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Hi If your glass is black every day your wood is likely to be too wet or unseasoned. This can be dangerous as well as inconvenient because you will coat the inside of your flue with tar which is obvusley flammable If you use dry wood there is really no moisture to create excessive tar...

Hi there The answer is distance is set by stove manufacturer. All stove manufacturers have to publish their distance to combustible figures you just look yours up. Remember though it is line of sight so if behind masonry does not count. Don't take chances on this I have seen many...

Had stoves for years and HETAS registered, Morso are good Squirrel is really a coal burner though as quite narrow (hence why it's used on boats) I agree Jotul are also good, not for coal though as they are Norwegian ! If you want to cook as well then Josef Davidssons are also good...

Hi, simple answer is , what type of back boiler was it Gas or solid fuel ? If it was gas , then liners are completely different and can't be used with solid fuel as they are dangerous. If it was a solid fuel back boiler I would still be cautious, a holed liner is far more dangerous than no...