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New Chimney pot and gas fire
The chimney is what the house was built with. I beleive the holes in
the side of the stack were for coal fires to help the draw. We currently have a gas fire, old fanshioned type four element, fitted to the chimney, I suppose the question is if we brick up these holes on the side of the stack and put a chimney pot in the hole in the slab and some sort of rain cover on the pot will it affect the fire that is currently fitted. The chimney stack goes straight down to the fire and looking down it I can see the back of the gas fire, its about 20ft down. We have a carbon monoxide detector, came with the house, which shows no problems. Steve |
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 02:35:25 -0800, Stephen Jones wrote:
The chimney is what the house was built with. I beleive the holes in the side of the stack were for coal fires to help the draw. We currently have a gas fire, old fanshioned type four element, fitted to the chimney, I suppose the question is if we brick up these holes on the side of the stack and put a chimney pot in the hole in the slab and some sort of rain cover on the pot will it affect the fire that is currently fitted. The chimney stack goes straight down to the fire and looking down it I can see the back of the gas fire, its about 20ft down. We have a carbon monoxide detector, came with the house, which shows no problems. It is possible that despite you having had no problems the current arrangement is not compliant with the required flueing standards (and likely never was). I would modify the the terminal and chimney to comply as outlined in John's posting and have the chimney swept for good measure. -- Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter. The FAQ for uk.diy is at www.diyfaq.org.uk Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html |
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"Ed Sirett" wrote in message news On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 02:35:25 -0800, Stephen Jones wrote: The chimney is what the house was built with. I beleive the holes in the side of the stack were for coal fires to help the draw. We currently have a gas fire, old fanshioned type four element, fitted to the chimney, I suppose the question is if we brick up these holes on the side of the stack and put a chimney pot in the hole in the slab and some sort of rain cover on the pot will it affect the fire that is currently fitted. The chimney stack goes straight down to the fire and looking down it I can see the back of the gas fire, its about 20ft down. We have a carbon monoxide detector, came with the house, which shows no problems. It is possible that despite you having had no problems the current arrangement is not compliant with the required flueing standards (and likely never was). I would modify the the terminal and chimney to comply as outlined in John's posting and have the chimney swept for good measure. And don't just stick a rain cap on as any such restriction can cause serious flue problems. A small number of devices are approved for use with gas flues, make sure anything you intend using is. |
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