Flue height incorrect

[BotusBuild]

Is this flue breaking the law? I thought they had to end above the roof line.

 

 

(Please move if in wrong forum)

[nod]

It should be higher than at least the gutter Most of the fumes will be going back in to the house 

[BotusBuild]

11 minutes ago, nod said:

Most of the fumes will be going back in to the house

In which case, we won't complain on behalf of my mother as he is a nasty piece of work and the fumes may help get rid of him 🙂. That ladder could have been mounted lower as well. 😁

Edited Monday at 08:57 by BotusBuild

[Temp]

Many just come out horizontally.

[Redbeard]

Silly quip deleted!

Edited Monday at 13:01 by Redbeard

[Russell griffiths]

Is it a flue or a chimney for a woodburner. 

[Redbeard]

20 minutes ago, Russell griffiths said:

Is it a flue or a chimney for a woodburner. 

 

Good Q: *Looks* (I think) like a woodburner flue, but as stated above, that should be at v least above the eaves, and quite possibly higher still to avoid downdraught.

[Nickfromwales]

It’s not a ventilated soffit, but the smoke etc will be evident on the brickwork, it looks like a bag of shit, and will majorly piss you and your neighbours off each time it’s lit from cold.

 

If that went up next to my house, it would mysteriously vanish overnight. 

[BotusBuild]

Just done a short walk around and found the flue for the gas boiler is elsewhere, so I think this is definitely a chimney for a woodburner, and not a flue as in the subject. My mother, who lives next door k new the previous owners and this chimney comes out of their living room.

 

I think a message to the local council will be forthcoming from a "concerned passer by".

 

I also noticed cracks in the brickwork around the strap support, so you right, Nick, a shit job.

[Russell griffiths]

Stick a plastic builders sack over the top. 
will get a tad Smokey indoors. 

[Iceverge]

It could be a "I'll finish this later" job with no wood burner connected inside or they went entirely overkill on a kitchen extractor. 

 

Unless it was at risk of setting the house on fire or activity causing a smoke nuisance I would leave well enough alone. 

 

You may not improve the situation 

[BotusBuild]

8 hours ago, Iceverge said:

on a kitchen extractor.

Definitely comes out of their lounge, so not a kitchen extractor. Take your point about they may not have fitted the woodburner, but it's been there for 18 months already, so they could be challenging some of our procrastinators here on t'hub 🙂

[Iceverge]

It's possible they forgot about it and/or run out of money. 

 

In any case of it's not causing an active nuisance I'd forgot about it, lest they actually start lighting it. 

 

Perhaps take the time to gently remind your mum that she doesn't own everything she can see from the kitchen window, no matter how much of an arsehole the neighbour is.

[ETC]

Whatever it is it will have needed a Building Control application - a quick phone call and you can find out what the craic is!