air supply pipe for a stove

bungaro79

hi
we are buying a house which has a sun room built onto the kitchen so the room is in an L shape. there is a stove with a flue out in the sun room but i'm just wondering if there should be an air supply pipe going into the stove? i remember reading an old thread on here which recommended this but i can't find it now to see the reasons why! should i just leave it the way it is or would it be better to get an air supply pipe fitted?
thanks

Rabbo

bungaro79 wrote: »

hi
we are buying a house which has a sun room built onto the kitchen so the room is in an L shape. there is a stove with a flue out in the sun room but i'm just wondering if there should be an air supply pipe going into the stove? i remember reading an old thread on here which recommended this but i can't find it now to see the reasons why! should i just leave it the way it is or would it be better to get an air supply pipe fitted?
thanks

In new houses, independent air supply pipes are generally fitted directly to the stove. This is uncommon in older houses and would be difficult to retrofit. Instead, the stove takes the air from the room which means you should have a 100mm/4" wall vent in the room to provide replacement air.

Also make sure that there's both a CO2 and smoke detector fitted in the room

bungaro79

No vent rabbo but lots of windows but I'm wondering if I should get a vent installed in the wall behind it??

Rabbo

Yea, you should. Any room that has a stove should have a wall vent or the stove should have its own independent air supply.

bungaro79

Cheers rabbo, will look into getting that sorted so