My stove is not drawing properly since they did my chimney. I used to be able to close-down my (Jotul) stove when I went to bed and it would still be burning when I got up in the morning and I could have a roaring fire in 2 minutes. On occassions when weather conditions and wood was right I could close it down at midnight and the same log would still be going at 5pm the next afteroon.
The chimney has recently been lined with vermiculite/perlite and the diameter all the way up to the chimney stack is now about 6" maximum (whereas before I had a 3ft length of pipe into a registry board at the bottom of the 4ft x 2ft wide and diminishing chimney stack). When I close -down the stove now it goes out after a while. Ive already been told that this diameter of 6" is not enough if I want to install a regular fireplace.
Can anyone point me in the direction of British rules and regulations etc., about this.
The chimney has recently been lined with vermiculite/perlite and the diameter all the way up to the chimney stack is now about 6" maximum (whereas before I had a 3ft length of pipe into a registry board at the bottom of the 4ft x 2ft wide and diminishing chimney stack). When I close -down the stove now it goes out after a while. Ive already been told that this diameter of 6" is not enough if I want to install a regular fireplace.
Can anyone point me in the direction of British rules and regulations etc., about this.