Hundreds of Brentford residents have been told to get their boilers checked after engineers found some flues were installed incorrectly.

Residents of the luxury Ferry Quays flats were given the advice by the National House-Building Council (NHBC) after it received a flurry of complaints.

Jennifer Johnston, 39, had her hot water and heating turned off for two weeks as an investigation into why her boiler flue was leaking water into her six-week-old baby's bedroom was carried out.

"It was an absolute nightmare," she said. "But Corgi have eventually come back in my favour and said that it is the builders who are at fault after installing it incorrectly."

Although Mrs Johnston's flue was not found to be leaking carbon monoxide (CO) as she feared, she claims her neighbour's was and is concerned there may be problems with boilers in all 400 flats.

"There is definitely an epidemic in this building," she said. "My neighbour has had high CO readings and a number of people have responded to my online forum post saying they have had the same problems.

"My worry is that others may not get the warning signs that I got with the leaking water and are potentially in a very dangerous situation."

The Chronicle has published a series of articles about the death of young dance teacher Elouise Littlewood, who died in February last year from CO poisoning in her flat in the Bedfont Lakes development.

The flues at Ferry Quays are concealed in ceiling cavities, as is the case at Bedfont Lakes, which means they can be difficult to inspect.

The NHBC could not confirm whether which flats, if any, had high carbon monoxide readings, but confirmed they have assisted a number of home owners after their boilers were disconnected due to the possibility of CO emissions.

Regarding Mrs Johnston's specific claim, they said: "We commissioned a Corgi registered engineer to investigate the problems. The report confirmed that the gradient of the flue was defective. This constitutes a breach of NHBC's Technical Standards, therefore the claim was found to be valid."

Crabtree Properties, which manages Ferry Quays, has now sent letters to all the tenants warning them of the problem with the boilers.

Property manager Sue Stewart said: "We have told them that if they have an issue with theirs then they need to notify the NHBC."

Builders Briggs and Forrester refused to comment when contacted by the Chronicle. We were also unable to contact the neighbour mentioned by Ms Johnston.