advice on a log burner/stove

[chris 6000]

hello
i am thinking of getting a log burner but am a little stuck where would be the easiest place to put it. we have a gas fire in the front room and from what i can tel it seems to be a concrete block chimney/flue (not visable inside or outside the propety) with a steel flue in the loft which goes through the roof . my question is would this concrete block chimney be siutable i am guessing it is part of the wall
cheers chris

 

[muggles]

Are you proposing that you replace the gas fire with a log burner? This should be OK but you'll almost certainly need your flue liner replacing as the flue temperatures from a log burner are a lot higher than they are from a gas fire. It might be possible to put a short length of flue up into the chimney then seal it in, but this depends on the condition of your chimney.

 

[scatmanjohn]

Forget it.

You have what is called a "precast flue", No good for any solid fuel burning appliance i'm afraid.

 

[muggles]

Don't be too hasty scatman, if there's a hole at the top and a hole at the bottom I see no reason why you can't drop a flue liner down there, provided there is space to do so.

 

[scatmanjohn]

Don't be too hasty scatman, if there's a hole at the top and a hole at the bottom I see no reason why you can't drop a flue liner down there, provided there is space to do so.

Maybe if you ran over it with a steam roller first.

 

[chris 6000]

thank you for your replydo you have to have a doubled lined chimney? i have seem thermal type block and twin wall stainless steel flue can these be used on there own or would they have to be inside the chimney my understanding of it is that it needs to be douled skinned to retain the heat so you get the "pull" ?
cheers chris

 

[Agile]

You seem to know more about it than some of those replying!

The fire installation instructions will tell you that you need a double walled steel flue, usually about 8" diameter, or a chimney built of insulating blocks, not just Celcon blocks but special preformed blocks which seem to have crushed pumice stone in them to give a very high insulation valve.

[ But I expect it would work if you just built in with Celcon blocks anyway ]

You will also need an external combustion air vent, thats often forgotten!

Tony

 

[chris 6000]

thank you
this is the fire we are going to get
http://www.dunsleyheat.co.uk/yorkshirestoveCH.htm