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Insert stove or door for the open fire

  • 09-01-2015 11:43AM
    #1
    spring21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭


    Hi , please can someone advice me which is better the insert stove or the door to stop the draft from the open fire . Thank you


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  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    spring21 wrote: »
    Hi , please can someone advice me which is better the insert stove or the door to stop the draft from the open fire . Thank you

    stove


  • #3
    spring21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭spring21


    BryanF wrote: »
    stove

    Can you explain the difference , please . Thank you


  • #4
    antiskeptic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    spring21 wrote: »
    Hi , please can someone advice me which is better the insert stove or the door to stop the draft from the open fire . Thank you


    Fire lighting
    If you've an outside wall on the same wall as the chimney breast then a vent to outside near the chimney breast fireplace of suitable size will permit the fire to draw suffficient air without dragging draughts (or so many draughts)over your ankles. You'd need to seal up obvious sources of draughts so as to encourage the fire to pull through the vent and not elsewhere.

    Fire not lighting
    I find a childs soft plastic football, about an inch or two larger in diameter than the flue (which is typically 8"), inserted up to the flue entry (where it then gets held in place by the updraught) seals effectively and halts draughts when the fireplace isn't in use. Far better and easier to insert/remove than a chimney balloon. And it won't get sucked up the chimney on a night like this like a chimney balloon often is.

    Both cheaper than a stove installation. Although running costs from a stove (and enjoyment of the fire) will be less with a stove.


  • #5
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    spring21 wrote: »
    Can you explain the difference , please . Thank you

    A Stove is way more efficient.

    Can you tell us is this a new house or have you an existing fire place?


  • #6
    spring21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭spring21


    BryanF wrote: »
    A Stove is way more efficient.

    Can you tell us is this a new house or have you an existing fire place?

    Existing fire place in a semidetached with the chimney in the middle .


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  • #7
    antiskeptic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    spring21 wrote: »
    Existing fire place in a semidetached with the chimney in the middle .

    Having a suspended wooden floor, I installed the aforementioned vents in the floor either side of the chimney breast. I used a thin sheet aluminum louvred vent which was attractive enough and not that noticeable given 'brass' colour against flooring.

    You'd feel a fair draught coming through when the fire was lighting.


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