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Hi there,
the chimney in our recently purchased house went on fire the other night! Drama.
All good, but the fire service had to put the stove outside and remove the connecting pipes in order to get access to the chimney to put out the fire.
They broke the fire board to get to the chimney.
Please see photo attached, and can anyone tell me....
can i get the 'fire board' thing replaced, and the fire service thought the pipes for the multifuel stove only went up a couple of feet in to the chimney, should there not be a pipe the whole way up??
Basically, the pipe connections were not sealed properly and the cement had come away, (the fire man literally lifted the stove and the pipes didn't come-with so they weren't attached very well) apparently very dangerous, and possibly why my head is lifting now.
Too many questions, but now i'm paranoid about CO2 poisoning!
so, to recap;
1. can i get the fire board replaced and is it a big job?
2. should there be a pipe going all the way up the chimney? (and if so is that a big job to get fitted?
3. which is safer : pipes from top or back of stove going up the chimney?
4. my CO2 detector says 0 but could there be co2 still in the house?
Sorry for rambling and thanks in advance for any input,
Gem
the chimney in our recently purchased house went on fire the other night! Drama.
All good, but the fire service had to put the stove outside and remove the connecting pipes in order to get access to the chimney to put out the fire.
They broke the fire board to get to the chimney.
Please see photo attached, and can anyone tell me....
can i get the 'fire board' thing replaced, and the fire service thought the pipes for the multifuel stove only went up a couple of feet in to the chimney, should there not be a pipe the whole way up??
Basically, the pipe connections were not sealed properly and the cement had come away, (the fire man literally lifted the stove and the pipes didn't come-with so they weren't attached very well) apparently very dangerous, and possibly why my head is lifting now.
Too many questions, but now i'm paranoid about CO2 poisoning!
so, to recap;
1. can i get the fire board replaced and is it a big job?
2. should there be a pipe going all the way up the chimney? (and if so is that a big job to get fitted?
3. which is safer : pipes from top or back of stove going up the chimney?
4. my CO2 detector says 0 but could there be co2 still in the house?
Sorry for rambling and thanks in advance for any input,
Gem