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hethmar

Im just wondering if someone has told you it was "filled with concrete" but in fact they meant it is lined with a cast in situ lining (which is pumped in from the top around a former using crushed volcanic rock and cement - and a lot of water? Can you actually look up the chimney flueway?

It wouldnt make any sense at all to fill it up with concrete. Apart from anything, the weight could damage the stack.

welda

I agree, daft to even think about filling a chimney with concrete, chuck a smoke pellet in fireplace down stair, then pop outside and see if smoke vents from chimney, if not, no harm done, smoke will dissapate without any harm done to human, animals or the house.

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RacyRed

Hethmar, There is a board blocking the chimney at the bottom end so I cannot see. I tapped it and it sounds hollow? The chimney also bends I think, as the bedroom fires are not immediately above the living room fire.

welda, that is a great idea thanks. Any suggestions where I can get a smoke pellet from please, is it the sort of thing the local hardware shops are likely to sell?

welda

Any plumber merchant should supply smoke pellets. No idea cost , nothing too expensive.

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hethmar

I think there is a good chance that you have a cast in situ lining up there and the method has become garbled like chinese whispers Why dont you just remove the board? You will have to do that to do a smoke test anyway.

gwillhill

more and more joiners shops are installing briquette making machines, try your local joiner, if you live near telford try alliance joinery, i know that they have one.

paul5046

Hi,

I'm having a single room extension added to my house. One of the main issues is heating it as extensions have a habit of being quite cold. Would a wood burning stove be an option given the fact as its a new built extension it could be built into the room.

Any thoughts.

Woody67

I have had a stove fitted in the living room, chimney lined etc, expensive to have done but makes a real feature of the fireplace and better still is costing next to nothing to run. One thing I would suggest is to check what size stove you need for the area you want to heat and dont be tempted to go for a larger one on the basis that bigger is better, all you will be doing is burning a lot more fuel because I have found you have to fill the base of the stove with wood or coal for it to really have an effect, insufficient fuel in the stove will just result in it burning without really kicking out the heat into the room.

hethmar

TBH Paul, it may be better, if you already have a CH system just to extend the system into the new room.

Widelats

Is there grants or help available for council tenants to install wood burner stoves?

I would like one, with a back boiler if possible for radiator heat as well, if i can get helped i would save up like crazy and buy one.

The previous tenant before me was using anthracite, the council have installed a very very costly electric convector heater in place but if i can i will ask them to remove it, i believe the chimney will already be lined from the previous tenant.

Any ideas?