Flue placement on new boiler installation

[Timothy Ranger]

Wouldn't worry about that to be honest.

Sure you’re not looking for an excuse not to pay out the rest?

Thanks for the reply. The only reason why I'm being rather fussy about the flue installation is because my gas was capped by edf when they came to fit a smart meter. They found the valve on the boiler was sticking open when the pilot light went out.

I had a gas safe worker come to have a look and he replaced the bad part which I sourced. He left me with two gas leaks on two separate occasions with one being on the meter he uncapped and one on the valve he fitted, which he botched by stacking the incorrect sized o-ring with another fibre o-ring to raise it. This meant I had to call the emergency gas people twice and they capped me on the second time.

So the guy who fit my new boiler wouldn't work on the old one because the old steel square flue was under the car port with a hole above it, but was less than 300mm away from either side.

My fear is being capped again on a technicality and having to deal with more workmen. My mother and I were without gas for about 5 weeks and it was a real pain.

 

[Harvest Fields]

You will not get turned off for that in my opinion.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I have received another email from Vaillant with the following email.

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So basically what I said earlier!

 

[Murdoch]

Buy cheaply, buy twice ....

 

[Harvest Fields]

Buy cheaply, buy twice ..

What does this comment mean? I’m lost.

 

[Murdoch]

What does this comment mean? I’m lost.

The op has stated he has previously bought part(s) and got somebody to fit them ... this suggests cost cutting imho

Then the questions about the install ..

 

[Timothy Ranger]

The op has stated he has previously bought part(s) and got somebody to fit them . this suggests cost cutting imho

Then the questions about the install ..

I got the part because he said he will have trouble getting it.

 

[Gasmk1]

From the look of your flue he has altered all the pipes to facilitate the fitting of the flue there looks like he has gone to a lot of messing about to make sure he could get flue in a safe place, just ask him to alter the pipes again to make the install conform to regs,

 

[richard978]

Yes alter the rain water at the top, it will look a lot better that way as well.

Get the plumber to do it for you, he should have priced it in and it’s his job to fit to manufactures instructions.

You still won’t get the required clearance but it will look a lot neater

 

[Harvest Fields]

Yes alter the rain water at the top, it will look a lot better that way as well.

Get the plumber to do it for you, he should have priced it in and it’s his job to fit to manufactures instructions.

There are some right rough gits out there anything to get a boiler on the wall.

Get the origion plume kit fitted. I’m sure clearances are reduced to 25mm then.