Hey there I'm looking for some advice on a potential issue I'm having with an old back boiler.
So just moved into my parents' old house with my partner, it's a terrace with back to back chimneys in the kitchen and the sitting room. The fireplace in the kitchen is the old back boiler that hasn't been in use for some years now. I have no intention of lighting a fire in the kitchen fireplace, because years ago when getting the chimney cleaned the soot from it was a bit damp and my parents thought the back boiler might be leaking, they never did any further investigation and just stopped using it. I often wondered if it was just a damp spot on the chimney itself.
I'd like to know if you guys think it's safe to light the fire in the sitting room which is behind it but is a separate chimney? I'm a bit worried that the heat from the back of the sitting room fire could cause the kitchen back boiler to explode?? If it was leaking. To my knowledge it's still full of water. Am I worrying about nothing? Any advice is really really appreciated. Thank you in advance
Also I have been thinking about using some firebricks to insulate the sitting room chimney if tsht would help stop and heat coming through to the kitchen fireplace?
So just moved into my parents' old house with my partner, it's a terrace with back to back chimneys in the kitchen and the sitting room. The fireplace in the kitchen is the old back boiler that hasn't been in use for some years now. I have no intention of lighting a fire in the kitchen fireplace, because years ago when getting the chimney cleaned the soot from it was a bit damp and my parents thought the back boiler might be leaking, they never did any further investigation and just stopped using it. I often wondered if it was just a damp spot on the chimney itself.
I'd like to know if you guys think it's safe to light the fire in the sitting room which is behind it but is a separate chimney? I'm a bit worried that the heat from the back of the sitting room fire could cause the kitchen back boiler to explode?? If it was leaking. To my knowledge it's still full of water. Am I worrying about nothing? Any advice is really really appreciated. Thank you in advance
Also I have been thinking about using some firebricks to insulate the sitting room chimney if tsht would help stop and heat coming through to the kitchen fireplace?