Hi all.
I'll try and keep this brief!
We had a multi fuel stove installed earlier in the year, with a twin walled flue put through the house. - All (except the stove) supplied and installed by a Hetas engineer, who signed it off and gave us the Completion Certificate.
By chance, we have found out the the 5 inch twin walled flue system he used should have been a 6 inch one, and so is technically not complying with Building Regs. Further research found that it is not dangerous to use, (the regs only went up to a 6 inch minimum in 2010) but the stove needs sweeping more oftern, to avoid soot build up and blockage / fire risk.
To comply with the Building Regs, the solution appears to be that either the 5 inch flue be changed to a 6 inch one, or the fire changed to a Defra approved one.
We contacted our local Building Regs dept, but they were worse than useless, and seemed to have no idea on the regs they are supposed to implement. A call to Hetas resulted in a very laid back guy saying that yes, technically it was wrong, and perhaps we should inform the installer , so they don't make the mistake again
We have just knocked out a letter to the installers, informing them of this apparent mistake, and will await their respose.
Anyone with experience of stove installs like to give an opinion on this?
I'll try and keep this brief!
We had a multi fuel stove installed earlier in the year, with a twin walled flue put through the house. - All (except the stove) supplied and installed by a Hetas engineer, who signed it off and gave us the Completion Certificate.
By chance, we have found out the the 5 inch twin walled flue system he used should have been a 6 inch one, and so is technically not complying with Building Regs. Further research found that it is not dangerous to use, (the regs only went up to a 6 inch minimum in 2010) but the stove needs sweeping more oftern, to avoid soot build up and blockage / fire risk.
To comply with the Building Regs, the solution appears to be that either the 5 inch flue be changed to a 6 inch one, or the fire changed to a Defra approved one.
We contacted our local Building Regs dept, but they were worse than useless, and seemed to have no idea on the regs they are supposed to implement.
A call to Hetas resulted in a very laid back guy saying that yes, technically it was wrong, and perhaps we should inform the installer , so they don't make the mistake again We have just knocked out a letter to the installers, informing them of this apparent mistake, and will await their respose.
Anyone with experience of stove installs like to give an opinion on this?
