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"Endulini" writes:
Hi All,

I have a vent in my front room that at the moment is letting in a huge
draught. Unsurprisingly I would like to block it up however I suspect it may
have been installed because of the gasfire that is located near it. I
recall many instances where I have seen rooms with gasfires and no vents so
am I going to make a big safety no-no by blocking it up?

You'll need to find the installation instructions for the gas
fire and see what it says before you do anything to the vent,
but the chances are that it was installed because it was required,
either for that or some other gas appliance.

If you don't use the gas fire and the vent is not also providing
fresh air for some other gas appliance like a back boiler, get a
gas a CORGI gas installer to permanently cap off the gas supply
to it (which should be a quick cheap callout), and then you can
legally close off the vent.

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Andrew Gabriel
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