Garden office

hiagain

We are in the middle of a build for a garden office. The garden slopes up and it is at the top. It's about 100 square foot and away from our house but closer to a neighbour's house. We are planning to put in a wood burning stove. It would still be around 20 metres from their house and their house is slightly higher again. Is this going to be a problem for them in terms of smoke?

Gumbo

Because it's non habitable it is classed as a domestic shed so exempt from the building regulations. But once you put the stove in you should comply with Technical Guidance Document Part J with regards to flues, flue position and height.

Will it be a problem to your neighbour, that would be a site specific survey that would have to be carried out to determine wind direction etc

hiagain

Thanks. Would I need to get an engineer to do this?

Calahonda52

hiagain wrote: »

Thanks. Would I need to get an engineer to do this?

depends on your ability to read and apply the relevant parts of this
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/FileDownLoad,37240,en.pdf

The key issue is what height flue is required to make the stove work properly.

There is another section on this forum which covers more on stoves, maybe have a look there. There is a long thread on stoves questions somewhere:(

The instinct will be to keep it as short as possible which is wrong: it wont work properly.

Is the office A roof or flat?
How close to neighbours?
Any trees?
how high is neighbours property adjoining the office?
etc

hiagain

Thanks. The roof is sloped in one direction, it is around 20 metres from the neighbours house, the neighbours house is 2 stories and ours cone up to lower than one story of their house, tree has been cut back significantly.

I guess I mainly want to know what would happen if they object. What is their recourse if they are not happy with the stove where it is? I know I don't need planning permission for the shed, but what about the stove element?

Gumbo

hiagain wrote: »

Thanks. The roof is sloped in one direction, it is around 20 metres from the neighbours house, the neighbours house is 2 stories and ours cone up to lower than one story of their house, tree has been cut back significantly.

I guess I mainly want to know what would happen if they object. What is their recourse if they are not happy with the stove where it is? I know I don't need planning permission for the shed, but what about the stove element?

Comply with TGD Part J with regards to the stove.

Calahonda52

kceire wrote: »

Comply with TGD Part J with regards to the stove.

The issue here is flue height, which I presume will be a double walled SS flue.

Part J has requirements.

The stove make will have recommendations for flue diameter.

My personal view is that anything less than 7m will be an issue performance wise for a naturally operating stack: not based on any science so if other folk have other experiences fine. Less will work with expensive, mechanical assistance on top, usually used on block built stacks due to the weight.

Another issue you will face is when that much stack gets cold and u light the fire u will get serious down draft, see other recent contributions here by moi on this issue.