putting in a solid fuel fire requirements?
July 30th, 2010hello all I am thinking of opening up the fire in my house it was built circa 1900 and has been sealed up for quite some time, I have opened it up and the chimney draws well and dosent leak smoke into the house, what I need to know is… at the moment it is bear brick in the fire back, the fire itself is 88 x 38 cm with a tiled hearth, what do i need to do now, i cant decide what to do next brick it up and put in a fire insert (cast??) to burn coal, or have a central free standing log burner, or even possibly a solid fuel stove?? what do i need to do to prepare for either of these and are there any legal requirements to comply with along the way? thanks all for looking, oh, in bridlington in the uk!!
rip your tiled hearth out, build a new fireplace. put in a defra approved multi fuel, and a chimney liner would be my advice.
reason for chimney liner is cos if you burn a lot of softwood, then you get a resin build up on the inside of the chimney, which becomes very acidic when mixed with rainwater, and can seriously damage your chimney.
get a defra approved stove cos then the local council can,t touch you at a later date under the clean air act ( you may be in a smokleless area at the moment, but that could easily change )
multi fuels and woodburners are fantastic, and will save you a fortune on gas
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