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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 21:12:34 GMT
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. I assume you had already tried sending a child up the inspection hatch.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 23:28:53 GMT
Correct. There is. It can be swept from inside the stove. That's the correct answer. I know it is. When I was researching the installation the information came to light. I was curious that given I used to sweep the flue on the Dog House stood on the tow path inserting the brush top down just how the flue on a home stove could be swept. |
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Post by smileypete on Sept 19, 2017 17:58:58 GMT
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. Angled tee with cap is better, but might not be space to fit one:  |
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Post by Jim on Sept 22, 2017 6:32:53 GMT
Has it got a throttle plate in the flue above the stove, to dampen it down when burning wood?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 8:19:29 GMT
Has it got a throttle plate in the flue above the stove, to dampen it down when burning wood? Not as far as i know, plus not sure why it would even need one. You control the rate it burns fuel using the single air control which is operated with a slide in/out control on the stove. It's much easier to control than the Morso we had on the boat. |
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Post by Jim on Sept 22, 2017 12:00:26 GMT
Has it got a throttle plate in the flue above the stove, to dampen it down when burning wood? Not as far as i know, plus not sure why it would even need one. You control the rate it burns fuel using the single air control which is operated with a slide in/out control on the stove. It's much easier to control than the Morso we had on the boat. I have a clean burn hunter hawk 4 at home. Bottom feed through under grate for coal/smokeless fuel, top feed, preheated and then washes down the glass for burning wood, with the grate closed. Wood is best top fed with air, coal bottom fed. Nice the wood is lit, I close bottom feed, open top feed and close down the throttle plate, the wood then vapourises and the gasses burn above the wood, partly fed by a small rear air intake. Without the throttle plate the wood would blaze away. |
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Post by Telemachus on Sept 22, 2017 12:24:54 GMT
Throttle plates on stove flues are normall an anti-gust measure and generally not fitted these days due the risk of CO. Your stove would not "blaze away" if you opened the throttle plate and closed the vents a bit more - unless it has a bad air leak.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 12:41:28 GMT
Not as far as i know, plus not sure why it would even need one. You control the rate it burns fuel using the single air control which is operated with a slide in/out control on the stove. It's much easier to control than the Morso we had on the boat. I have a clean burn hunter hawk 4 at home. Bottom feed through under grate for coal/smokeless fuel, top feed, preheated and then washes down the glass for burning wood, with the grate closed. Wood is best top fed with air, coal bottom fed. Nice the wood is lit, I close bottom feed, open top feed and close down the throttle plate, the wood then vapourises and the gasses burn above the wood, partly fed by a small rear air intake. Without the throttle plate the wood would blaze away. I find I can control how much the wood burns simply by adjusting the single air control. With a bit of practice I have found the glass stays clean when burning wood and smokeless. The only time it darkens slightly now is after I have shut it down for the night and it cools down. When we get up the next morning the glass has darkened slightly but is easily cleaned. |
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Post by Jim on Sept 22, 2017 13:19:31 GMT
Throttle plates on stove flues are normall an anti-gust measure and generally not fitted these days due the risk of CO. Your stove would not "blaze away" if you opened the throttle plate and closed the vents a bit more - unless it has a bad air leak. it was recommended to fit one by maker, it doesn't shut completely, there is always some draw. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 13:58:33 GMT
Throttle plates on stove flues are normall an anti-gust measure and generally not fitted these days due the risk of CO. Your stove would not "blaze away" if you opened the throttle plate and closed the vents a bit more - unless it has a bad air leak. it was recommended to fit one by maker, it doesn't shut completely, there is always some draw. There is no mention of such a requirement in the installation instructions for our stove. It has a 'throat plate' but this is what I would call a 'baffle plate' in the top of the stove but this is non adjustable and just sits on the fire bricks. After that there is (AFIIK) unrestricted access for the exhaust gasses to exit via. the flue. |
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Post by Telemachus on Sept 22, 2017 14:43:11 GMT
Throttle plates on stove flues are normall an anti-gust measure and generally not fitted these days due the risk of CO. Your stove would not "blaze away" if you opened the throttle plate and closed the vents a bit more - unless it has a bad air leak. it was recommended to fit one by maker, it doesn't shut completely, there is always some draw. It doesn't shut completely when installed. But how about after it's caked with soot? |
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Post by Jim on Sept 22, 2017 15:50:18 GMT
it was recommended to fit one by maker, it doesn't shut completely, there is always some draw. It doesn't shut completely when installed. But how about after it's caked with soot? What soot! Not done that in 8 years of use. Too near the heat of the stove? Or the hotspot flue powder I use regularly to minimise Swimney cheeping. The grandspawn object, what is it with kids of today! I fitted the stove myself, after having the chimney swept and inspected. I sweep it myself now, annually, maybe a couple of gallon buckets of black hard crystals, the flue powder causes the soot and tar to crystallise and fall off on to the flue plate at the bottom of the chimney. I didn't fit a flue liner, which should be insulated with vermiculite, into the chimney, because the chimney stack runs up the middle of our house, not the shared wall with next door, the whole stack warms up and acts like a heat store. I do have a CO alarm, it's never triggered. Should I change the battery? I do understand why they use a vermiculite insulated flue in an ordinary chimney, it keeps the flue gasses above 100c so tars don't condense in the chimney, but more heat goes out of the top then and is wasted. |
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