"MR" no-email-address wrote in message
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Many thanks for all the posts and suggestions so far. I've been
back in the
loft and taken some more pics that can be found he
http://tinyurl.com/tz1q


Pic 1 = This is the Flue 'hole' in the loft with the metal tubing
that was
used with the flue extension kit.

Pic 2 = Now this is with metal tubing removed with a heavy blob of
what
seems to be cement/putty on the end (this incidentally was loose and
I have
not used ANY force at all to remove the tubing for the photo).

Pic 3 = This shows the flue in relation to the pitched roof.

Pic 4 = This is the fire we have had chosen and had installed.



Now I'm wondering from the posts whether the loose tubing in Pic 2
could be
posing a problem as this is not secured fully (flush/air-tight) to
the hole
in the loft. Should this be in any way loose or am I correct in
thinking it
should be flush/fully sealed to the exit hole?


I have a similar block type flue, and when I was discussing my heating
with a heating engineer, he asked me if the flue was connected to a
flexible pipe, or a dual skin solid pipe, mine is the latter, but he
said that if it had been a flexible pipe, he would have advised me not
to use it until it was replaced with a solid one. I did not ask why,
as it was not relevant in my case, but it seemed important to him.
--
Gavin Gillespie
Giltbrook
Nottingham UK