Gas fire set off carbon monoxide alarm

epopnomis

So heres my story.. back in November the gas fire which i inherited when i bought the house set off the carbon monoxide alarm. It was when my pregnant wife was at home so as you can imagine not a great experience. A month ago bor gais sealed the pipe and hung hazardous signs on it. Looking at the fire i will try and attach some images the top of it seems to be blocked. I'm moving out of this house early next year and was hoping to get this reconditioned so its safe to use. Didnt want to go to expense of new gas fire before then. Anyone have any opinions on this

Wearb

You really have no choice but get an RGI to have a look at it. What reason did Board Gais give for condemning it?

epopnomis

They basically said that there was inadaquate ventilation in the room. They really didnt look closely.. they were replacing gas meters so not sure how much experience they had..

K.Flyer

epopnomis wrote: »

They basically said that there was inadaquate ventilation in the room. They really didnt look closely.. they were replacing gas meters so not sure how much experience they had..

If you have a gas fire and do not have adequate permanent ventilation it is an immediate shut down of that appliance on the grounds of safety.
If you are selling soon, if I was you, I would just leave it, tell the buyer it was disconnected and not in use.
Leave the notice of hazard in the house and do not remove the tag on the meter.

epopnomis

Yep conscious of keeping warm this winter... have a newborn in the house..

K.Flyer

epopnomis wrote: »

Yep conscious of keeping warm this winter... have a newborn in the house..

Did they only disconnect the fire, or did they shut down the central heating as well. Or is your gas boiler set into the fireplace amd they shut both down?

epopnomis

The just disconnected the fire...

Special Circumstances

epopnomis wrote: »

The just disconnected the fire...

But you still have a working boiler for central heating and water, right?

Dardania

You'll probably have to put in adaquete ventilation e.g. core a hole int he wall somewhere

If want a fire have it serviced when your having ventilation improved, the safety checks within a decent service will leave you with a perfectly good and safe gas appliance.

If you don't wish to use it then as mentioned disconnect/remove the pipework to the appliance but if you also remove the appliance then it just becomes a open fire place and you don't have to mention the gas Cert (no RGI will fit a new fire without first upgrading the ventilation)

epopnomis

Yes still have the boiler working, thats upstairs and is independent to the gas fire. I just was looking for a cost effective way to get this back up and running. I will be moving out in march next year so didn't want to spend a fortune on it. Will just have to get somebody to have a look at it.

K.Flyer

Go to RGII.ie and find a registered gas installer in your area who will cost it up for you.
If Networks locked it due to inadequate permanent ventilation, then most likely you are going to need a hole bored through the wall to meet with regulations, unless there is one there already but is blocked or covered over. Either way, you must have a permanent air supply for a gas fire.