Hi,
We've recently moved into a house built in 2000, with a decorative effect gas fire in the living room. Firstly, we've noticed a cold draught coming into the room from down the flue. Secondly, after using the fire for fifteen minutes or so, there's a smell in the room. The smell isn't gas, or what I would consider fumes. But it's not pleasant.
There's no chimney as such on the house, more like a metal tube coming out of the roof space which is about a third of the way up the roof from the guttering. The house next door isn't very far away, probably about three metres from our external house wall to theirs.
Can anyone shed any light on 1, what's causing the cold draught into the room and how to stop it. And 2, what's causing the smell from the fire and how do we stop it?
Many thanks in advance.
Jon