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Zarjaz
Quick question: I had a bloke out a few days ago to do a gas safety inspection, prior to me moving house. After leaving him to it, he came in to say the vertical flue had failed, because the top cap was missing. He said it had likely corroded, and gotten blown away, and that I would need a whole new terminal assessmbly. Fair enough, I thought, these things happen and the boiler is 10 years old. I asked if he could simply fit a new cap piece, but he said these were not available, and as it was galvanised, nothing else could be fashioned from an ABS cap, etc., to fit.
So here's the thing, I went up the ladders to have a look (boiler is in garage - flat roof). It's an Alpha boiler. The flue terminal top is ABS. How can ABS plastic corrode....?! It looks to me like the top disc has been twisted off, as the four little supports are twisted and snapped. There's no way this is corrosion. And I don't think a bird pecked it off!.
Anyway, lesson learned: but will I need to buy the whole terminal kit and get it fitted? The product code is 6.200075. It's around £95. As it is fitted onto a flue extension, I imagine it will just drop in, and so won't take too much labour time?
Sad that cowboys are still around.
So here's the thing, I went up the ladders to have a look (boiler is in garage - flat roof). It's an Alpha boiler. The flue terminal top is ABS. How can ABS plastic corrode....?! It looks to me like the top disc has been twisted off, as the four little supports are twisted and snapped. There's no way this is corrosion. And I don't think a bird pecked it off!.
Anyway, lesson learned: but will I need to buy the whole terminal kit and get it fitted? The product code is 6.200075. It's around £95. As it is fitted onto a flue extension, I imagine it will just drop in, and so won't take too much labour time?
Sad that cowboys are still around.