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I have been having some central heating work done on the system in a house I have just moved into. Do I have any legal redress against the original installer?Hi Andrew, The boiler is a Vaillant.Answer Summary
You do if it is not fitted as per manufacturers instructions as these are what the law is based upon. Your boiler has a flue system that pushes together and then has a clamping cover for every joint.
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You do if it is not fitted as per manufacturers instructions as these are what the law is based upon.
Do you have the make and model and I will dig out a copy for you.
You do if it is not fitted as per manufacturers instructions as these are what the law is based upon.
Do you have the make and model and I will dig out a copy for you.
This book show the flue and how it clamps together;
http://www.vaillant.co.uk/stepone2/data/downloads/25/44/00/ecoTEC%20flue%20instn%20instructs.pdf
http://www.vaillant.co.uk/stepone2/data/downloads/25/44/00/ecoTEC%20flue%20instn%20instructs.pdf
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