Student halls - gas coming in through window from boiler flue below!

superman909

jalexa wrote: »

Thank you.

Is it the sticky out flue which you think is troubling you or the closer one?

Yep it's the sticky out one that's causing the problem with the plume. I'm sure the flue gases from the other don't even enter my room as it would just rise up, and half time our boiler doesn't even work:mad: It just shows how poorly managed this place is.

Mr_Ted

Canucklehead wrote: »

Hi.

Blah blah blah blah, blahhhh blah blah, blllllaaaaaahhhhhh blah blah.

Only one person thought it would be nice to see a photo.

Post one up would you? I can't stand any more blahhh blah blah.

Some people just loooooove the sound of their own keyboard.;)


GSR.

:T 5730 times in some cases :money:

unclebulgaria

Canucklehead wrote: »

Hi.

The flue below your window might be a Worcester, The others look different.

That is not a Worcester Flue in a million years, no might about it!

Stick to sarcasm!

Knowledge is power!

superman909

unclebulgaria wrote: »

That is not a Worcester Flue in a million years, no might about it!

Stick to sarcasm!

Knowledge is power!

So after looking at the pic, do you notice anything that might be helpful? What are GasSafe likely to do?

unclebulgaria

superman909 wrote: »

So after looking at the pic, do you notice anything that might be helpful? What are GasSafe likely to do?

Yes I think, and this is my opinion, that all of those flues were badly located in respect of the direction the flues are pointing in. How GSR will deal with it is up to the inspector who comes out but if it were me I'd be forcing plume kits, taking the plume to the outer corners or at least in that direction. I don't think the vents would be an issue as they look far enough away from possible plume kit positions. This is only an idea but, give your local building control a ring and ask their advice, I recently fitted a plume kit to a boiler after the council forced the issue with an offending owners boiler flue causing nuisance to a neighbour's window and it wasn't as bad as yours looks like it could be! I can see how that would be very annoying. The distances maybe fine but its really not ideal.
Look up "nuisance flues" and read the pages listed by the government.

C_Mababejive

I think all of these flues should have plume management kits added. They are not ideally placed.

bengasman

Mr_Ted wrote: »

I would wait until all checks have been made, and that should include a flue gas analysis by an analyser that can read NOX & SOX as should be checked on a condensing boiler

What utter nonsense, you clearly are not competent on CPA1.
The only fga tests required at inspection/repair/service/commissioning are CO and CO2. Despite your claims, you clearly don't have a clue what you are on about.

bengasman

superman909 wrote: »

My room is the 3rd window up at the right - above the boiler flue which is sticking out with no guard fitted. Posted from my phone.



Edit: flue in question is 2nd one up , with no guard covering it.

Would need a high res photo in the same size as this one that is close up from a tad right of the flue to half the window to be entirely sure, but I'd give you 80% chance that boiler is not installed to spec.

jap200

unclebulgaria wrote: »

That is not a Worcester Flue in a million years, no might about it!

Stick to sarcasm!

Knowledge is power!

In that case, why does it look exactly the same as the flue we had fitted a few months ago with our new Worcester Bosch boiler?

Mr_Ted

bengasman wrote: »

What utter nonsense, you clearly are not competent on CPA1.
The only fga tests required at inspection/repair/service/commissioning are CO and CO2. Despite your claims, you clearly don't have a clue what you are on about.

:rotfl: Do I smell bad eggs again :rotfl:

There are other uses for flue gas analysis, such as locating smells and the cause

When in doubt check it out :cool: after all it could just be an unburnt pilot light emission that will never reach an explosive ratio ???