Please identify these burners

Coppice

Hi all,

Does anyone know which brands / models these burners are?

Multifuel burner



Not a great pic of the woodburner

Coppice

Just to follow up (in case anyone was curios and to pose a few more questions!) the multi-fuel burner is Aarrow and the woodburner is apparently from a local company.

I've had a Hetas engineer inspect the burners and he's recommend the following work. Can anyone advise on whether these are reasonable prices?

Living room:
The stove is of unknown make or model, I suspect it is an old (local firm) stove and appears to be approximately 8 Kw, although this cannot be confirmed.
The stove is installed into an unlined flue in an old property in a terrace. I would recommend carrying out a pressure test which will give an idea of the condition of the flue. To do this effectively we would need access to the attic space for this property and the adjoining property along with any rooms in both properties that the flue runs through
There is sealant missing from around the joints of the flue connectors and where the enters the chimney.
There is also no air vent fitted in the room, this is required for any stove over 5kw.
There is no Carbon Monoxide detector fitted.
I would also recommend sweeping the chimney
The cost of the above would be as follows

Carry out pressure test £80.00
Re-seal the joints of the flue and chimney point £20.00
Install an air vent £50.00
Supply and fit a carbon monoxide detector £25.00
Sweep the flue £40.00

Total cost £215.00

Rear room / dining room
The stove in this room is an Aarrow boiler stove, again the model is not stated.
It appears to be running hot water and some radiators.
The controls fitted to the system are a thermostatic control which turns on pump when the stove gets to a certain temperature. These controls are what I would expect to see on a boiler system however the stove would need to be lit and worked at its full operating temperature to fully test them.
Again this stove has been installed into an unlined flue so a pressure test as above is recommended to test the condition of the flue.
The flue pipe does turn through 90 degrees as it enters the original chimney. Building regulations recommend that turns in a flue are limited to no more than 45 degrees. This would involve removing the current flue pipe and re-fitting with a 45 degree elbow in place.
I would also recommend fitting a sweeping access for this flue as the access it quite restricted.
There is a wooden lintel over the fireplace that is only 5 1/2 inches away from the stove pipe, this should be at least 15 inches away to prevent it catching fire. This can be removed and replaced with a concrete one or protected with 4 inches of fire proof material.
The header tank in the cupboard upstairs for this system should be able to withstand temperatures of over 100 degrees C, the current one would not.
Again there is no air vent or carbon monoxide detector fitted.

The costs for this room would be as follows.

Pressure test £80.00
Fit a 45 degree elbow £100.00
Fit a sweeping access £50.00
Protect the wooden lintel £30.00
Replace the header tank estimated £100.00
Install an air vent £50.00
Fit a carbon monoxide detector £25.00

muckybutt

Seems very reasonable prices, not ott at all.

Bear in mind though that if the chimneys do need lining then you are going to be looking at least around the £1000 mark for both of them to be done.

suisidevw

Another thing, I thought the vent is only for new stove installations rather than ones that have clearly been present for many years? Obviously I may be wrong!

hethmar

Suis - If an installer goes in and sees them missing it is his responsibility to update it.

Re the prices for the other jobs, Id say extremely reasonable if all the correct materials are used.

I just shouted out details to OH and he would recommend a t-piece rather than a 45 degree bend.

Also are these all plus VAT as I would have thought any established HETAS co would be above VAT income.