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Keith Judge says this chimney/flue was on a 16-year-old boiler that had supposedly passed all its safety checks, including flue gas analysis, for the past three years.

Chris Belton was attending a routine repair when he found this chimney/flue installation in the loft space. His photo shows the importance of inspecting chimney/flue routes to make sure they are installed and supported correctly.

Nick Farrant was happy to see that this commercial pipe was sleeved but not so happy about the sleeve not being sealed to the pipe at one end or to the fabric of the building.

Nicholas Roberts’s initial tightness test identified a gas escape, which he traced to the unprotected gas pipe in the catchment space behind a gas fire. It had been covered and corroded through by soot. It has been rectified.

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This chimney/flue installation, sent in by Paul Goodchild, certainly did not meet the manufacturer’s minimum clearances – even before the external insulation was added.

Another hob connected to the gas supply with a flexible water connector, found by Jamie Egan while he was fitting a gas smart meter. The installation was made safe until remedial work could be carried out.