We bought our house about 6 months ago and has a fairly new boiler. It also has a gas fire in the lounge. We got around to servicing both last week and all fine etc.
The previous owners had blocked off the chimney with a bag full of paper in the lounge. We had assumed to avoid soot/dirt coming down or a draught. We never did this in the old house. We never changed anything until we got it checked and with the cold weather we got the fire going.
So... advice/opinions:
1. The fire warms the lounge a treat
2. There has been a draught under the lounge door since we unblocked the chimney and/or used the fire
3. The hall has been colder - but there is no draught under the hall door due to the outer door.
4. Stopping using the fire (always a nice to have) the draught reduced.
5. Stuffing the bag back up the chimney the draught stopped and the hall is warmer again - so assume the chimney was sending up a lot of warm/hot air, the air from the hall being drawn into the lounge, and the air in the hall came from the ventilated cellar.
Options:
1. Leave the chimney blocked most of the time
2. Work out how to avoid the thermal loss up the chimney
It seems ironic the house could be colder with the gas fire on.
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