The good, the bad and the ugly

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We want your pictures

Registered Gas Engineer wants to see your pictures – whether you’ve come across some horrors or instances of really good work. And there’s a prize for the best one: so go on, get writing and email your stories and pictures to editorial@registeredgasengineer.co.uk or via Twitter @RGEMag

This water heater chimney was using the old heater’s balanced flue as a route for the new chimney, and was not sealed correctly.

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made safe.

Tony Archer saw an old balanced-flue chimney terminal modified to fit tight up to the plastic guttering.

Keith Broughton’s customer said she could hear funny noises coming from her boiler. Keith soon saw why.

Ryan Done took these photos showing a boiler installation where someone had tried to fit the boiler to the existing chimney using expanding foam. They had also tried to modify the new chimney exhaust duct to fit the existing chimney. Ryan made safe and refitted correctly.

When Colin Murray was asked to fit a cooker, he found the gas supplied ‘capped’ and in contact with an electrical socket. Colin made safe by renewing the pipework below the socket.

This month’s winner

Gareth Grogan sent us this picture of a hob installation. We’ll never know why the flexible connector joints had been covered with tape.

Silviu Harjan saw that this boiler casing had been compromised by someone drilling holes so that electrical cable could pass through to feed some lighting. The boiler has now been replaced.

Ian Foster’s photo shows what can happen to copper pipework if it’s used for condensate discharge. Ian changed the pipework. When Paul Hughes was called to inspect a fire installation, he found the catchment area behind the fire blocked with debris from a very busy bird. He removed the obstruction.

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Steven Weightman was carrying out a landlord’s gas safety check and discovered an incorrect chimney fitting for that particular boiler – it had been made to fit with a collar and a mountain of sealant. Steven made safe.

When Howard Sorsby saw this water heater balanced flue terminating inside the property, he made safe and disconnected the water heater. Terry Moss’s photo highlights the importance of checking the chimney route throughout its length. The gas fire had been serviced recently, apparently.

Photo prize Win

There’s a prize for the best photos sent in (in our opinion). Please remember to take pictures at high resolution and email them to editorial@registeredgasengineer.co.uk

This month, Anton is giving away its AGM 55 gas leak detector, which is suitable to detect any combustible gases. The AGM 55 is robust and simple to use, with adjustable tick rate and sensitivity to pinpoint leaks from as little as 10ppm methane.

It has audible and visual alarm indicators, a bright LED searchlight for poorly lit conditions, and a robust, flexible gooseneck for those hard-to-reach areas.

It also comes with a robust sensor head enclosure (no loose components), a side gooseneck clip for safe storage, and a standard rubber boot.

This month’s winner is Colin Murray from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. Congratulations!