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Nightmare - boiler been capped off as "immediately dangerous"

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Hulababy · 31/03/2008 15:05

So still no heating, and no quick fix either.

The boiler man came out today, lovely chap he was. Spent 15 minutes looking at boiler before calling me down.

The flue has been incorrectly fitted, so doesn't fit to the top of the boiler right, meaning you can see daylight from it. This means combustable gasses can leak into the utility room, including carbon dioxide if the boiler went wrong (which it isn't working at present remember). As the original workmen have tried to bend the flue piping to fit the top of the boiler, the flue pipe has bent all the top of the boiler in too. And the piping has been fitted with ordinary wood screws, not the right type!

So it is a complete sham.

The boiler man who came has capped it all off and issued an immediately dangerous notice. He now has to complete a RIDDOR report and send it to the HSE who will contact us shortly.

DH has now contacted the builders - we are obviously outside out product warranty but as it is so dandgerous and theyare at fault the buck lies with them. Once HSE know and Corgi they could be in serious trouble, so they had better sort it!

Builders have just this minute called me back (whilst half way through typing this) and the site manager will be with me within 30-60 minutes apparently.

This has reminded me to go and buy a carbon dioxide monitor too, to have near the boiler - just in case.

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frogs · 31/03/2008 15:06

Bastards. Kick ass!

(And be grateful it's March not January).

Workmen. Pah.

DragonPeaHead · 31/03/2008 15:22

christ that sounds like a botch job!
so glad it was discovered before anything horrible happened. shudder.

go kick some butt, hula

Hulababy · 31/03/2008 15:25

Glad it isn't last week when it was snowing. Cold enough as it is here - was in Spain last week and it was so warm, this is not a nice shock back to our weather!

We have been here for over 2.5 years now - bought house new and moved in Sep 2005. Have had builders out before about the boiler - radiators losing water, boiler banging and making loud noises. But the builders never picked up on this!

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Lubyloo · 31/03/2008 15:27

That's dreadful. Who was the house built by?

Hulababy · 31/03/2008 15:38

It is a David wilson house, so a reputable company.

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MrsRecycle · 31/03/2008 15:41

oh my mum works for them - one of the directors. So if you have any problems, let me know.

Hulababy · 31/03/2008 15:43

Will do.

Have had a second call for them asking for further details and to tell me the site manager is on his way to look at it.

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Hulababy · 31/03/2008 17:54

All sorted

Builders have been and spent most of the last two hours here. He has put right the flue, and also sorted out the broken boiler - needed a new time box, a new ignition and a new someting else. It is now working and my house is getting nice and toasty warm again

Says parts alone would have been about £200-300 plus a couple of hours labour, but they have done it as a good will gesture (due to the flue not being in right).

At least it is now safe and working, and hasn't cost me any more money.

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