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A._Badger

kate83 wrote: »

Can any stove owners do me a quick favour please.
I want a stove but my local stove company seem to think my chimneys a bit small for most of them at 115cm (45") wide.
Can anyone measure their chimney breasts and the width of stove they've got in for me pretty please.

I'd like to help but mine drives a large inglenook. That said, I'm pretty sure the stove I had in a flat once fed a chimney not much bigger than that.

Good luck.

navig8r

kate83 wrote: »

Can any stove owners do me a quick favour please.
I want a stove but my local stove company seem to think my chimneys a bit small for most of them at 115cm (45") wide.
Can anyone measure their chimney breasts and the width of stove they've got in for me pretty please.

Fireplace 36" wide,stove 1' 11" wide, 6" flue pipe from stove to 7" concrete chimney liner.

g8r

gtn301072

I am looking to buy a wood burnig stove so i can heat my hall and landing which is very cold in the winter.Is there any grants you can get in N.Ireland or can anyone tell me where i could pick up a good cheep one I can buy one from the main land quite cheep but they are looking a arm and leg to ship it I know that this is because it is quite heavy so could anyone tell me where i could get one cheeply in N.ireand

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gtn301072 wrote: »

I am looking to buy a wood burnig stove so i can heat my hall and landing which is very cold in the winter.Is there any grants you can get in N.Ireland or can anyone tell me where i could pick up a good cheep one I can buy one from the main land quite cheep but they are looking a arm and leg to ship it I know that this is because it is quite heavy so could anyone tell me where i could get one cheeply in N.ireand

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Where abouts in NI are you?

We found Philip Maurice along by the Fort Royal to be a very good price both for the stove and flues - less then half the price of say Lamonts

Grz.26

Is it ok, and safe to put your logs next to a stove that is burning?

Swipe

Grz.26 wrote: »

Is it ok, and safe to put your logs next to a stove that is burning?

Assuming the stove isn't being burnt white hot and the logs are free from any sparks when door opened, then yes it's fine.

AGBAGB

I store logs next to our stove - see pic in previous post . The logs are about 2" from the stove sides. They warm up but not to ignition point, they don't even char.

However if the fire did burn on full blast for too long , as Swipe says, the logs would make a highly combustable pile. So caution is advisable.

navig8r

Interesting page on distances from combustable building surfaces,could be applied to storing fire wood :

http://hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/wood_stove_clearances_installing_it_safely

g8r

AGBAGB

Thanks for link navig8r. It applies to installations only.
I think the Short term storage of logs is different set of circumstances.

Another thought what about the stoves with built in log storage underneath?

navig8r

AGBAGB wrote: »

Thanks for link navig8r. It applies to installations only.
I think the Short term storage of logs is different set of circumstances.

Another thought what about the stoves with built in log storage underneath?

I know it applies to installations but its food for thought when placing combustibles close to a stove.We store some wood this way which does get pretty hot at times and wonder how sympathetic an insurance company would be if one made a claim and there was a pile of charred logs left by the fire.:eek:

We once had a clearview pioneer oven which had log storage.It did not get that hot,there is between the fire and the logs an air space and the insulation of the ash in the pan.In fact the whole stove is constructed with convection air space so it can be installed closer to combustable surfaces.I can,t speak for other makes but would have hoped that any reputable manufacturer would not put its customers danger
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