I've just paid £1800 for a Corgi-installed new boiler - Baxi HE 100/2. By mutual agreement, we followed tradition and put it the same place as the previous one* (concentric flue goes straight thru the wall). Two days later I've come to realise the pluming might be a problem.
The house is a terrace with the flue terminal about mid-way down the external side wall (upstairs). The boundary that the flue is pointing at is
1.90 M away, I understand that since April 2005 the permitted min clearance is 2.5m. So as I understand it the Corgi engineer should have done something like fit a deflector when fitting in this location. Obviously with the old boiler there was no plume at all, and I wonder how many other people will get caught out with this?.Apart from the April regs, at times the very tail end of the plume seems to swirl around the end wall and mine + next doors windows (at 90degr to the flue, about 3m away). The property opposite has had a condenser in pretty much the same location for a few years, but was fitted before the new regs and (being of older, less efficient vintage) doesn't seem to chuck out as much steam (maybe it isn't fan assisted).
I wanted to ask how big/ugly a (Baxi) flue deflector will be, and (without doing anything drastic internally like moving the boiler or sending the flue through the roof) if there are any better fixes?.
Thanks, Egremont
- BTW If anyone remembers my earlier topic, the Thorn Medway multipoint is finally gone. R.I.P