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Fitting a wood burner t...
Installing/fitting a wood burner through the wall You are here because you wish to connect your stove to a flexible chimney liner but you are NOT inserting your stove into a fireplace recess (builder’s opening). First of all I must say that I have only installed a stove this...Introduction
Overview Every wood burning stove requires a chimney. The chimney channels the smoke and dangerous gases to somewhere safe (up above us). The difference between a flue and a chimney? If you imagime a polo mint then the mint is the chimney and the hole is the flue. Each fireplace will...Regulations and rules f...
Introduction Some excellent documents by the British Chimney Manufacturer’s Association on this page (really worth a look as easy to read with lots of diagrams) here. The manual is designed to be used alongside Document J of the Building Regulations England & Wales (stoves...Hearth regulations for ...
Regulations for a hearth A hearth is designed to protect the building from the solid fuel appliance. The rules are stricter if the stove is being inserted into a fireplace recess than if the stove is to be “freestanding” outside of the usual stove recess (e.g. a modern stove...Building regulations fo...
See also: Can I legally fit my own wood burner? As long as your builder’s opening (fireplace recess/inglenook/hole in the wall whatever you want to call it) is made of brick or stone with NO combustible materials (plasterboard is classed as combustible for building regulation...
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