On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:00:15 +0000, Endulini wrote:

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?

Thanks

It's really hard to say. If the type, model and specification for the
fire are known it might be possible to guess.

Essentially the fire will have to be the only gas appliance in the room
and under 7kW input. Some are flueless and others are on the front of a
back boiler either of which will make the vent important.


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