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Ratchet · Mini-Neepster Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 42

Dear All,

I'm very happy with the quality of the flue I ordered over the internet. I over specified as I don't know what size of stove/open fire that I want/require. I ordered 2 x 8" flues as they are capable of being used for open fires 904/904 (for the harder working chimney) and 904/316 (for the one used less often). These were British Made to order (as apparently it's not a commonly requested spec) and were just over half the price of what I could obtain from a local company (who were unable/unwilling, to supply 904 grade in any case). As it happens the company supplied 2 x 904/904 becasue of the effort in setting up the machine. A local builder fitted them as neither of us are good at heights. The chimneys now draw a treat; we had a we fire on the hearth stone to check them out and when you look up them there's plenty of light coming down.

I'm probably going to get howls of protest from qualified flue installers but in our case it wasn't exactly rocket science; it could have been a DIY job. In nore complicated circumstances like PD's a professional is probably needed. What we will take advice on however is the sizing of the whole system and piping of an air supply to the stove as when we've "draft proofed" the house we won't be able to rely on the drafts for efficient combustion.

Services/materials are more expensive up here for a myriad of reasons and local companies sometimes take advantage of the lack of competition / general richness (oil related) of the area by having their prices higher than is justified.

I'd love to use just wood in my stoves, but at the moment the cost of it is just silly, so back to coal.

Any way it's too late, I'm too grumpy and too way off topic so

Seeya

R
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