Neighbours wood burner

Survivor

An Update:
I finally spoke to my neighbour some weeks ago, who promised to check it out.
She came back to me and said that it was likely that there was some grouting (is that the right word)? missing from between my chimney as the guy who lived in this house previously was a mad (and not very good:rolleyes: ) DIYer.
and that was it!
The smells as bad as ever and no ones been round to actually look at the problem.
I'm now stuck as to who's problem it actually is?
Should she have it fixed or is it my problem? the property is rented so would come down to the LL.

It really is bad tonight and the two front rooms of the house (living room and main bedroom) really smell bad, although there is no actual smoke in the rooms that i can see.

Help !!

( i put a CM alarm in the room for a few weeks and nothings happened, so hopefully thats not a problem)

Cazza

As a previous poster suggested that your neighbour could be contravening (sp?!?!) building regulations, a phone call to the planning department of your local council might do the trick???

Survivor

Sorry i missed that bit...:o

She swears she's had the chimmney lined though:rolleyes: but i'll follow it up.

Thanks

vinr

It is not unknown for some companies to fit these liners upside down allowing gases to seep straight passed the coiled joints into the chimney area. You may be at serious risk here - do you get lots of headaches or drowsiness?

maypole

It also depends on what they lined the chimney with. I have read that the flexible metal liners are only suitable for gas fires and not solid fuel. If I am correct they would need to have knocked holes in various places in the chimney to put in place a suitable liner.
We wanted to return to a coal fire in our terrace and I think we had a hole in the chimney somewhere, but when I read about the mess putting in a liner would cause I went off the idea.

I would get this checked by someone as soon as possible, don't put up with it out of politeness.

Errata

It's your neighbour's problem, your house didn't stink until they put a woodburner in ! Speak to the council's planning department - there may be a carbon monoxide problem, which is very, very serious.

Survivor

Ekkk, i have been unwell for a few weeks, but thought/hope it just this cold bug going around :eek:

I've just emailed my local planning dept and hope they'll reply on Monday. If not i'll ring them. Am also going to have to have another word with the neighbour.

Thanks for all your advice. Its been invaluable and may even be life saving.:A

maypole

Survivor wrote: »

Ekkk, i have been unwell for a few weeks, but thought/hope it just this cold bug going around :eek:

I've just emailed my local planning dept and hope they'll reply on Monday. If not i'll ring them. Am also going to have to have another word with the neighbour.

Thanks for all your advice. Its been invaluable and may even be life saving.:A

Hope so, don't let this go, especially as you have felt unwell. Keep us informed.

debbie42

maypole wrote: »

I have read that the flexible metal liners are only suitable for gas fires and not solid fuel.

I had two chimneys lined for woodburners within the last couple of years and they used flexible liners.

Antispam

We have flexible stainless steel liner in ours