Fire front doors

Rancho12

Hi, was thinking about fitting a boru doras fire front door, my house is a timber frame house and we have a black marble heart and surround. This is then surrounded with timber on each side and timber mantelpiece. We have no back boiler, just standard fire back and I know the door won't give us any major improvements heat wise. Got enormous quote for fitting an inset stove and lining the chimney. I would just like to know would it be safe to fit. Any advice would be much appreciated.

cranefly

I have no idea about fire front doors, but i liked the sound of them, whether they would be of much benefit over an open fire, they must be to some extent, one thing i heard was that if it worked right, it could crack the grate with higher temperatures. Unless your chimney is really bad, as in cracked or it does not have a flue, you could get another quote from a stove shop about fitting an insert stove, too many installers are saying you need to get the chimney lined when in fact if your chimney flue is in a fairly reasonable condition, it will not need a steel lining, a normal clay flue with no cracks or damage should be fine without the need for steel chimney lining, make sure they inspect your chimney first before they tell you it needs to be lined.

Rancho12

Thanks for the advice. House is 10 years old and anyone I've contacted has told me that any houses over 5 years need to be lined. Fire was rarely used as we have oil heating and never had a coal fire in it. Just wood and turf. Also told I need to replace the timber mantelpiece with marble as it's a fire hazard. Willing to spend up to 1500e but was quoted 1250e for lining alone. Might try the fire door for the short term, heritage stoves are not making stoves anymore and places are selling their range of stoves off reasonabley cheap, including their fire door. I'll see how it goes.

cranefly

Unless their is a new law stating any house over 5 years old needs a chimney lined for a stove, which i doubt, they are a bunch of liars. Good luck whatever you decide on.