wood burning stove

[shooterjim]

Hi. We have decided to sort getting a wood burner fitted in our lounge. At present we have an old gas fired back boiler with a hideous gas fire on the front. We appear to have a brick chimney type arrangement running up the wall through the house(semi detatched). Do you need to use twin wall flu or will single be sufficient? Makes about £250 difference in materials. Can you fit them yourself or do you need to be certified in some way? Any body recomend a supplier in leicestershire? Also a decent priced central heating installation company or person?:001_smile:

[treequip]

I fitted my own and used a single wall flue that is suspended in the original chimney (that was in good order)

 

I have since been told that unless I get the job signed off by a “heatas” engineer my house will burn down, I will be “prosecuted” under building regs and the world as we know it will come to an end. It was a heatas “engineer” that told me this so it must be true.

[niftysteve]

single wall flue pipe which is flexible should be suitable , it may also be worth filling around it with vamiculite (however its spelt) this is mixed as a lightweight concrete.

sometimes if you just fit a flue pipe when its windy it can be noisy if it s moving around in the chimney

[openspaceman]

Hi. We have decided to sort getting a wood burner fitted in our lounge. At present we have an old gas fired back boiler with a hideous gas fire on the front. We appear to have a brick chimney type arrangement running up the wall through the house(semi detatched). Do you need to use twin wall flu or will single be sufficient? Makes about £250 difference in materials. Can you fit them yourself or do you need to be certified in some way? Any body recomend a supplier in leicestershire? Also a decent priced central heating installation company or person?:001_smile:

 

Twin wall and 150mm diameter is the legal minimum but you can use ceramic, pummice or cast fire cement in situ.

 

Part J of building regs requires new flues to be signed off. Hetas installers can self certify their own work.

 

AJH

[Fahrenheit]

Yeah if you have an existing chimney it's best to reline it with 316 or 904 grade multi fuel liner. If doing it yourself your supposed to file a building notice application otherwise it isn't legal and you may struggle with insurance should you ever have a house fire due to the installation.

[Alycidon]

Your installation must be signed off, if not and you have a fire your insurer will invalidate your cover and you will be prosecuted for breech of building regs. In an existing chim then flex liner is fine although there is no legal requirement for a liner unless your chimney is known to leak smoke into the dwelling.

 

DONT buy cheap and cheerfull on the net, chances are your supplier wont be around long enough to handle any probs. Ensure your supplier is an approved distributer for the stove you are interested in, most on line suppliers are not approved suppliers. Just check their post codes against the stove manufactuers dealer list or ring the stove maker and ask. Use your local approved distributer to supply and install the product.

 

I am in the middle of Northants if it helps, my installer is though fully booked till late January at present.

 

 

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[fonzy]

I would recommend getting it done correctly via a dealer that also supplies the stove. Had 2 fitted this year and clawing back the money via saving on oil usage.

 

Reidser