How to make a hearth for a woodburner in the shed?

Do you have neighbours? Have you told them of your plans. Around here somebody did a similar thing on an old extension and despite having a chimney almost up to 2nd floor roof level of the house the smell and smoke was complained about by the neighbours, it most certainly did not make anyone with breathing difficulty's life good. In the end I think they stopped using it and ran a central heating extension in there. However for you in an out house that could be a little bit of an issue!

Brian

There was no u-turn, just statements of fact. Build it off the slab, but don't worry about battens if the stove allows 2.23a to apply. I don't know what you've added to the discussion, but I suggest you re-read the thread before further intervention.

My shed is at the bottom of the garden 100ft from the houses, due West. Smoke will definitely blow towards us. A good point, thank you! TW

It's a SHED. Building regs do not apply provided it is less than a certain floor area and at least a metre from a boundary, in which case it should be non-combustible.

I know at least two neighbours, 100+m away that have wood burners (for fun / effect rather than heating and probably illegal installations (by today's std's anyway and given we are in a smokeless zone etc) and I can generally tell (smell) they are using them the instant I step out the front door.

Daughter lives by the River Lee and it's even worse there on a still night in the winter ... reminding me of the old London smogs!

Just because you have access to free combustible material doesn't mean you have to use it?

A mate had an oil burner in his garage and also a steady supply of old engine oil to burn. Then they tightened up the regs re pollution and he went over to cleaner gas fired heaters.

I think he might have been able to 'clean up' the old heater (for a while anyway) but given he appreciated the improvement in the air quality when running modern cars with catalytic converters inside his garage over the older stuff, he didn't need much persuading to go the cleaner route. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

Smoke? Dry your wood properly and you won?t have smoke! Brian has a ?thing? about log burners.

Tim

Try compressed cement sheeting,very smooth but will stain.