Hello folks
I'm buying a cottage with a Parkray multifuel stove in the lounge - not a pretty Parkray but one with an ugly 60s look. It connects via a horizontal pipe/flue straight into the wall - there is no chimney breast just a tiled splashback as ugly as the stove. However there is a proper chimney externally.
I'm waiting to hear from the vendor how they swept the chimney - if ever. The only way I can see is by disconnecting the pipe from the wall. Has anyone come across this arrangement?
I suspect there isn't a liner.
Was describing the situation to a stove specialist. He said that if replacing
with a cast iron stove standing (similarly) proud of the wall they would need to connect from the top of the stove running the pipe part way up the wall then into the chimney flue.
Since this is a 17th century cottage I'm trying to find out if there is an inglenook/recess which has been bricked up/boarded over. I need to check it out anyway - heard a horror story today about a house buyer finding charred wood in the wall behind the stove they were replacing.
I'm buying a cottage with a Parkray multifuel stove in the lounge - not a pretty Parkray but one with an ugly 60s look. It connects via a horizontal pipe/flue straight into the wall - there is no chimney breast just a tiled splashback as ugly as the stove. However there is a proper chimney externally.
I'm waiting to hear from the vendor how they swept the chimney - if ever. The only way I can see is by disconnecting the pipe from the wall. Has anyone come across this arrangement?
I suspect there isn't a liner.
Was describing the situation to a stove specialist. He said that if replacing
with a cast iron stove standing (similarly) proud of the wall they would need to connect from the top of the stove running the pipe part way up the wall then into the chimney flue.
Since this is a 17th century cottage I'm trying to find out if there is an inglenook/recess which has been bricked up/boarded over. I need to check it out anyway - heard a horror story today about a house buyer finding charred wood in the wall behind the stove they were replacing.