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We only set the alarm when out of the house (couldn't get used to resetting it when half awake in the morning :) ). So if it did go off we'd assume fire (panel would tell us anyway as it's the only thing wired to the panic button "zone"). If we were out neighbours (hopefully) would investigate...

We moved house due to the log burning fad, the air was like Victorian London in a valley surrounded by fashion slaves. This was in an area with mains gas too, before the price hikes. I can appreciate the drive to save money, but these things shorten lives. Wood smoke is vastly worse than...

Thats a very conventional Flue Gathering on a loft perty wall. The pictures of the stack will show how many flues you have on your side. If you visit the neighbours and see if they have full chimney breasts all the way up to their side of the stack? The party wall needs making good because its a...

No probs, the box was exactly as I suspected so simple really. Programmed and operational ;) Thanks bud. Next step is cameras on to it. I just installed 3 x mains linked smokes, wish I had waited now and got ones for the alarm! I wasn't to know the alarm was going to pack up though ;) Neighbour...

You haven't got her number have you, Ian? She sounds a hoot! Asking for a mate, of course;):mrgreen:

Thanks for the replies. There is no gas appliance in the room, it is just a normal bedroom. I didn't mean the vents were to let the smoke out, but that in the old days with no central heating there would have been more moisture in the air as no central heating to drive the moisture out...

From a legal point of view it wouldn't be worth it. For example if you put in your own gas fire and checked the continuity of the flue and the smoke test seemed ok, but the next week your neighbours were killed by co poisoning due to the chimney condition you could just turn round and say "well...

Brian! Another thought. I'm assuming the smoke is black indicating either too much fuel or too little air. There is a cylindrical fan mounted on the end the motor and the contoured blades get full or dirt and may even reduce the size of the slots slightly. This could reduce the effectiveness of...

You don't need a stainless stell flue, but the stove works better with one. If you're not using a flue, then you need to do two tests, the first smoke test confirms the chimney, and that it's drawing, then you have to block the chimmney off at the top, run the smoke test again, and make sure the...

I think a day or two after posting, I did think sod it and decided to go for it. Fire has been burning in the basket absolutely fine, hearth doesnt get hot, nor does the surround. Haven't been smoked out, nor any smoke in the loft or bedrooms. Neighbours havn't said a thing either, so going...

im a new member so unsure if it belongs here or not I have a homemade rocket stove woodburner which gives off a clean burn using secondary air technology and i have it in a shed within my property however im between 2 boundarys the main rd / causeway and the neighbours boundary a shared...

thankyou for your reply Bennachie as a homemade unit it is not a defra exempted appliance unless I or others pay for the rocket stoves being tested however one of the rocket stove was tested within the decathlon in usa for alliance for green heat...

Hi All We had a multifuel (DEFRA exempt) stove fitted in our lounge in 2016. Since then we've used it quite happily and without any obvious problems, until a few days ago when a neighbour informed me that smoke was drifting from our chimney and entering his house through open windows. My first...

He's a tricky one... I've been making progress befriending him, and I will ask in due course, but I want to do what I can while I've got the carpet up in case he's not willing to change his habits

The joints of my roof membrane are sealed with Tyvek double sided acrylic tape. Anyone know how I can dissolve the glue on the tape so I can fit some felt lap vents? https://www.roofingsuperstore.co.uk/browse/ventilation/felt-lap-ventilators.html My neighbour is a smelly **** and my loft...

probably convection currents. If air is coming in through the vent it must be going out somewhere. Do you have holes in the ceiling, for example for downlighters? In hot sunny weather, the air in a sunny room can get hot, and a loft extremely hot, and air from the house will tend to rise into...

The shared alley is one metre wide, so 500mm to the boundary, and that is the issue, not the area of openings. In which case, the risk is flame/ hot smoke going out the window and over the boundary ... potentially up the wall and into the neighbouring roof or other route.

OP, your c/breast is a copy cat of the neighbour's c/breast - you'll be quite safe to remove all filler brickwork up to the arch. the SS liner is holed and should be smoke tested or best replaced. the flue needs sweeping, and wire brushing in the fireplace opening. the bottom course of hearth...

Regs indeed do not differentiate between house and shed.......... Building Regs Part J primarily. Your 'flexi' does not comply unless encapsulated in a masonry flue. IF you are going down that route you need a twin wall, insulated, factory chimney system and comply with the requirements for...

Thanks I've pretty much made up my mind on a combi - I had a worcester 24cdi installed in the flat I lived in before and it was great, only probelm I had was a burnt out PCB when the entire block was hit by a power surge (neighbour downstairs had smoke coming out of their video!). Scottish...