Review of Firefox 8 stove
HELP
When we bought our house a gas fire was installed, we decided to brick up the fire and go for an electric contemporary fire. A few weeks ago I decided to sledge hammer the wall with a view to have a multi fuel burner. The problem we encountered was the chimney is breeze blocked all the way to the top with a layer of gas bricks. I had a fire engineer out to quote me on chopping out the brick work on the chimney stack and remove class 2 bricks, add a liner, as I did not want the option of a liner running up the house chip shop style. He recommended the firefox 8 which we were happy to go with. However he said he would be able to start work in 2 weeks each week he is putting our job back, last night he texted me to say he would be unable to do the job and the next start date is January. This has left us with a dilemma, with Christmas fast approaching I need to act quickly and sort out this mess. I have located a firefox 8 on the net but still need some answers to what I need I believe I need a stainless steel 6" liner. Does it need to be double lined? if anybody could give me some advice as I do not trust builders information as I have had conflicting quotes and need piece of mind to make sure that I am getting this job done properly, Hope somebody can give me some correct advice so we can enjoy Christmas with our burner. Looking at the reviews on here I think the firefox 8 is a good choice still. Thankyou.
Stove expert replied: A stove liner can be installed inside an existing chimney and there are free flue design services available on the net. The liner would need to be 150mm, rigid flue pipe off the top or rear of the stove to the register plate, at this point an adaptor will convert to the liner. At the top of the chimney you can either have a pot hanging cowl (if a round topped chimney pot is already in place) or a top plate, top insert with rain cap and top clamp can be used. Insulation round the liner may also be required. Would recommend speaking to a flue designer for confirmation. If you install this your self you will need to get Building Control to sign this off when complete.
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