recently purchased a beautiful pair of cast iron fireplaces off of good ol fleabay.. and after a restoration and a nightmare they are finally in..
thing is I was hoping they would help improve the ventilation in the rooms and even be used once in a blue moon if me an the missus were feeling romatic
but there is NO draw at all on the flues, the flue lining is render and as far as the eye can see up the flues is in an almost perfect condition making me think they have seen very little use (front room one was blacker suggesting it had seen some flame), on the top of the house is a 6 pot stack 3 for me and 3 for next door, the pot for the downstairs front room fire is easy to spot as its black as a cat but the other two appear to look like they have pepper-pot tops on (friend called them elephants feet)
would these totally stop draw on a flue or is there other problems afoot here? both rooms although doubleglazed have a good air flow into them as the doors are seldom closed..
thing is I was hoping they would help improve the ventilation in the rooms and even be used once in a blue moon if me an the missus were feeling romatic
but there is NO draw at all on the flues, the flue lining is render and as far as the eye can see up the flues is in an almost perfect condition making me think they have seen very little use (front room one was blacker suggesting it had seen some flame), on the top of the house is a 6 pot stack 3 for me and 3 for next door, the pot for the downstairs front room fire is easy to spot as its black as a cat but the other two appear to look like they have pepper-pot tops on (friend called them elephants feet)
would these totally stop draw on a flue or is there other problems afoot here? both rooms although doubleglazed have a good air flow into them as the doors are seldom closed..