open fires

toria27

evening all

how can i find out if i can have an open fire/log burner in my house ?

thanks

aycor

Tell us if you are in an old house with bricked/boarded up fire places? or a new one with no actual chimmey.

toria27

I currently have a traditional fireplace with a gas fire in. It is a 1930's house. Do you know how I find out if there are any regulations for having open fires in my street?

We have a very open plan downstairs area and free access to woos so were hoping that this would decrease heating bills in the long run and heat house a lot better.

Ken68

Once the fire has gone out, Toria, the open chimney will let out all the heat generated from other sources.

One_Day_Rodney

Hi toria27,

I will soon be doing the same in my house which has a plastered over fireplace.

I found the Solid Fuel Association website very useful.

http://www.solidfuel.co.uk/frame/main.html

They do loads of leaflet on the various fuels, the current regulations for hearths and surrounds etc. Most can be downloaded directly.

They also do a specific leaflet for those who wish to open up an old unused fireplace........

http://www.solidfuel.co.uk/pdfs/opening_up_your_fireplace.pdf

To get over the problem Ken68 mentions, I intend to fit an solid fuel 'insert' style fire to my fireplace.

HTH

ZootHornRollo

toria27 wrote: »

We have a very open plan downstairs area and free access to woos so were hoping that this would decrease heating bills in the long run and heat house a lot better.

are you allowed to just go and chop down trees for your own use in someone elses woods?

toria27

thanks for replying everyone. I will take a look at those sites you suggested one-day-rodney should be helpful.

My dad is a scrap man and does skip hire and there is unlimited wood available through that not from a wood (should have said that) 2 people working for him already take home enough wood through the winter for their fires.

ZootHornRollo

sorry,

i think i miss read your typo.... lol

John_3:16

Sorry if this is too late and you have aready got things sorted. Not sure if your gas fire has already had a liner put in. If so this will have to be taken out then chimney check to see if it is OK of you need a new liner.

If you go down this route you may be better to get a wood burner as it will give you more heat and also stop alot a wasted heat up the chimney when out.

Strapped

Had our chimney lined last week so we could start using a wood burner...now we're sweltering! Unsurprisingly, I'd recommend one

matimage

Woodburner all the way!
Just came back from a rented cottage in Wales with one and it was ace. Amount of heat it kicked out was incredible.