Okay so here's my predicament.
Sometime ago I posted a question on here regarding a chimney liner for a wood burning stove.
We are currently having the chimneys rebuilt and decided that fitting a liner at this point would be sensible.
However we might now be moving as I have received a job offer elsewhere in the country.
The builders have said that they cannot return the liner as it has been cut to size.?? ( is this common practice cutting the liner to size off site ?)
Do I fit the liner get it certified for use and use it as a selling point for the house or take the liner with me to the next house?
Hmmmmm
The liner was probably ordered to size?
If its only 'we might be moving elsewhere' I'd fit it in case you 'might end up staying' 🙂
If the chimney is being rebuilt it probably doesn't need a liner anyway.
Do I fit the liner get it certified for use and use it as a selling point for the house
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Fitting it might be a bit of a waste if the new owners didn't want a stove.
Just keep hold of it until you know whether you're moving or not. Liners are pretty easy to drop down the chimney.
Liner just comes off a massive reel, cut to the size of your chimney.
Take it with you and buy a short house.
Going from memory the liner would cost around £400 for 10m of the basic grade I think and as above they would cut an approximate length for your chimney and trim to fit.
The expensive part of having a flue fitted is the labour costs.
I'd also be inclined to get them to install it and have it signed off.
You could always just eBay the liner or sell it on if you don't use it.
WHy would you have a chimney rebuilt and a flue liner installed?
Genuine question but i thought you only use done if the chimney was suspect
I've just looked into this.
We currently have an open fire. We'd like a cast iron stove type fire.
All well and good, as we have a working chimney, however, 80% (according to one website) of the heat goes up the chomeny with an open fire.
20% goes up with a stove.
So now there are less hot gases going up the chimney, so less cooler air is pulled into the stove, so there may not be enough flow to keep the fire alight.
Then, you have the soot and tar problem.
Open fires put enough heat up the chimney to eject most of the soot and tar through the top.
A stove will not get the chimney hot enough to eject the waste, so tar will coagulate up the chimney, and eventually run down the inside,causing a fire hazard. The best solution is to fit a liner for stoves, they limit the tar fall back, and can be used to get the 'draw' of the fire right, by fitting a cowl of the correct sort for the expected draw needed.