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So if MIs said every 1.2m you would ignore and use regs?Regs say 1.8m and at every turn of direction but I think we’re going a bit over the top about it. 1m would be fine because 1.8m is a maximum.
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So if MIs said every 1.2m you would ignore and use regs?Regs say 1.8m and at every turn of direction but I think we’re going a bit over the top about it. 1m would be fine because 1.8m is a maximum.
So basically what you are saying is that regs say 1.8m but if MIs state every meter or change of directions this can be ignored and 1.8m can be used?
No. You have to follow MIs, but they cannot over rule Regs. They can obviously demand higher specs, and of course you can work to higher standards.
But my point is that MIs are not superior to Regs, which is what folk keep saying.
Realistically, does this scenario happen often? How many times has someone came across a situation where by the regs it was wrong, but right by the manufacturers instructions?
Surely manufacturers are required to produce their appliances so they fully comply with our regs and not just used as a guide?
I would say though that regarding the flue in this thread. The "standard" would be to clip at every change of direction and just before if leaves the roof. But if the manufacturers produced their flue so that when pieced together it was rigid, and they stated only 1 clip at the exit was needed, then this would be acceptable.
I asked this also mate.so lets say
clipping distance
regs every 2m
mi every 1m
you would go off the regs then
I would always put a clip at each join horizontal or vertical, deffo 3 for this one.The flue runs up from the boiler into the attic. There are then two 45 degree elbows before the flue runs out to the rroof.The flue runs parallel from the boiler to the bit going out of the roof with an angled bit in-between. Where by regs should the brackets go and how many will be needed?
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