Fitting wood burner

[Exfarmer]

just be aware in any house that it is very common for wooden beams to be in close contact or actually enter the chimney. Any chimney fire can set these alight. There have been too many tragedies to ignore this danger when installing wood burners. I do not doubt that some rogues exploit the situation, that does not mean it is safe to ignore them.

 

[SilliamWhale]

I installed my own log burning stove after getting quotes from HETAS registered installers. They all wanted to put a liner in - without inspecting the chimney to see if it needed a liner. If they had looked they would have seen it already had one. Their response was that by law they needed to fit a liner....

I downloaded the regs and installed to those and did a chimney test to ensure no leaks.

I then contacted the local planning department, paid £75 and got one of their inspectors to come out and made him a cup of tea whilst he inspected the installation.

We discussed the regs in depth and how I had done what and he signed it all off. Dead easy and a fraction of the £2k cost I was quoted for installation alone.

Well done you.

 

[penntor]

I had a chimney renewed and the liner replaced last spring. The new liner had fibre glass type blanket fitted to the outside as it was fitted. Seems to me a better idea than vermiculite filling the chimney.

 

[Ukjay]

I had a chimney renewed and the liner replaced last spring. The new liner had fibre glass type blanket fitted to the outside as it was fitted. Seems to me a better idea than vermiculite filling the chimney.

Was it the Rock wool tube insulation?

 

[penntor]

Was it the Rock wool tube insulation?

Been trying to find photos I took at the time but cannot find them. Looks like a type of fibre glass blanket to me in the one (poor) photo I have found.

 

[simon-0116]

The company that repaired my rayburn use this stuff instead of having to drop a liner in ,,Thermocrete
http://thermocrete.com/thermocrete-systems .
It replaces a stainless liner

Clifford