"Gaz" wrote in message
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In the loft, the flue looks like it's made out of metal. I'm not sure
if the metal goes down to the fire, or if it's something else.

The hot stack is getting too much heat. The wall above the fire
surround has paint blistering off the plaster. The room upstairs has a
gloss skirting board that's too hot to touch. It seems like a fire
waiting to happen.

I've been having a chat with a few people at work, and it seems like
the air vent at the top of the fire is too big. The vent on my fire is
about A4 in size. Most people's fires seem to have smaller vents. I
think the bigger the vent, the more heat is getting chucked up the
flue, rather than into the room.

Does that make sense?


It all makes sense alright, but the fire was fitted professionally, wasn't it?
It could be that the flue liner, the metal stack you talk about, is far to close
to the surface for the type of gas fire you have, but it was fitted
professionally, right?

I think it's time you showed the installer what is happening, not just talking
to them on the phone. Tell them you want an engineer to come round and take a
look, or have a feel in this case, and work out exactly what the problems are.

If it is getting as hot as you're saying, then the surrounding areas of the flue
are, in my opinion, getting close to combusting. Get them back to have a feel.