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Don't know the make - we were having a really good look around the house and I didn't think much of this at the time - I've spent ages looking though current suppliers and can't see any with this sort of lid. I doubt the fire is more than 10 years old. I think its worth paying for a local HETAS installer to take a look

It's not our house so we can't fire it up. Whatever happens, we want a woodburner, but with the expense of buying the house, we'd like this one to 'do for now' Another issue, is that it is fitted with an external flue and where this exits the outside wall, there's a lot of damage. Easily fixable, but there's no collar/flexible seal, so rain can drip done the flue, into the wall. The current owner says this was present when he bought the place 5 years ago and he does not know if the whole thing was carried out a HETAS approved installer. My real concerns are is this a legal woodburner and has it been properly installed - I guess we could insist on an insurance indemnity from the seller

That's what I initially thought but, the more I look into it, the more it doesn't seem quite right. For starters, it's not a good gas tight seal. Its not a tight fit and it would be easy to knock it out of position when it allow smoke/fumes to enter the room

Looking for some advice on a woodburner. We're looking at buying a house with a woodburner already fitted. It's a little different from the woodburner we have now as there is a removeable lid (about 15 inches by 12inches) on the top surface - its just a simple plate, held in place by its own weight, that when removed, allows you to see the grate below. There is a rope seal in place but, I doubt this would be too effective in stopping smoke/gases leaking out. Its easy to lift/remove the lid when its cold, but I can't see any way of lifting it when the fire is being used - I thought at first it was an easy way of 'throwing logs onto the fire' without having to open the doors, but now I'm not so sure that this makes sense. as I there can't be any sort of top baffle plate in position I've been looking at online woodburner suppliers and I can't find any units that have such a lid on the top surface. At first glance, apart from this removable lid, the woodburner itself looks normal - 2 doors with valves at the top and bottom The current owner says the burner was there when he bought the place, so he has no idea if was was fitted by a HETAS approved installer. Anyone with any idea what this lid might be for? Is it even legal?