Breakdown cover

Iain Foreman from Perthshire sent this photograph showing a balanced flue in a

roofed-over ‘sunroom’. His company had been asked by a client to prepare a survey for a new boiler after the end-user had asked for a service on the old boiler and to be added to the service cover they provide. The service engineer of course capped and labelled the appliance as Immediately Dangerous with the householder’s permission. The householder had built the

sunroom approximately five years previously and had actually incorporated a vent in the roofing to allow the gases to escape. The householder did not see the significance of not having the appliance serviced regularly until it was pointed out that in not doing so he had placed the family’s safety at risk. The boiler has since been replaced and relocated.

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