Chimney uses?

gizmomama

Hi,
We have a gas fireplace downstairs and have bought a cast iron fireplace for the bedroom above which we might like to use for burning SOLID fuel. Will this be possible to run the same chimney for both fires?
Thanks

Doozergirl

Would there have been a bedroom fireplace there before?

I actually had fireplace man out yesterday to discuss the same in reverse. We'll be burning solid fuel downstairs and gas in the bedroom.

You can't run two appliances off the same flue but if you originally had two fireplaces on the same chimney breast (upstairs and downstairs) then there should be two flues (ie. one each) within the chimney breast (our extension is c.1920). I've only got one chimney pot which I found confusing but he said that when someone goes up there, they will find that the bedroom one has simply been taken off and capped with a piece of slate or the like so we just need to put on a new pot.

Hope that answers your question!

gizmomama

Yeah there a fire there originally, was we have unearthed the hole with the lintel and things.
Thanks for replying.

evilgoose

I in process of renovatting my house. As been mentioned you can have multiple flues contained in one chimney stack. Have a look here

http://www.solidfuel.co.uk/pdfs/opening_up_your_fireplace.pdf

ic

The key thing to find out is whether the flues are usable - depending on the age of the house it is quite possible that the mortar has perished in places and the chimneys leak. Each flue must be standalone, and obviously there must be no leaks either outwards, or back into the house. A smoke test performed by a gas man should show up any problems.