Evening all,
Happy new year and all that! 2020 eh.....
Anyway, I've got a few questions that hopefully I can be guided towards the right answers as most questions and threads seem to be on installation rather than removal.
So, we have two wood burners in our house. We didn't install them, they were put in by the previous owners. We purchased the house this year.
The one in the lounge is working fine and does a good job heating the whole house. At the rear of our house, a previous owner has extended to what was the single skin brick outbuilding. They also had a wood burner installed as there was no central heating out there.
As part of our renovations we have had a rad installed in this room. When we had the chimney sweep out to look at both burners the one in the former out building wasn't in great nick and he suggested it was more one for outside! As it is surplus to requirements we have decided to take it out (but keep the burner for use in the garden).
As our cottage is listed, we want to try and keep the flue etc intact and not block it up so we can easily re-install a burner should we ever need to. The Conservation Officer has said that this would be fine as long as we didn't make any structural changes etc.
Anyway, so fast forward onto today and I started to try and disconnect the burner from the flue completelying forgetting that it's cemented together. So I thought I'd take off the register/closure plate to access the flue. Que an avalanche of vermiculite pouring out all over the floor that I wasn't expecting! After clearing all this up and I know have access to the flue!
As you can see from the photo, it's going to be tricky to disconnect the flue from the liner as it's not the biggest space. I was thinking about maybe taking the angle grinder to the flue just above where the plate will sit and perhaps stuffing some rockwool up there. Then, pack out the rest of the chimney with rockwool to stop the flue/liner banging around and aid with the insulation. Then reinstall a new plate to seal up the breast.
Am I right in thinking it's a good idea to keep some kind of airflow to help with condensation? Whilst we obviously want to try and make it as draught free and warm as possible, this part of the house will always be colder due to the single skin.
We have a normal cowl fitted. Do I need to get up there and change this for something else?
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Cheers
Happy new year and all that! 2020 eh.....
Anyway, I've got a few questions that hopefully I can be guided towards the right answers as most questions and threads seem to be on installation rather than removal.
So, we have two wood burners in our house. We didn't install them, they were put in by the previous owners. We purchased the house this year.
The one in the lounge is working fine and does a good job heating the whole house. At the rear of our house, a previous owner has extended to what was the single skin brick outbuilding. They also had a wood burner installed as there was no central heating out there.
As part of our renovations we have had a rad installed in this room. When we had the chimney sweep out to look at both burners the one in the former out building wasn't in great nick and he suggested it was more one for outside! As it is surplus to requirements we have decided to take it out (but keep the burner for use in the garden).
As our cottage is listed, we want to try and keep the flue etc intact and not block it up so we can easily re-install a burner should we ever need to. The Conservation Officer has said that this would be fine as long as we didn't make any structural changes etc.
Anyway, so fast forward onto today and I started to try and disconnect the burner from the flue completelying forgetting that it's cemented together. So I thought I'd take off the register/closure plate to access the flue. Que an avalanche of vermiculite pouring out all over the floor that I wasn't expecting! After clearing all this up and I know have access to the flue!
As you can see from the photo, it's going to be tricky to disconnect the flue from the liner as it's not the biggest space. I was thinking about maybe taking the angle grinder to the flue just above where the plate will sit and perhaps stuffing some rockwool up there. Then, pack out the rest of the chimney with rockwool to stop the flue/liner banging around and aid with the insulation. Then reinstall a new plate to seal up the breast.
Am I right in thinking it's a good idea to keep some kind of airflow to help with condensation? Whilst we obviously want to try and make it as draught free and warm as possible, this part of the house will always be colder due to the single skin.
We have a normal cowl fitted. Do I need to get up there and change this for something else?
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Cheers
