please can anyone help we have a back boiler with a gas fire and recently we had a "soot fall" the glass on the fire is all sooted up and soot is dropping onto the hearth any advise please
2007-01-22 10:00:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
get it serviced pretty quickly, it needs stripping down and hoovering out, and smoke tested, thats dangerous!
2007-01-22 10:06:25 · answer #1 · answered by untanuta 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
sorry only way to sort this is with a qualified engineer if you have got soot coming off a gas fire to make enough in the chimney to have a soot fall it is not burning correctly and could be very dangerous when did u last have it serviced? turn it off it not already shiver/put an extra jumper on and get someone to look tomorrow
2007-01-22 18:07:53 · answer #2 · answered by grahamralph2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an open coal fire which recently got converted by the council to gas.
This means you have an open chimney breast behind your gas fire and theres still tons of cr*p up there that the wind and rain is knocking down.
The council or who ever installed this gas fire often leave the chimney partly unblocked as an extra vent for any gasses.
You need to get onto the council or whoever and get them to come out and clean it for you.
It's a major job if you have a gas fire though as they have to remove the whole unit and do various other things. But it should have been done to start with.
2007-01-22 18:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by trickyrick32 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically its possible - when a gas such as methane (chemical formula CH4) burns completely in oxygen it produces CO2 and 2 H2O.
However this only happens in an ideal world. In reality - methane hardly ever burns completely. If there is a "medium" amount of oxygen available then the products are the deadly CO (carbon monoxide) and 2 H20.
If there is almost no oxygen available then the products are C (Carbon) and 2 H20. Soot is the carbon.
So overall it is possible.
2007-01-22 18:16:39 · answer #4 · answered by Chris A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even gas fires create soot. If it is an old chimney, some of the mortar may fall in but this is generally nothing to worry about.
Keep it swept regularly and if you worried about soot falling into the room, use a fireguard.
2007-01-22 18:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You need to get someone in to service your fire...soot build up in a gas fire can be very dangerous.
2007-01-22 18:04:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You need to get the chimney swept properly, if you haven't already. Should have been done before the gas fire was fitted.
2007-01-22 18:03:17 · answer #7 · answered by Ahwell 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you must have you chimney cleaned as soon as possible or fumes will come into your house,could kill you
2007-01-22 18:12:04 · answer #8 · answered by zippy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋