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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 9:31:07 GMT
Some of you may be interested in the aggro us landlubbers have to go through to get a stove. All the work done was by a HETAS registered stove installer. The fire we replaced was this. It's a 13 year old power flue fire that was pretty inefficient as the flue system not only exhausted the combustion products, but copious amounts of heat too. I guess it was only around 65% efficient at best. First job was to cap the gas supply decommission the electrics and then open up the outside wall to start creating an inglenook chamber to accommodate the stove. The fire is removed revealing the hole that was created when it was installed. This is then opened up to match the hole created in the outside wall. The outer chamber wall under construction. Chamber lined with Fireboard and wood 'lintel' in place. Our existing hearth was reused with a matching section installed in the base of the chamber. Chamber nearing completion. Stove in place. It's a Charnwood C5 multifuel. Flue from the outside and the completed chamber. It's not the prettiest of things but it's functional. Twin walled and insulated. Just waiting for the plaster to properly dry and we can decorate.
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Post by smileypete on Sept 16, 2017 12:31:11 GMT
Ecofan?
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Post by sandk on Sept 16, 2017 12:48:44 GMT
Proper job.
What output is that stove?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 13:31:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 13:32:23 GMT
Ecofan? You know, I just might..... Jan always liked ours on the boat.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 15:31:34 GMT
are you tiling the inner walls? Good question - we haven't decided TBH. We may just paint it but I agree tiles could look very nice.
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Post by sandk on Sept 16, 2017 16:00:53 GMT
I'd tile it, perhaps in black tiles to match the hearth.
If you're anything like me it would get a lick of paint for now until I'd got over the shock of paying to have the stove fitted........
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 17:32:57 GMT
Walls and floors are from deepest darkest Kettering and have a very good reputation around these 'ere parts. I've never used em but know of several that have and we're very happy with them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 17:41:41 GMT
Good effort Martin 👍 as you say the only drawback is the twinwall going up the outside of the house. We started to get organised to fit a stove in our old 60's semi. While following the MCC Lands End trial I went to Yeovil to collect a Parkray like this as I thought it would suit the house well. After a bit of heel dragging, a good read of part J of the building regs and a look at the cost of fitting a twinwall flue the idea lost momentum. The poor old Parkray got weighed in when we moved, it was a shame as it was in very good condition
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 17:52:35 GMT
Good effort Martin 👍 as you say the only drawback is the twinwall going up the outside of the house. We started to get organised to fit a stove in our old 60's semi. While following the MCC Lands End trial I went to Yeovil to collect a Parkray like this as I thought it would suit the house well. After a bit of heel dragging, a good read of part J of the building regs and a look at the cost of fitting a twinwall flue the idea lost momentum. The poor old Parkray got weighed in when we moved, it was a shame as it was in very good condition That takes me back we had one when I was a kid, the glass though in ours was in strips rather than sold. Probably totally illegal now. As for the flue on ours, there was the option of having a brick built chimney all the way up which would have been lined but that was going to be another £1,100 so we opted for the twin wall flue. The installer had originally hoped it would have passed straight through the soffit which may have looked a bit neater but when looking more closely when he got up there it was a non starter.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 18:12:53 GMT
If it hasn't already been done. Worthwhile capping the gas off where it tees of from the supply, if not for your sake then a subsequent owner might appreciate it.
Why/How do I know... Lets fit a new socket here... no electric cables present (I've traced them) and water pipes don't go anywhere near the wall... start drilling... Oh SHIT! I lived...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 18:28:11 GMT
If it hasn't already been done. Worthwhile capping the gas off where it tees of from the supply, if not for your sake then a subsequent owner might appreciate it. Why/How do I know... Lets fit a new socket here... no electric cables present (I've traced them) and water pipes don't go anywhere near the wall... start drilling... Oh SHIT! I lived... It was capped off near the fire. (See pic.) The gas safe guy did want to cap it as close to the tee off as poss, but I had no idea where this was. The supply shoots straight up into the gap between the garage ceiling and the upper floor. It couldn't be capped off there as it also supplies the gas hob in the kitchen. We could have started ripping up floor boards to find it I guess but i know where the pipe runs in the lounge so that should be OK.
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Post by Telemachus on Sept 16, 2017 20:00:00 GMT
Provision for sweeping the flue?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 20:01:53 GMT
Provision for sweeping the flue? Correct. There is. It can be swept from inside the stove.
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Post by Telemachus on Sept 16, 2017 21:04:11 GMT
Provision for sweeping the flue? Correct. There is. It can be swept from inside the stove. That's the correct answer. When I fitted a stove in our house, I got one of those inspection / sweeping hatches in the flue just above the stove. First time the sweep came, he couldn't get his brush up the exposed hole, roundly dissed them, and lifted the baffle plate out of the stove and swept it from there. Makes me wonder why people sell bits of flue pipe with sweeping holes / shiny cover plates in them.
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