putting a stove into garage

avfc1874

hi i want to put a stove into my garage, was thinking of either making hole in outside wall, putting flue through then connecting about 8ft flue connected to the outside wall. the worry i'd have is the kids touching it, or second idea is putting the flue up through the floor of the garage (pitched roof) and having the chimney out of the roof. the worry here is that the garage is floored and i'd be worried about the heat , any advice or ideas i'd be gratefull thanks

Robbie.G

avfc1874 wrote: »

hi i want to put a stove into my garage, was thinking of either making hole in outside wall, putting flue through then connecting about 8ft flue connected to the outside wall. the worry i'd have is the kids touching it, or second idea is putting the flue up through the floor of the garage (pitched roof) and having the chimney out of the roof. the worry here is that the garage is floored and i'd be worried about the heat , any advice or ideas i'd be gratefull thanks

Due to building regs a open flues appliance is not permitted in a domestic garage.
Even if it was allowed you would need to put in a non combustible hearth.

avfc1874

Robbie.G wrote: »

Due to building regs a open flues appliance is not permitted in a domestic garage.
Even if it was allowed you would need to put in a non combustible hearth.

are you sure about that? i know people who have converted their garage and put a stove in, or have a stove in their workshops, also there are manufacturers who sell stoves especially for garages

Robbie.G

avfc1874 wrote: »

are you sure about that? i know people who have converted their garage and put a stove in, or have a stove in their workshops, also there are manufacturers who sell stoves especially for garages

Cannot be open flued
Must be room sealed to be allowed in garage

Any appliance in a bath or shower room or a private garage must be of the room sealed type.

Location of Appliances 1.7 Where a heat producing appliance is installed in a domestic or other garage, precautions should be taken to avoid impact damage to the appliance by a vehicle. Such precautions may consist of (a)the provision of an adequate barrier around the appliance (see Technical Guidance Document K for guidance on barriers), or (b)locating the appliance in a part of the garage where it cannot be struck by a vehicle. Whatever precautions are taken, adequate space should be provided to allow the appliance to be properly maintained.

avfc1874

Robbie.G wrote: »

Cannot be open flued
Must be room sealed to be allowed in garage

Any appliance in a bath or shower room or a private garage must be of the room sealed type.

Location of Appliances 1.7 Where a heat producing appliance is installed in a domestic or other garage, precautions should be taken to avoid impact damage to the appliance by a vehicle. Such precautions may consist of (a)the provision of an adequate barrier around the appliance (see Technical Guidance Document K for guidance on barriers), or (b)locating the appliance in a part of the garage where it cannot be struck by a vehicle. Whatever precautions are taken, adequate space should be provided to allow the appliance to be properly maintained.

hi excuse my ignorance, but what does open flued mean, also when you say private garage must be of room sealed type, what exactly does that mean?, again excuse my ignorance thanks

Robbie.G

avfc1874 wrote: »

hi excuse my ignorance, but what does open flued mean, also when you say private garage must be of room sealed type, what exactly does that mean?, again excuse my ignorance thanks

A room sealed appliance take the air for combustion from the outside of the room and expels the gases through the flue they are normally 2 flues within one there is an inner pipe for the air in and one for air out.
Open flued takes the air from the room the appliance is in.
There are stoves that are room sealed.
It's up to you what you do and there are a lot of people that will fit them in a garage.All I'm saying is it's against regs and in the event of a problem(fire etc) your insurance could be void and null.
Only letting you know

lownhard

Apologies for the grave digging but I would like a bit more discussion on the above.

I can see why a heat appliance would need a barrier in a drive-in garage

But if I want to be nice a toasty while I hit things with hammers, I don't see why the stove should be room sealed, as stated above. Can I get some details from the building regs on this? If my garage has adequate ventilation and is NOT hugely airtight, why would I need a room sealed stove?