Chimney lining & flue for stove

trent900

We're having the same done at home. We've removed the gas fire place (using corgi plumber) and having the chimney breast enlarged to make room for the stove. The question I've got is can the builders doing the breast work also install a chimney liner for us? We can then have the stove installed by a HETAS certified installer to gain our certificate. We've tried to contact HETAS but with no luck.

D.

jeannieblue

trent900 wrote: »

We're having the same done at home. We've removed the gas fire place (using corgi plumber) and having the chimney breast enlarged to make room for the stove. The question I've got is can the builders doing the breast work also install a chimney liner for us? We can then have the stove installed by a HETAS certified installer to gain our certificate. We've tried to contact HETAS but with no luck.

D.

Good question - I would like to know the answer too. We are looking at getting a small stove. We like the Hunter Hawk 3 - the cheapest I've seen it for so far is £389 with free delivery, its a multifuel burner. It has a 5" flue - but no idea what that means with regards to liner etc.

Work begins in the lounge on the Tuesday after bank holiday... getting a bit panicky.... appreciate some advice.

Gotta sort out flooring too - but online companies are offering good deals thank goodness!

Thanks folks.

lisal0u

Hi,

I'm reading this post with interest as we have had a corgi man in our house today to disconnect 2 gas fires and test out the chimney (cost £25). It is a class 1 flue but he said it would need lining, the chimney stack needed pointing and setting. All in all he said it would cost about £1000 :-( We are wanting to put in the Gazco Studio 2 Edge.

I am also having builders in to remove one of the 2 chimney breasts and wonder if they will be able to fit the liner if I buy all the parts. Ive seen very cheap 7" liners on Ebay! The most expensive only been £65.

Will have to do some more research!

Lisa

stoveman

there are different grades of liners, personally anything that is £16 a meter inc vat I wouldnt touch.

there are a lot of companies selling liner cheaply but the difference in quality is worlds apart.

316 grade liner is ok I guess but having used it before I would never use it again. I would only use 904/904 grade.

This has a higher anti corrosion level and has a warranty of 25 years where as the 316 stuff has anything from 5-10.

I found that if i was slumbering the stove over night then the 316 liner lasted me less than 4 years as it started to get corroded by the tar!

904/904 liner is still going strong after 7 years.

some companies sell liner that is 0.01 thickiness i think where as the better quality stuff is something like 0.14 thick.

just my 2 pence worth

stoveman

jeannieblue wrote: »

Good question - I would like to know the answer too. We are looking at getting a small stove. We like the Hunter Hawk 3 - the cheapest I've seen it for so far is £389 with free delivery, its a multifuel burner. It has a 5" flue - but no idea what that means with regards to liner etc.

Work begins in the lounge on the Tuesday after bank holiday... getting a bit panicky.... appreciate some advice.

Gotta sort out flooring too - but online companies are offering good deals thank goodness!

Thanks folks.

Your builders can do the lot for you as long as you contact the building control department to get them in to sign the job off and issue a certificate

jeannieblue

Thank you Stoveman - the advice re the liner is very helpful too - so that really guides us in the right direction and will help us cost it.

trent900

stoveman wrote: »

Your builders can do the lot for you as long as you contact the building control department to get them in to sign the job off and issue a certificate

Is this part of the local council. I assume our local planning department would be able to give advice?

If we did get the work certified in this way is there a cost to get the department out to test and issue the certificate? I have heard from others the cost can be quite high.

Thanks everyone for your advice.

D.

stoveman

trent900 wrote: »

Is this part of the local council. I assume our local planning department would be able to give advice?

If we did get the work certified in this way is there a cost to get the department out to test and issue the certificate? I have heard from others the cost can be quite high.

Thanks everyone for your advice.

D.

yes you contact your local council, it generally costs around £150-160 to get them out to sign off and issue certificate.

jeannieblue

Great news folks!!

Our chimney needs a sweep - it does not need lining.

Had an absolutely brilliant guy out tonight - totally independent, not selling (as you all advised, and HETAS etc) and been doing this work for donkey years.

He reckons people get conned into lining when it is totally unnecessary.

Am as happy as a pig in doo dah!

Igol

Glad to hear it.
Now look forward to those winter days when you'll be outside keeping nice and warm chopping logs or smashing up pallets