Post by Stuart on Mar 26, 2013 12:55:37 GMT -5
Hi Mike,
Thanks a lot for putting all this information on the internet. My grandparents live on a 13 year old estate and are one of the few that still have their Powermax. They recently got a few hatches fitted in the ceiling. After reading this site and me being a bit nosey, I decided to do my own inspection. In the middle of a straight horizontal run, the exhaust flue is offset at a joint, so that there's a large gap at the top and bottom. There's plenty of repair paste smeared about, but the join is solid as if it's been joined offset since it was installed (this is the first time the flues have been exposed since the building was completed).
The ceiling void is warm and there's quite a lot of condensation - but the gaps don't feel like they're actively chucking out fumes when the boiler is on. Is there another pipe inside the external skin of the flue, or is that basically it and it'll definitely be leaking gases if there's gaps?
Many thanks again.
Kind regards,
Stuart
Thanks a lot for putting all this information on the internet. My grandparents live on a 13 year old estate and are one of the few that still have their Powermax. They recently got a few hatches fitted in the ceiling. After reading this site and me being a bit nosey, I decided to do my own inspection. In the middle of a straight horizontal run, the exhaust flue is offset at a joint, so that there's a large gap at the top and bottom. There's plenty of repair paste smeared about, but the join is solid as if it's been joined offset since it was installed (this is the first time the flues have been exposed since the building was completed).
The ceiling void is warm and there's quite a lot of condensation - but the gaps don't feel like they're actively chucking out fumes when the boiler is on. Is there another pipe inside the external skin of the flue, or is that basically it and it'll definitely be leaking gases if there's gaps?
Many thanks again.
Kind regards,
Stuart
