Inserts, poeles and flue size

[Hells Bells]

Hi there

We have a beautiful open fireplace which completely fails to heat our living room and so have been exploring options for heating this space. We really like the idea of an insert but have been told both by the chimney sweep and a local cheminee supplier and fitter that our chimney is too narrow and the best we can do is a poele as apparently they have smaller flues. Unfortunately, we don't really like the look of the poeles we have seen (especially for our cheminee).

Anybody got any ideas about:

(a) makers of inserts with small flues; or

(b) why can't the flue vary in size from where it exits the insert to where it exits the chimney?;

Anything else on the above topic would be handy....

Cheers

Hells Bells

 

 

[Punch]

Ideally a liner should be installed if the chimney is an old one, (and most are). The regulations say that pipe connected for the liner must be the same size as the outlet on the poele and must not reduce in size. Some Godin stoves have outlets at 133mm , I think.

Paul