On 23/02/2018 11:14, John Rumm wrote:
On 23/02/2018 09:30, Brian Reay wrote:

While out at a social event last night, a friend related part of his
days events to me.

He lives in an old farm house and had, until yesterday, gas fires in
several bedrooms fitted to the fireplaces. I assume they've been in
place some years, I'm sure the house has been in the family for a very
long time.

Apparently, during a routine check, he was advised the fires were unsafe
as gas fires were not permitted upstairs in bedrooms.Â* He had them
disconnected and removed.

I've never heard of this regulation.

Probably because it does not exist...


BS 5871-1:2005 would be the place to look, and that does not have much
to say on bedrooms beyond how to calculate the typical heating load.

You can't have an open flued boiler in a bedroom, and there are
advisories about fittings things like fan assisted heater in bedrooms
due to the noise implications.

That makes sense.

However a properly fitted and flued fire should be fine.

Which is what I would expect.

If nothing else, what happens in 'bedsits' and 'studio flats' etc.


No flu tests were done etc- so the matter wasn't related to CO etc, at
least in terms of the fires having malfunctioned/flus being blocked.

Anyone familiar with this situation?

Its possible it was a very old fire installation without a proper sealed
closure plate...



True, although as I understand it, the fires weren't inspected beyond
being seen. I suppose they may have been a particular type which are
deemed to be not compliant with current rules.

Thank you, and others you responded.

As Robin commented, it is possible 'something got mangled in
transmission'.

A little academic now, the fires were removed and, I believe, the plan
is to rely on electric ones (they have central heating as well, I assume
the fires were used for 'top up' heating).