question about smokeless fuel reducing kit

hawkelady

hi all, in the process of looking for a decent multi fuel stove..anyone have any ideas?would perfer an insert stove,
anyway, im reading that if you plan on using mainly smokeless fuel,ie anthrcite/smokeless coal they recommend you have a fuel reducing kit installed. what exactly is it and what does it do. i plan on starting the fire with logs and when the temp on the fire is hot enough to burn coal,i will throw in a small bit of coal. will i need the reducing kit? also,why is it called a "reducing kit" ?
what im trying to say is i will be mixing the fuels i use,ie logs/anthrcite so would that be seen as using "mainly smokeless fuels"
any info will be grately recieved
thanks
oh ps, i know it is wise to have a flue liner installed but 50% of the stockists ive spoken to said there is no need for it as my chimney is only 6 yrs old,cctv will be viewed of the chimney and if it needs it ,then so be it, whereas,the other 50% said you need the liner no matter what,if the chimney is 1 week old and in perfect working order that you will still need this liner.
oh who to believe......what do you guys think???

Marcanthony

hawkelady wrote: »

im reading that if you plan on using mainly smokeless fuel,ie anthrcite/smokeless coal they recommend you have a fuel reducing kit installed. what exactly is it and what does it do. QUOTE]

basics ................. it will provide more heat with less fuel

Avns1s

hawkelady wrote: »

hi all, in the process of looking for a decent multi fuel stove..anyone have any ideas?would perfer an insert stove,
anyway, im reading that if you plan on using mainly smokeless fuel,ie anthrcite/smokeless coal they recommend you have a fuel reducing kit installed. what exactly is it and what does it do. i plan on starting the fire with logs and when the temp on the fire is hot enough to burn coal,i will throw in a small bit of coal. will i need the reducing kit? also,why is it called a "reducing kit" ?
what im trying to say is i will be mixing the fuels i use,ie logs/anthrcite so would that be seen as using "mainly smokeless fuels"
any info will be grately recieved
thanks
oh ps, i know it is wise to have a flue liner installed but 50% of the stockists ive spoken to said there is no need for it as my chimney is only 6 yrs old,cctv will be viewed of the chimney and if it needs it ,then so be it, whereas,the other 50% said you need the liner no matter what,if the chimney is 1 week old and in perfect working order that you will still need this liner.
oh who to believe......what do you guys think???

Are you sure it isn't a "Flue Reducing Kit", you're being advised to use?

I have never heard of a "fuel reducing kit" (inspite of the last posters explanations) and doubt such a thing exists.

There is an adapter kit for connecting a stove to your existing chimney flue and my goess is that this is what is being suggested.

paddy147

Would a reducing kit be required for burning peat briquettes in an inset stove??

paddy147

Id install a stainless steel twin walled flexi liner regardless of the age or condition of your chimney.

Thats what I did when having my Stovax Riva 66 multifuel inset stove installed.

And that was upon the recommendations of 3 different fireplace companies and also a flue manufacturer too.

Marcanthony

paddy147 wrote: »

Would a reducing kit be required for burning peat briquettes in an inset stove??

yes it can be used for the purpose.If you have a large fire box

Marcanthony

Avns1s wrote: »

Are you sure it isn't a "Flue Reducing Kit", you're being advised to use?

I have never heard of a "fuel reducing kit" (inspite of the last posters explanations) and doubt such a thing exists.

There is an adapter kit for connecting a stove to your existing chimney flue and my goess is that this is what is being suggested.

"What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?

Stove Fan

hawkelady wrote: »

hi all, in the process of looking for a decent multi fuel stove..anyone have any ideas?would perfer an insert stove,
anyway, im reading that if you plan on using mainly smokeless fuel,ie anthrcite/smokeless coal they recommend you have a fuel reducing kit installed. what exactly is it and what does it do. i plan on starting the fire with logs and when the temp on the fire is hot enough to burn coal,i will throw in a small bit of coal. will i need the reducing kit? also,why is it called a "reducing kit" ?
what im trying to say is i will be mixing the fuels i use,ie logs/anthrcite so would that be seen as using "mainly smokeless fuels"
any info will be grately recieved
thanks
oh ps, i know it is wise to have a flue liner installed but 50% of the stockists ive spoken to said there is no need for it as my chimney is only 6 yrs old,cctv will be viewed of the chimney and if it needs it ,then so be it, whereas,the other 50% said you need the liner no matter what,if the chimney is 1 week old and in perfect working order that you will still need this liner.
oh who to believe......what do you guys think???

I've never heard of a fuel reducing kit until I did a search and found the stovax riva has this option. I guess it aids the burning of the fuel and increases the fuels efficiency. I would phone the stove manufacturers technical helpline and ask them what it does.



With regards to your flue as the chimney has been built for the open fire in mind its highly unlikely the installer will to be able to join the stove flue to the clay liner as generally the round clay liners are resting on brick and so covering the edges of the clay liners.

If you cant fit a rigid to clay liner adapter you could get tar and condensation come down the chimney and run out the fireplace/flue.

Fitting a liner is the best solution.

Stove Fan:)