Wood burning stove questions

pablopicasso1

Hi.

Moved into our new 70 year old house a couple months ago. It has a wood burning insert stove in the fireplace of one of the rooms. Not knowing anything about these I found a receipt from the installer and called them to see if they could advise on the right way to use it etc.

Just wondering if there are any experts who could help me with a couple of questions

A) they told me the flue/chimney was not lined when the installation was done (2013). They said for the size of the stove it wasn't necessary. I thought the efficiency of stoves depends on pressure, am I wrong about this? They said they can line it for a grand. Any advice?

they said only wood can be burnt in it. Something to do with the glass type or something. However, the installion manual says other smokeless fuel can be used if an extra component is used in the hearth. Any advice on this?

C) It isn't connected to the radiators. The installers said the model is a room heater only and can't be connected. They said they would install a bigger model with the connections for the plumbing for 5 grand which would not include the plumbing work which they wouldn't do. Doesn't this seem incredibly expensive?! Is there no cheaper way?

Should probably mention the house is a semi detached and the fireplace is adjoining the neighbour's house. Heating is gas fired.

Any advice you have would be much appreciated!

monseiur

Re. Questions A & B contact the manufactures/suppliers directly - you should get some honest answers there.
Seeing that you have gas central heating why go to the expense of fitting a bigger stove with back boiler ? As your house was built in the late forties concentrate instead on upgrading attic insulation, dry lining walls, replacing windows & doors etc. if not already done !
M.

my3cents

Chimney lining is done to prevent chimney fires nothing to do with pressure.

A traditional fire wastes 60% of the heat up the chimney. That heat keeps most of the crap in the smoke moving up the chimney and heats the chimney up. A stove doesn't waste that heat so the chimney doesn't get hot so all the crap in the smoke sticks to the cold sides of the chimney.

A liner has very little thermal mass so takes little heat to warm it up so less of the crap ends up sticking to it.

A chimney full of tar and soot equals increased chance of chimney fire and problems with the chimney getting blocked if you get a soot fall.

Basically if you don'e have a liner sweep the chimney more often.

The glass type sounds like bolloxology. You can burn wood without a grate but if you stove takes a grate as an option (Stanley Fionn?) then you can burn coal.

jhenno78

my3cents wrote: »

The glass type sounds like bolloxology. You can burn wood without a grate but if you stove takes a grate as an option (Stanley Fionn?) then you can burn coal.

it'll burn fine, it'll just make sh*te of the glass.

pablopicasso1

jhenno78 wrote: »

it'll burn fine, it'll just make sh*te of the glass.

How do some people use coal in theirs? Are there different types of glass? Could I just clean the crud off it after using it?

Getting and storing enough wood to not use coal seems impossible in my house