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Help any gas safe fitters? Advice on condemned fire in new house
jenniferfluff29
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Hi All
Looking for some advice. I bought a new house approx 40 years old. Had the gas safe fitter around to service the gas fire. He condemned it. He said it was unsafe as the orginal coal chimney breast still had the damper unfixed in it, there is a large hole on the back wall at the bottom which I think had something to do with the coal fire, some of the small bricks in the chimney also need pointed.
It is a funny fire. It is a removable fire with metal frame which contains sand and the coals sit on top of the sand. I think the gas comes through the pipe, is lit with an ignitor and the flames are dispersed by the sand which makes it look like a real fire through the coals.
It looks just like a coal fire in all ways.
Any advice would be greatly received.
Thanks
Fluff
Looking for some advice. I bought a new house approx 40 years old. Had the gas safe fitter around to service the gas fire. He condemned it. He said it was unsafe as the orginal coal chimney breast still had the damper unfixed in it, there is a large hole on the back wall at the bottom which I think had something to do with the coal fire, some of the small bricks in the chimney also need pointed.
It is a funny fire. It is a removable fire with metal frame which contains sand and the coals sit on top of the sand. I think the gas comes through the pipe, is lit with an ignitor and the flames are dispersed by the sand which makes it look like a real fire through the coals.
It looks just like a coal fire in all ways.
Any advice would be greatly received.
Thanks
Fluff
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I am not altogether surprised. The gas trade is going over 100% towards room-sealed appliances. These open gas fires are really rather nice, I know as I had one, but it's going to be difficult to get a gas fitter to approve it. They are basically looking for ways to disapprove it.
Did he say what could be done to render it ok, eg have the damper removed, etc? Even if you do that, be prepared to have the engineer raise a different issue next year.
There is of course a significant risk of CO poisoning with these, so if you decide to chance it, do get a CO monitor and change it regularly.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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