Register plate mulitfule stove do I need one?

lday77

Hi

We are just about to fit a multifuel stove after having an open fire, we have bought the flue but the shop said we needed to get a registration plate made.

Do we really need one of these? What does it do, the shop have told us we need one but they cost about £80 and I don't want to have one if we don't need one.

In case I have got my terminology wrong the register plate is a metal sheet with small holes in the fits up the chimney it has a big hole in the middle for the flue and a flap to one side for emptying soot I believe?

Any help would be great, I think I have put this post in the wrong place I think it should be in DIY, how can I get it moved?

Pink.

Hi Iday,

I'll move your post across to the In My Home board for you.

Pink

italiastar

lday77 wrote:

Hi

We are just about to fit a multifuel stove after having an open fire, we have bought the flue but the shop said we needed to get a registration plate made.

Do we really need one of these? What does it do, the shop have told us we need one but they cost about £80 and I don't want to have one if we don't need one.

In case I have got my terminology wrong the register plate is a metal sheet with small holes in the fits up the chimney it has a big hole in the middle for the flue and a flap to one side for emptying soot I believe?

Any help would be great, I think I have put this post in the wrong place I think it should be in DIY, how can I get it moved?

I did the same a few years ago. By co-incidence the unit next to the place I got my granite base was a sheet metal fabricators - they wern't interested in fabricating the plate to my dimensions, ebven though I was willing to pay them a fair amount, however they let me have a "scrap" of gavanised plate (about 2- 3mm) which was far better than anything else I could get. they cut the square to size, but could / would not help me with the hole - all for the price of a "drink"

I cut the hole for the flue pipe with a metal cutting jigsaw plate - not as precise as I would have liked, but fine for the job - the gap is filled with fire cement.

There is also a fibreboard (asbestos replacement) which can be used, but I didn't look into this.

I fitted mine a few years ago and it's running fine - especially today :cool:

PM me if you require any further advice - I was once in exactly the same position as you.


To cover myself - any advice given is purely for discussion purposes and I do not expect anyone to act on it - just in case the european register-plate police are looking

maarten

I also made and fitted my own register plate as the companies wanted far too much money to do it. I made mine from the side of an old metal filing cabinet (picked up from a scrap yard for £2) and used a jigsaw to cut the hole. I then bought the fire cement from screwfix (the cheapest place I could find) to fill any gaps. I haven't got a flap to clear any soot and to be honest hadn't even thought about soot being there.

ronnyb_2

I installed a stove a few years ago and made my own plate out of fibreboard (or is it fireboard) It looks like asbestos sheet and is easy to cut. If I remember rightly I shaped it to the inside of the chimney about six inches above the opening and attached it to the brickwork using some pieces of angle iron. Cut a hole the size of the flue and another hole about 4" diameter to poke the chimney sweep brush up when it needs cleaning. Attach another piece of the fibreboard to the 4" piece you've cut out to stop it dropping out of the hole and hey presto it worked fine. The fibreboard stops all the soot dropping down the chimney onto your stove and fireplace.

lday77

Thats great, thanks for the tips, we didn't want to have to pay out if we could do it ourselves, think we might go down the fibreboard route. Cheers everyone.

ronnyb_2

Like Italiastar says, use fire cement to fill any gaps so you get a good draw on the fire.

italiastar

lday77 wrote:

Thats great, thanks for the tips, we didn't want to have to pay out if we could do it ourselves, think we might go down the fibreboard route. Cheers everyone.

Shouldn't be a problem - in fact it should be easier - just make sure it's fireproof, obviously - there is brand name, I can't remember the name.

gromituk

Sorry to drag this off topic for a moment, but I've got an old German stove - sort of rounded thing like a stunted Wurlitzer jukebox - with a flue exit at the back, designed to go against a flat wall. I have a wall in mind which has lost its fireplace - not sure what's filling the hole but probably just a board (with a vent fitted). I don't see how I could fit this without also allowing access for chimney sweeping, but then again I am in a smokeless zone so presumably could only burn things like compressed paper logs (assuming these are smokeless!), so soot may not be a problem.