blocks of Flats after the Grenfell Fire disaster to mean that Boilers in these flats that have flues that are made from polypropylene plastic would be a possible point of Fire ingress in the event of a Fire getting to the area where the Flue exits the flats.
HERE IS A QUOTE FROM THAT ARTICLE:
In a nutshell, this Amendment effectively renders all boiler installations in high-rise buildings non-compliant as most gas boiler flues are made of polypropylene plastic (PPE), which is classed as a combustible material.”
HERE IS A LINK TO THE ARTICLE:
Fire safety amendments render 'most high-rise housing flues non-compliant' says manufacturer (I've edited your link and removed the [automatically-inserted] tracking information that was in it - Be sure to link directly in future, check links you're copying and find the actual root source, Dan).
The article states that approximately 20,000 Boilers a year are installed in High Rise Blocks.
Obviously most if not all of the Condensing Boilers installed since April 2004 will have polypropylene plastic flues.
The Boiler Manufacturer stated in the article that `they are the only Manufacturer of Condensing Boilers that make Flues from galvanised powder coated steel and high grade aluminium` which would be compliant with these possible Fire Regulation amendments so that is obviously why they are highlighting the possible problem with the polypropylene plastic flues.
I will be interested in the outcome of these Building Regulations Fire Protection amendments although it will not affect me because I don`t get requests to install Boilers in Flats in High Rise Blocks.
Chris
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