Bluebells Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I have an old godin wood burning stove in the kitchen, however the rear pipe work only goes up 3 meters of a 7 metre chimney, my local french plumber has said thats ok as its a stove and proposes just putting a register plate in, the other two wood burning fires have a similar arrangement and he has said they must be piped to the top etc, anyone any thoughts on stove idea as cant see that that should not too be piped to top of chimney? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 For safetys sake and approval by the pompiers as well as building practices,you take a double skinned stainless steel flue liner to the very top of the chimney. In old houses there can be wooden beams actually built into the construction of the chimney space and these can catch fire very easily. I would recommend all stoves are flue lined to the very top plus it makes it easier to clean as well as all the deposit will fall down inside the flue to come out of the stove once per year or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebells Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 yes thanks val 2, plumber been today and now i know why they only put up one piece of pipe, the remainder wont go, oh joy - solutions are not many and very very expensive, so we shall see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 If you cannot go upwards why not go outwards through the rear wall - bit messy,maybe pricey for an artisan to make good but another solution. Don't forget that with stoves in open chimneys, you really need to close off the space with some steel leaving just the flue pipe to go through or else a lot of heat will be lost. The first bit of pipe from the stove is usually rigid anyway with the flexi attached to that after a metre or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebells Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 yes thanks for that, he had suggested that, got to ask maire as it ventures out into road space and yes plates to be fitted to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondeau Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Bluebell..............threequarters (at the very least) of the countryside houses in France have the same system fitted ....... Relax........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebells Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 well may be so, but my french chimney sweep refuses to give me a certificate of conformity unless sorted so there you go i would rather take the better safe than sorry angle, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondeau Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Sorry...........I was being flippant, that's what comes of having too much red wine.There are indeed a lot of country house in France that only have a few feet of flue pipe, but nontheless there can be problems, one thing that many people seem to forget is that smouldering wood gives off large amounts of carbon monoxide. A few small cracks in the masonary above the boiler and you have a receipe for disaster........especially if the room above is a bedroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebells Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 no problem did not take it any other way, seems a man has a solution that will keep sweep happy so there you go, enjoy your day and red er and it took me 15 years to learn parrot mouth and bad head in the morning no good, rose my friend rose its the new red, cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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