Do there exist wood- or pellet-burning stoves that require no flues? (I see some advertised in an Ideal Home inset which appear to have no flues.)
If so, why do most stoves have flues, if they are not really necessary?
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Timothy Murphy saying something like:
I suppose you don't have to have a flue if you don't mind stepping back into medieval times and letting the smoke out through a hole in the roof.
I just looked again at this booklet, "How to heat your home", and it says at the beginning of the booklet, under "Choose a stylish freestanding stover", "Flues are needed for most stoves, although some models are flueless".
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He's in Ireland, Dave ...
Where would the products of combustion go? No flue would suggest to me an electric look alike.
mark
There are models of gas fire that are flueless. They are usually quite restricted by gas rate, minimum room size, and mandatory room vents.
Are they still available? - I have certainly used one in the past but haven't noticed one recently, I presumed because (as always) safe operation was the responsibility of the user but the liability would end up with the seller.
When I went gas-fire-looking the other week, most of the ones I saw in 'the posh shop' were flueless.
Keep wondering why they don't have to have efficiency ratings like white goods. Yes - I know it would be hard to factor in the loss of heat due to the mandatory permanent ventilation required by them. But without the realisation of that factor, I'd guess relatively few purchasers have any idea of the impact (or cost) they could have when they are fitted.
I can't see it ever being viable to have a similar system for solid fuels. At least not at significantly higher power than a candle.
Where do they go from my oil boiler? Just a hole in the garage wall! No flue. I could imagine a new type of wood-burning stove that recycled the gases in some way as to make a flue redundant. It's what is stopping me from after-fitting a stove.
MM
The flueless stoves have a catalyst that converts the CO. They release a lot of water vapour into the air. However, they are very efficient (if you ignore the air supply into the room !), in that no heat goes up the chimney / flue. It you arranged air to be drawn from under suspended floor, could be OK. But you may need a dehumidifier as well !
Simon.
Simon,
You appear to be referring to the flueless *gas* stoves. The OP was asking about flueless "wood- or pellet-burning stoves".
Um, condensing too. ;-)
I guess you don't spend a lot of time in the garage, though.
MBQ
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Man at B&Q" saying something like:
Or too much.
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