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Gas fireplace warning

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  • 19-02-2024 6:13pm
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    Roberto_gas
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    Does anyone know what this tag is? Found it in a property visited recently which had gas open fire !


    The gas device in fireplace not working/leaking or a bigger issue in chimney?



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    #2
    10-10-20
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    That is a tag applied by an RGI to alert you as per what's written there. Unless there is perhaps a note on the rear or an obvious indication of the fault, then it's not possible for us to say, but as you mentioned it could be a fault with either the fireplace, chimney or ventilation.



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    shoegirl
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121790427#Comment_121790427

    Or all 3. I bought a house that had a gas fireplace connected to what looked like a very old 147kg cylinder outside. It had been tenanted since it was built 30 years ago so after noticing that literally every single fixed electrical was either broken or damaged I decided to not even try. Which was a good thing as a month or two later when I noticed there was no air in the house I discovered most of the vents were completely stuffed with 1995 newspapers & when I got it removed months later to install a wood burning stove, it transpired that someone has also stuffed the chimney with bricks. No warning either - it would have been lethal, if it worked at all.



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    SharkMX
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    We are about to close on a house with a wood burning stove in the fireplace. The surveyor spotted that the flu only goes about a meter up into the chimney. Will have to get a flu that goes all the way up before lighting it or live with the possibility of death.



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