Building Requirements for Flueless Gas Fire

southcoastrgi

I disagree they are a b1oody death trap waiting to happen & if you think of the big hole you have to have in the wall letting cold air in then they are a waste of time

happybiker

southcoastrgi wrote: »

I disagree they are a b1oody death trap waiting to happen & if you think of the big hole you have to have in the wall letting cold air in then they are a waste of time

As a qualified ACS assessor who has taught the module and assessed the competency of RGI's to fit such appliances, might I make a point. The law allows them but personally, I wouldn't touch one with a bargepole . These appliances, in my opinion, are definately a case of avoid like the plague.

Robbie_Ward

I too am a Gas Safe registered engineer,and my advice is do NOT touch these things with a bargepole.I too agree with South Coast Corgi that these things are a death trap waiting to happen.I think these things should be banned altogether,and if people want back up heat,get an electric fire.

southcoastrgi

Robbie_Ward wrote: »

I too am a Gas Safe registered engineer,and my advice is do NOT touch these things with a bargepole.I too agree with South Coast Corgi that these things are a death trap waiting to happen.I think these things should be banned altogether,and if people want back up heat,get an electric fire.

Thanx for that & woof

Woof = you may want to check my user name.

rustyboy21

I appreciate this is an old thread, but just giving the heads up.

It looks like Focal point may be backing out of the market for Flueless fires. They have sent out to a large no of fire retailers a list of stock and prices for flueless fires. The prices are ridiculously cheap.

Just warning the RGI's on here that they may get an upsurge in requests on fitting them. They will end up being sold on the internet and to naïve consumers, who think they are getting a bargain and that the fire is so good.

Believe me they are a death trap waiting to happen, and not 100% efficient, for a number of reasons.

diddled_2

We have had a Burley Ambience flueless gas fire installed since April 2013. It has never worked properly, the pilot goes out and often we cannot relight it for 4/5 hours . We have had numerous visits from a helpful local gas engineer, the pilot has been replaced and pressure checked and readjusted. Still it fails to perform as it should. This is an expensive item and we are now in the position of having to take action via Trading Standards. Burley know of the problems we have had with this fire, yet we have to take action against the seller to try and get a replacement "innards" for the fire.
Do not buy this appliance!
I must add that the appliance is completely safe- after all it hardly ever works!

ed110220

trogg wrote: »

Most require ventilation of 100cm2, with a minimum room size of 16-20m3.

So although they claim to be 100% efficient, it can be very draghty.

I'd avoid one just because of this requirement. We have a 100 cm^3 vent for the backboiler in the living room and it really does let a lot of cold air in. In cold weather it makes the room pretty uncomfortable. Having big holes in the walls open all the time doesn't make good sense.