working at height

[Viper Gas]

Hello guys....I'm installing a boiler on the second floor (ground....first.... second) any suggestions on how to reach the flue outside to complete cement and cowl.? Cheers D368

 

[Dotty]

Costly - scaffolding.

Even more costly and you need a MEWP license - Z boom

Cheaper but very hairy - long ladders.......

 

[AWheating]

triple extentsion ladder or scafold tower (best option). or you could fit a worcester and not patch the flue externally but id only advise that if theres no cavity imo.

 

[fuzzy]

zip scaffold

 

[Roger Welton]

DOne it from ladders not fun but doable, depends on how comfertable you are with working aloft.

 

[tipintim]

Get a roofer to pop along and cement it in for you. Well worth the charge from him (£80 - £100)?, than forking out for scaffold.
Probably take him longer to travel to the job than actually doing it.
What area are you?

 

[woodytheplumber]

my biggest set of ladders i think tripple 14's is good for 10m. round near me you can hire them for £20 ish for the day or pay a roofer as said befor

 

[PETE 123]

How about this trick. I pass string out hole and put through flue at ground level and collar then pull up from inside until flue outside hole then put hand through and pull flue in. Let go of string (that also had weight on) in falls to floor outside. Pull up to boiler and clamp to boiler fill in from inside. No risk to installer from falls.

 

[Viper Gas]

Get a roofer to pop along and cement it in for you. Well worth the charge from him (£80 - £100)?, than forking out for scaffold.
Probably take him longer to travel to the job than actually doing it.
What area are you?

n11 1bd...north london

 

[Viper Gas]

smarty pants...i like it

How about this trick. I pass string out hole and put through flue at ground level and collar then pull up from inside until flue outside hole then put hand through and pull flue in. Let go of string (that also had weight on) in falls to floor outside. Pull up to boiler and clamp to boiler fill in from inside. No risk to installer from falls.

 

[grahamgas]

Most modern boiler flue can be fitted from the inside.
Drill a 127 mm hole, fit rubber cowl, push through hole and pull back and fix. Seal from the inside.
Personally I would be doing it of ladders, but then I dint mind working aloft

 

[hammers4spanner]

Most modern boiler flue can be fitted from the inside.
Drill a 127 mm hole, fit rubber cowl, push through hole and pull back and fix. Seal from the inside.
Personally I would be doing it of ladders, but then I dint mind working aloft

tried this and seen this tried on many occasions and on just about all attempts it fails ,

imho get some mug who is jobless to run up the over extended treble to cement flue for twenty quid