Boiler Flue rules - help!

[Rahul]

Hello,

I am trying to replace a 21 year old G rated boiler in my Edwardian end of terrace house. The combi boiler is in the kitchen on the outer wall. The flue exits into the street on the other side.

The British Gas engineer who came by said that the flue was extending outside my property so it was breaking some new building regulations, therefore he could not replace my boiler with a new one. He said the flue pipe should be within 300mm of my property boundary, but since this wall formed the boundary of my end of terrace house, it is in effect outside my boundary and violating the rules. How is this applicable retrospectively if the house was built this way?

He is asking me to move all the plumbing to the other side of the kitchen so a new boiler can be fitted! This sounds a bit absurd to me. Any advise?

Regards,
Rahul.

 

[Nostrum]

So the government is happy for me to continue to run a G rated boiler inefficiently but would penalize me for fitting a more efficient and safer boiler ( even though it won't look any different from the outside) Great. I don't see the point in even trying to ration with this logic. What a nice incentive to keep people inefficient!

I feel your pain. I wanted to insulate my loft (and save the environment by doing so ) using loose asbestos insulation which I was going to blow in but apparently 'the regulations changed' Now I have to use rolls of loft insulation which is much more inconvenient, might not even bother!

*throws toys out pram because I didn't get the answer I want*. :frown2:

 

[Dotty]

Think the op gets the point now.

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