Wood burner - can I get away without lining?

savemoney

These clean burn stoves are suppose to be allowed in smokeless zones I believe. They do give off very little smoke at least mine does

You may need a cowl fitted to chimney though to stop rain from entering

John_3:16

Regarding the stockon 4.

We have one fitted and it is great. It has a clean burn system as well as an aiwash. The clean burn realy does work the hot air thrown accross the smoke re ignites it and you get what I can only describe as a double burn. When running there is no smoke comming out of the chimney. We went for the 4 4 as i is smaller and you don't need to install an air brick.

roaljoho

Kittyboo

We live in a smoke control area. Here is a link to the complete list of exempt appliances and what can and cannot be burned on them.
http://www.airquality.co.uk/archive/smoke_control/appliances.php?country=e
Interestingly when we were looking for our stove this summmer the Stockton 4 was supposedly going through the exemption process and was not available to order. I wonder if the stockton 5 is the result. In the end we got the dovre 500 woodburner, which is also an exempt appliance, and are very pleased with it so far.

roaljoho

Billy_Bob_3

hadleyshope wrote: »

I am thinking of installing a small wood burner. My house is about 70 year old and assuming that the chimney pulls ok, and I sweep the chimney, can I get away without having it lined?

I was thinking of installing this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Evergreen-MultiFuel-Wood-Log-Burner-Stove-Fireplace_W0QQitemZ370103564191QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item370103564191&_trkparms=72%3A1296%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A4%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

We have had a stove for a year and this is what we were told about liners/flues. You can only get away with not having it lined is if you have a pressure test carried out on your chimney, costs £50-£100 and you pass. If you dont pass then you need a flue, flue has to be installed by a Hetas approved company/person, if you want to do it yourself you can but have to get building regs approval from council.

Dont forget according to building regs you will need to get a hearth a certain distance from you stove made of non combustible material. Stoves with flue and hearth are not cheap, and personally I think should not be looked at from a money saving option, the cost of the stove, flue, installation, (wood if you pay for it) pays for a hell of a lot of gas. Here is a good place to start when it comes to flues

http://www.fluesystems.com/liners/info/chimney_liner_regulations.htm

If you just get a wood burner then you need to get a registers plate etc... I would start with a chimney pressure test then start from there.