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An engineer was called out to a property for a CO alarm activation and a reported smell of gas. He could see that the chimney/flue had been fitted upside down, had not been sealed to the wall either inside or outside and a cable had been fed through the hole for Christmas tree lights. The issues were all rectified.

An engineer from Dickinson Gas discovered that this gas fire had been decorated by the customer with LED Christmas lights inside. The fire was made safe.

Tyler Porter says the condensate pipe from a boiler had cracked and had been leaking condensate on to the gas pipe below, eventually causing the elbow to corrode through completely. The customer hadn’t smelled the gas escape until it was picked up on the annual service.

Keith Donaldson noticed this poorly installed chimney/ flue terminal when he was working in a neighbouring property. It had not been cut to the correct length –and is fitted upside down.

Richard Syrett found the boiler terminated into a brick chimney/ flue and out of the top of the stack. A new boiler has now been fitted using a different chimney/flue route.

James Griffiths was asked to service an ILFE gas fire that had been fitted in 2018. The flue flow test failed because the chimney/flue had been bricked over. The appliance was disconnected and made safe.