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Paul1971
hi
have just bought a house with an Ideal Mexico 2 upright boiler that flues to the side of the house. when we first looked at the house the side of the house had been fitted with a lean to roofed area - kind of a poor man's conservatory! - however when we asked the sellers to have the boiler serviced before we exchanged the guy who came out insisted that the roof had to come off because of the flue and have been told that the only solution if we want to put the roof back is to change the boiler which as it is a 20 year old house will also mean upgrading all the existing pipework to 20mm and in short is beginning to look extremely expensive. Does anyone know of a legal way around this that doesn't involve changing the boiler or leaving a hole in the roof? Have been told that can't simply extend or re-route the existing flue... Is there any kind of device that can be fitted to the end of the existing flue to deal with the output - some kind of air filter or something? The purchase is complete now, we got a reduction in the price to help toward the cost of new boiler but as mortgage company wouldn't allow an allowance we had to get the purchase price reduced instead which doesn't really make us any better off in real terms other than paying about £2 a month less on the mortgage! Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Thanks
have just bought a house with an Ideal Mexico 2 upright boiler that flues to the side of the house. when we first looked at the house the side of the house had been fitted with a lean to roofed area - kind of a poor man's conservatory! - however when we asked the sellers to have the boiler serviced before we exchanged the guy who came out insisted that the roof had to come off because of the flue and have been told that the only solution if we want to put the roof back is to change the boiler which as it is a 20 year old house will also mean upgrading all the existing pipework to 20mm and in short is beginning to look extremely expensive. Does anyone know of a legal way around this that doesn't involve changing the boiler or leaving a hole in the roof? Have been told that can't simply extend or re-route the existing flue... Is there any kind of device that can be fitted to the end of the existing flue to deal with the output - some kind of air filter or something? The purchase is complete now, we got a reduction in the price to help toward the cost of new boiler but as mortgage company wouldn't allow an allowance we had to get the purchase price reduced instead which doesn't really make us any better off in real terms other than paying about £2 a month less on the mortgage! Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Thanks