Pot bellied stoves

[tootles]

To be pefectly honest, Bob/guv/mate, if there are any tall trees or other buildings closeby the flue should be higher than those too.
Also,like Hilary said, NO right angles. Smoke and tar will build up and increase the chances of 'something nasty'.

I think you'll feel the cold when you get back!

[bobleponge]

Hmmm, this is all becoming a tad more complex than I had hoped it would have been.
I do have 3 chimneys but to run flue to any of them would only increase the fire risk as it would be travelling quite a way across wooden loft floors and beams etc etc.
I think my 2 options are either
1 Go straight up through the ceiling and then through the roof as planned, or
2 Get an electric heater in the room instead.

They just dont look the same though!!!!


Now very homesick in Sudan

[pigletwillie]

[QUOTE=bobleponge;296659]The smoke escaping from the front when I put new wood in is no different to what I get now from the big woodburner in the big front room. I have to paint every year and clean daily when its in use. /QUOTE]

If you have smoke escaping I suggest you have your chimmney checked as the draw should stop ALL smoke drifting into the room. If its not going up the flue there is an issue with the flue's draw and that is a big big safety issue.

We have a big multi fuel stove in our living room and an open fire in the big kitchen dinner and neither room has required repainting at all due to smoke leakage from the fire. We burn mainly ash, elm and beech.

Your idea seems sound, just check the local building regs to see if there are any specific dimensions that the flue needs to poke up over the ridge, use plenty of fire cement when putting the flue together and remember, the whole thing will get very hot and needs to be positioned so as you dont "walk into it" easily.

[Nicos]

Will do!

Got me all excited about having ours now ( was a project for next winter!!!)

[bobleponge]

PW
The only smoke I have escaping is from when I open the door to put more wood in.
As there is no mantlepiece above my fireplace this causes a smoke stain to appear on the chimney breast () which I paint every year. This also involves a small amount of soot etc escaping.
Perhaps the thread "What gets you in the mood for cleaning" may explain my overzealousness!!
Re the other advice, thanks very much, I think I will try it. Its going to sit in the corner of my front room, and look nice and warm.
Nicos, if you could let me know M Le Gere's advice (after you have put him down obviously) it would be appreciated. I get home on 29th October and I suspect it may be a bit chillier there than it is here, so would like to get started as soon as I can.
Thanks to all who replied with advice. All taken on board.

[pipscariad]

We were hoping to exactly the same thing in our house - woodburner in the kitchen, and up through the ceiling, some of a bedroom (dormer bungalow, so sloping ceilings upstairs), then out. We've had two heating experts have a look at it now, and had to knock the idea on the head due to the prohibitive cost - it was going to work out at nearly £2,000! As OH says, we could buy a lot of heating oil for that! We're really disappointed, as we love to look at the flames, and a stove is so much cosier than a radiator. We were advised to have double skinned flue pipe going up through the ceiling and beyond, as an overheating measure and also to give a better burn in the stove - that's what upped the cost, that stuff is horribly expensive. We needed heatproof board where the flue went through the ceiling/roof.

Good luck, hope yours works out for you!

[bobleponge]

Thats quite a bit of cash. I wouldnt pay that either. I have emailed my mate, the macon, to come and have a look when I get home. He will give me an idea, but it its that much, no way jose. Not a chance.
I am hoping to avoid the loft option and go straight through the wall in the room. Ceilings are quite high, so we shall see.
Thanks

Homesick in Sudan

[tootles]

We were hoping to exactly the same thing in our house - woodburner in the kitchen, and up through the ceiling, some of a bedroom (dormer bungalow, so sloping ceilings upstairs), then out. We've had two heating experts have a look at it now, and had to knock the idea on the head due to the prohibitive cost - it was going to work out at nearly £2,000! As OH says, we could buy a lot of heating oil for that! We're really disappointed, as we love to look at the flames, and a stove is so much cosier than a radiator. We were advised to have double skinned flue pipe going up through the ceiling and beyond, as an overheating measure and also to give a better burn in the stove - that's what upped the cost, that stuff is horribly expensive. We needed heatproof board where the flue went through the ceiling/roof.

Good luck, hope yours works out for you!

Get a builder in to quote for a basic chimney to run up through the loft. Flue liner is around £13/m and you could back fill the cavity with mica or similar.

Alternatively, look here http://www.stovesonline.co.uk/wood_b...kirk-flue.html
The stuff is expensive, but £2000??? £111 per metre How high is your roof for goodness sake!

[pipscariad]

Get a builder in to quote for a basic chimney to run up through the loft. Flue liner is around £13/m and you could back fill the cavity with mica or similar.

Alternatively, look here Selkirk flue, twin wall flue UK
The stuff is expensive, but £2000??? £111 per metre How high is your roof for goodness sake!

Thanks, good idea, we'll do that. You see, you folk here are always a good source of advice and ideas!

The £2000 included a stove (we wanted the Morso Squirrel cleanheat, so we could see the flames), and the installation by approved chap - the roof isn't that high!