Inset Electric Fire and chimney flue.

pierrored

We are going to have our inset gas fire removed because it needed replacing.However the cost of replacing the fire and having to have a new flue would have cost about £550

The fire in the room is rarely used by my wife and I, so we found that if we got the gas fire grate removed and the gas pipe capped by a Gas Safe Engineer, the inset electric would slot neatly in to the existing back panel at a fraction of the cost.

However the air intake vent/grill is on on the back of the electric fire and is on the top (parallel to the flue opening) and I am worried in case any soot or debris could go into the workings of the fire from the flue directly above.

The flue opening is @18 x 6 inches.

Is there any way I could block up the flue to prevent this?

magn8p

I opted for an inset electric recently, the Gazco one (http://www.stovax.com/stove-fire/radiance-inset-electric-fires/radiance-inset-edge/).

I recently called a fire place specialist to install it and he quoted £250 to do a chimney sweep and close it which I felt was to expensive.

I guess if you are only interested in closing in the flue, you can simply put an MDF and seal the edges with expanding foam (http://amzn.to/2jCA8O4). I am going to suggest this to a carpenter who is going to install the inset fire for us next week.

Make sure that you make a vent for the fire place though. I am going to create this on the side of my chimney breast and cover it using a mesh (http://amzn.to/2jDJM2V).

All the best.

pierrored wrote: »

We are going to have our inset gas fire removed because it needed replacing.However the cost of replacing the fire and having to have a new flue would have cost about £550

The fire in the room is rarely used by my wife and I, so we found that if we got the gas fire grate removed and the gas pipe capped by a Gas Safe Engineer, the inset electric would slot neatly in to the existing back panel at a fraction of the cost.

However the air intake vent/grill is on on the back of the electric fire and is on the top (parallel to the flue opening) and I am worried in case any soot or debris could go into the workings of the fire from the flue directly above.

The flue opening is @18 x 6 inches.

Is there any way I could block up the flue to prevent this?

FreeBear

magn8p wrote: »

Make sure that you make a vent for the fire place though. I am going to create this on the side of my chimney breast and cover it using a mesh (http://amzn.to/2jDJM2V).

Also worth capping the pot on top of the chimney - This will stop rain, birds, and other debris from entering the flue and causing problems at a later date.