In this section we have simplified all of the Building Regulations and technical jargon surrounding stoves, flues, installation and all related products to hopefully make the information more understandable and relevant to you. Please click on the links below for further information…
4. Carbon Monoxide & CO Alarms
8. Distances To Combustible Materials
11. Why do I need a stove thermometer?
13. Troubleshooting Stove Problems
14. 5 Easy Steps To Lighting Your Fire
15. Do I Need To Insulate My Flexible Flue Liner?
With free standing stoves is there a min clearance from back and sides of stove to adjacent brickwork.
There are no legal recommended distances to non-combustible materials (i.e. it is not covered by Approved Document J) but every stove will have it’s unique required distance to non-combustible materials as set out by the manufacturer
Hi we have a log burner coming soon which has a 125mm 5inch flue the hole we currently have going up the chimney is 150mm 6inch what is it I need to make this happen so the hole up to the chimney is covered thanks in advance. Chris
I would need a little further information as to what the ‘hole’ is but it sounds like you possibly have an existing concrete or pummice liner in there and so you would simply require a Sump or Pumice Liner adapter to take you from the 125mm stove pipe to the 150mm ‘hole’.
Hi, does a wood burning stove come with ashpan and/or a dog basket type system?
All multi-fuel stoves will be provided with an ashpan as well as most dedicated wood burning stoves (not all, as a bed of ash is required when burning wood only). Dog baskets are for open fire’s only but stoves are provided with a log guard or log retainer to keep your fuel in place.
I purchased a stovac reva 50 stove it is very good but there is a design flaw i.e the two bolts holding up the top baffle are corroded and the stove will have to be taken out to have the bolts drilled out ,this will be expensive and I think that a pernament hook was attached at manafacture this woul solve the problem
This is a great point but the majority of stoves do utilise bolts to rest the baffle plate on for ease/cost. If these have corroded however, this may indicate an excess of moisture in the fuel being used?