STOVES questions and answers here(see mod note in post 1)

relatively new to the whole stove idea and there's such a choice out there and very confusing but have narrowed it down to two:

Elm Stove - great heat output and very large glass however did note on two display models in operation that the heat bricks are cracked(okay you can replace these) and the retaining bar(for logs) at the front of the stove appears to be covered in rust. Is this unusual? Also only a 2 year warranty.

Vitae 9 - 5 year warranty but have yet to see one operating (bar on YouTube videos). Looks very sturdy and well built and seals around the door looked pretty decent.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Pie in the sky. If there is a hot plate on it buy a kettle to boil water on it

Hi folks,

Any recommendations on who would fit a second hand fireline 9c cassette stove on Leinster. It would be into an existing fireplace and would require a new hearth, flexi liner potentially a new lintel.

Hi folks, need some advice if possible. I built a fairly airtight but not passive house 3 years ago and now I want to put a stove in a chimney I’m reopening in a sitting room. When we built, the plumber told me to run a pipe from the chimney Brest to outside for external air if needed in the future. The only problem is he only used a 35mm diameter pipe. I want to use this now and buy an external air stove but worried the pipe size isn’t big enough. I’m looking at maybe a 5KW room heater stove, the room it will be in has 4 windows each with trickle vents so I’m trying to figure out about a partial external air stove that I could connect to my 35 mm pipe and then make sure I leave at least 2 trickle vents open when the stove is lighting also to ensure they stove has enough air to draw from. Has anyone experience of something similar or any thoughts on this? Il attach a photo of the pipe Iv currently fitted. I don’t want to go drilling a 100mm hole in my wall to install an air vent if possible.

Hi, yeah Iv sent an email to 2 suppliers and waiting a response. I called into a stove shop and they said no the minimum pipe size is 100mm. Iv been reading about partial external air stoves which takes air from outside through pipe and also directly from the room. I’m not sure are these a seperate type of stove or if it’s just an adjustment that can be made on all external air stoves? 🤷‍♂️.

Can you move the steel flue.

Is the house a single or multi story. If it's a single story can you go on the roof and work the door into the stove

Sorry work the soot

two storey so would be a bit of an ask

Also the Gap between the pipe and the edge of the hole cut for the pipe is too big and so the soot would fall out there anyway. This is in a house i've moved into. Looks to me a shoddy installation as the pipe is just sitting there not secured. What are your thoughts?

We have a 10 year old Nestor Martin RH33 stove - it's been cleaned regularly and i've only had to replace a chamber baffle once (possibly needs replacement again)

but given it's age, is there a more comprehensive service required and is this a diy job or does it need a specialist?

Really you need someone to go up on the roof to check. Is the pipe welded onto the plate. The pipe may extend 6-12 inches up into the chimney however it's unlikely to be going much further as the pipe would need to be 20' ling to go up to the roof.

How old is the house. Is it clay flues or an old brick/ stone chimney. I cannot imagine that anyone completely removed a chimney breast and is using that plate to support the old flues.

You could drill a hole in the chimney in the attic and put in an inspection camera to see what is there exactly. Either that or someone go up on the roof and inspect it. Are there similar houses to it( ie is it in a row of houses) if there is then chimney structure will be similar I would imagine

Pipe is probably only going a foot or so above the plate. Take it off stove and you will get an idea of how far by moving it up and down. If you can remove the pipe a commercial hoo er will clean any soot above the plate before removal.of the plate.

You then use a continuous flexible flue up into the chimney. From stove to the flexible flue you use a stainless steel flue and connect the two. You can leave the steel ate in place if you like. Otherwise you can use a concrete boards and fit it into position and skim it however it may be tricky to do. Fill around flue in chimney with vermiculite, use glass wool( not rockwool) at bottom of chimney just above the steel plate or concrete boards to seal around the flue.

Seal top of chimney with glass wool and then mortor. Finally cap the flue with a stainless steel cap

A pry, wrecking or nail bar. Get a few pieces if timber 10 mm, 20mm 40mm thick. Use these under the pry bar to protect the stove and to leaver the end of the pipe up. Something like below.

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To me it feels as if it is built in or secured somehow as part of the stove rather than being stuck and needing a prybar. Could that be the reason? Maybe this picture will help.

Hope this is the right place. Had a stove installed last winter. Decoration put on long finger.

Can someone tell me how to render over the fire plate at the side? Pic below will explain better. Anything I try cracks again due to heat.

Is there a specific product for this job?