HOLE DRILLED TOO BIG FOR FLUE PIPE OF A GAS COMBI BOILER

[Lolaruby]

I recently have had a gas boiler fitted in my kitchen and the flue pipe goes through the kitchen wall to the outside. However, the hole drilled seems to be way to big and I am left with a good 2 to 3 inches of open space around the pipe and can see outside from inside my house! Who is responsible for making this good and how should it be done?

 

[Best]

Post some photos on here.
I am not gas qualified, so some of the gas engineers on here will answer that for you.
Switch your boiler off at electric supply and get your gas installer back immediately!

 

[Harvest Fields]

The installer should seal that on the install. With sand and cement outside and plaster inside. Ask him to come back and do this.

 

[king of pipes]

Its the installers responsibility to make good inside and out as above get them back.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

The installer is responsible and it should be filled in with cement / render and made good

 

[townfanjon]

2 to 3 inches jesus , bloke wants shooting is he Gas Safe

 

[Meady]

So your telling me he drilled an 8 inch hole

 

[moonlight]

Get him back immediately. The flue should be sealed. Products of combustion (carbon monoxide) can enter your home.

If he has not yet finished and the boiler is isolated from the gas at this point. He should at least put some packing around to stop the drafts.

If this is so called finished I would contact Gas Safe. This is unacceptable work. Please do not use the boiler until the hole is sealed.

This is dangerous to your health.

 

[Chuck]

I recently have had a gas boiler fitted in my kitchen and the flue pipe goes through the kitchen wall to the outside. However, the hole drilled seems to be way to big and I am left with a good 2 to 3 inches of open space around the pipe and can see outside from inside my house! Who is responsible for making this good and how should it be done?

"2 or 3 inches" oversized all round round is big enough to have weakened the wall and needs dealing with properly. (Did someone cut a ten-inch hole instead of a 10 cm one?) The correct remedy would depend on the construction of the wall. I certainly wouldn't let the original plumber bodge it up with sand and cement.

If it were my property, I'd start by seeing whether my home insurance could help or give advice. Next step would be a quote from a competent builder and plumber (whoever did that is not competent IMO) working together to remove the existing flu, make good the wall, probably by replacing a block and and few bricks and then install the flu properly.

Gas Safe may be able to help (they have a complaints scheme) but I'd still want any work done by the original installer to be supervised by someone appropriately qualified such as a building surveyor or structural engineer.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Any chance of a few pics op ?