Hi all,
First post and kind of a last resort as I just cannot find the answers on Google after searching A LOT!
I want to buy an Esse 500 Vista gas stove but I cannot find what the regulations are with regards to clearances of combustible materials from the connecting flue pipe.
Basially i purchased my house around 3 years ago and it pretty much had a full refurb and we decided to open up the fire place (it had an inset gas fire before) in the living room to put in either wood/multi fuel stove or a gas stove which looks like a wood burner. We installed a wooden oak beam/lintel and built up the brick around and as we didn't have the cash at the time it's just been left open.
So, now i've come to actually get a stove and I find a plethora of regulations which we should've checked (before opening up the fire place and adding the beam) are stalling the whole thing.
The main issue (after having a stove fitter come and look at the fire place) is that the beam/lintel will be too close to the flue pipe which connects the stove to the flue. Problem is the fitter mainly did wood burner stoves and I don't know if they have different regulations to gas ones.
So, to cut a long story short I just need to know what the required clearance is on a gas stove flue pipe from combustible materials. I found info on the BFCMA guide to flues and chimneys for domestic gas applicances which states that only a 25mm air gap between flue pipe and combustibles is needed, but im not sure if this is gas inset fires only.
Other info I have found states a distance of 3 x whatever the flue pipe diamater is (so around 400mm) but I think that was more for wood burners.
If the clearance required is more than 100mm then it will involve taking out the beam and replacing it with a thinner one (or cutting it down) which is a massive effort. Or getting a flueless stove which I don't want to do, or an electric one which is even worse.
Thanks for any help.
Jordash
First post and kind of a last resort as I just cannot find the answers on Google after searching A LOT!
I want to buy an Esse 500 Vista gas stove but I cannot find what the regulations are with regards to clearances of combustible materials from the connecting flue pipe.
Basially i purchased my house around 3 years ago and it pretty much had a full refurb and we decided to open up the fire place (it had an inset gas fire before) in the living room to put in either wood/multi fuel stove or a gas stove which looks like a wood burner. We installed a wooden oak beam/lintel and built up the brick around and as we didn't have the cash at the time it's just been left open.
So, now i've come to actually get a stove and I find a plethora of regulations which we should've checked (before opening up the fire place and adding the beam) are stalling the whole thing.
The main issue (after having a stove fitter come and look at the fire place) is that the beam/lintel will be too close to the flue pipe which connects the stove to the flue. Problem is the fitter mainly did wood burner stoves and I don't know if they have different regulations to gas ones.
So, to cut a long story short I just need to know what the required clearance is on a gas stove flue pipe from combustible materials. I found info on the BFCMA guide to flues and chimneys for domestic gas applicances which states that only a 25mm air gap between flue pipe and combustibles is needed, but im not sure if this is gas inset fires only.
Other info I have found states a distance of 3 x whatever the flue pipe diamater is (so around 400mm) but I think that was more for wood burners.
If the clearance required is more than 100mm then it will involve taking out the beam and replacing it with a thinner one (or cutting it down) which is a massive effort. Or getting a flueless stove which I don't want to do, or an electric one which is even worse.
Thanks for any help.
Jordash