fire front doors

Boru firefront fitted last Thursday, so had a couple of small fires just with wood found that it was quite controllable when you have bottom vent open you can hear fire draw well then when closed the fire died down. Last night I lit it with smokeless coal and I have to admit I was impressed, I got fire started with newspapers scrunched up then some dry kindling at this point I left door slightly open then I started to add the coal and closed up door this was at 4.30 at 6.00 the fire was running well so I experimented with the air and left top one half open and bottom one open slightly and left the fire like this, at 1.00am the fire was still glowing , the radiators were warm and that was without the dampner open for back boiler, I got up at 7.00am there were a few red coals and the living room was at 22c. So far I am happy with this door and I reckon it will definitely work for all night burning

dueaug wrote: »

Thanks dbdee77. If you don't mind how much did it cost to buy the door and get it fitted. Do you have to use smokeless coal. Where did you get it?
Did anyone say anything about the chimney cracking to you? This would be a big worry of mine.

Hi Dueaug, you can burn logs, peat, smoky and smokeless coal. I fitted my own they have the fire rope on them and the instructions are a gift. I bought mine up north but I have seen them on done deal brand new for 420e. From what I know the fireplace has to be properly constructed for solid fuel eg expansion and so on but if your fire is back boiler it should be fine. They don't recommend you fitting to a fire without back boiler as there is a possibility of chimney overheating as I read on another forum. But regarding my own its lit again tonight great heat and coal def lasting longer, I hope this helps you could email boru themselves who would explain it better but i'm happy with mine well so far lol.

are the de ville doors any good , does anyone know

did ya slide over the bottom vent

got it yesterday gettin it put in tomo

chad69 wrote: »

keep me posted how you got on best of luck
mine seems to be working a little better today
heating upstairs rads no problem ( but hot water rises on its own )
downstairs ones only luke warm ,but the living room is roasting
cheers

The fire door has no bearing on how the heating is working.If you have a problem with the rads heating that's nothing to do with the door but a heating system issue.
The fits door is only slowing down the burn rate

chad69 wrote: »

Hi robbieG
yes but my rads were heating perfectally well until i fitted the door
so obviously it has something to do with it
have you any suggestions ?

What way dies your pump comeonis it on a switch or a stat check that.
What's your hot water like is it better or worse than before.
Sometimes it can be as simple as getting used to the burn rate/air control the more air
As I said the fire door does not make the fire hotter or colder it's the way it's used that does that.

Hi Slaney,
Did you get your money back or did they give you another replacement?

Good luck with it, what type of door did you get. I am looking at the De Vielle door in Joyces of Headford in Galway, they are only 250 euro, so am a bit worried at the difference in price, they also sell the Doras door for 400.

Hi guys I fitted my deville front
I have a grant triple pass back boiler and it was way too small so I had to bring the whole back plate 4 inches forward to be able to get a decent stick on
I have to say no that it works great
But I just have to make a new mantle and fire surround to accommodate the 4 inches
I now works great but it takes a little bit of messing with the vents to get the best results

did anyone else have the trouble of the firedoor pushing the damper on the back boiler closed, do i need to take the damper out or what

cheers d, will i need an angle grinder to do that, is it the baffle, the black plate that's the problem, would it be no good to take damper out - will i lose heat . raging now

Sorry Slaney just seen you bought deville door maybe you could ring them for advice on it but I would think these doors are all much of a muchness.

hey d. i bought a de ville, but when i opened the box it has boru on the glass, so since they are both made in the same factory, someone made a mess up. i rang both numbers on they're pages, de ville said take it out, boru didn't ring back yet. so confused, i can't take the battle off my door

fitted the door ok, but radiators don't seem to be as warm as they were without the door, should the damper be open or closed now for better heat to raditors