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20 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Definitive answer is in Appendix E of building regulations Part J which is available online. Smoke test with stove and flue exit sealed and flue pre-warmed AIUI.

Thanks for reply. What does AIUI mean. 

Just a quick question, when installing a new appliance ie a wood burner and new liner, are you supposed to do a pressure smoke test on the install or is a draw test acceptable. Not DIY but the professional doing the install. 

11 minutes ago, DanHorrich87 said:

See if it has the opposite effect when she isn't using hers - assuming you're on friendly terms. Light an incense stick and leave it smoking on your stove so the fumes go up your chimney's cavity - but not in the liner/stove itself. Then knock on her door after a bit & ask if she can smell incense. Careful tho! She may think you're a hippy trying to hide the smell of something stronger. So, it depends how desperate you are I guess

Thanks for your reply. It has already been established that the brickwork between me an my neighbour is faulty so probably a given she will smell my incense stick. 

Different cavities. 

Thanks for reply. Surely it’s not possible for smell to exit the wood burner with door closed and damper also shut off. And I only get this smell when neighbour has lit her fire. 

No extractor fan in the room. I get the smell almost immediately she has lit her stove so there’s no time to heat up my liner bearing in mind there is a brick wall between her liner and mine. As I said the chimney is 200 years old and the when we both had open fires smoke could pass from house to house via the faulty flue. 

Shared chimney stack but there is a single brick wall in between us. The mortar in this wall has deteriorated so when we both had open fires we could smell others smoke.  Photo is before cowls had been fitted. 

Trigger-Andy thanks for your reply, but as I said I haven’t lit my fire this season, had it swept two weeks ago. She only had her stove installed 3 weeks ago. So it is her smoke but why it is leaking is the mystery. 

Yes only get smells when she lights her wood burner. Also the chimneys are in the middle of our houses so don’t really get cold. We share the main stack. 

Shouldn’t really be getting smells from her wood burner as in theory they are both sealed systems. Wonder if there is a problem with her install. 

Installed my wood burner 3 years ago, chimney 200 years old leaking smoke with open fire . Installed with liner by approved installer and signed off. Neighbours open fire still being used, because my chimney sealed, smoke from her open fire enters my flue and thus my room. She has a wood burner fitted this year by the same guy who did mine. Unfortunately on three occasions very recently have smelt fumes entering my room from the fire place opening my wood burner is in, it seems to be worst when she first lights it. Contacted installer who says very unlikely that smoke could be being blown from her chimney travelling down from the top of my chimney into my room, ( I have not used my wood burner this year). He suggests that I might be smelling soot in my chimney being heated up from her wood burner.  I have never smelt this before when my wood burner is lit. Would not be time to heat up the soot as I smell the fumes very soon after she has lit her wood burner. Installer coming out in two weeks to do smoke test on her stove. Any thoughts as to what might be causing me to smell her wood burner. Thanks.