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Got my gas fire removed a while back and converted fire for log use. Tried it out for the first time last night and got a knock on the door from the neighbour saying her upstairs was full of smoke. Checked and ours was too.
Anyone know what I can do to fix it? What's involved?
Oh sheeeit! You didn't check the flue before installing the stove? People die from CO poisoning from badly-installed stoves and houses get burned down by leaking flues! The house is probably quite old, right? The flue needs a liner, which will cost £75 - £100 a metre I expect, as we paid £50 in 2001. On top of that the installer's charge will be roughly the same again. If there's space around the liner they will fill with insulating material, which is volcanic ash I believe. The benefit will be that you will survive to enjoy your stove, your house will be toasty warm and well ventilated and the flue itself will draw like a good 'un once it's warmed up.
I paid something like £25/metre for the chimney liner in my last place (2 years ago)
It wad a mid size (7") double walled stainless steel flue liner, and it was bought online from a place called Flue Supplies.
Don't know about installation costs as I did mine myself with the help of a friend who is a roofer/builder.
It's an open fire rather than a wood burner. We're getting one after Xmas which will have a liner.
The house is 1850 built so quite old.
(Edit after seeing your last post!)
You've done the smoke test now, anyhow... 🙂 It's probably not worth doing owt until you get your burner sorted....
That's what I'm thinking too, really wanted an open fire at Xmas. 🙁
Just do what they did in medieval times; slab of stone in the middle of the lounge floor, light fire, open all windows, no worries about chimneys.
Just do what they did in medieval times. Do you have a small boy in the house?
you can get 316 stainless flue liner for £21/m if you look around. it has to be continuous and installed correctly according to Building regs (part j IIRC) you can either pay for installation by a self-certifying installer or do it yourself to the above standard and get Building control to come and sign it off (you have to notify them before you install)