Siting a woodburning stove

[Tim+]

We?re toying with the idea of installing a stove in our extension which is an open plan sort of kitchen/dining/sitting area.

It would probably go somewhere along the wall facing the garden that has a number of windows in it and I?m wondering what the regulations are with regard to proximity to windows, how close it can be to walls etc. I?m envisaging a sort of ?free standing? stove with a vertical flue going straight up through the roof of the extension.

I?m sure there must be a heap of building regulations concerning this but my googling is failing to turn up appropriate information.

It may be a complete non-starter in our extension but it would be nice to know what is and isn?t allowable before I get a man in to advise.

Tim

[alan_m]

Unless you are in a rural area the problem may be getting suitable logs and there may be a problem if you live in a smokeless area

[Dave Liquorice]

Not even "building regulations stove" ?

Try Document J for starters.

[Tim+]

I?m not in a smokeless area and I have enough logs stored and dried to last me a couple of years. We already have one log burner. Thinking about a second.

Tim

[Tim+]

Thanks. I knew someone would know the right search terms. ;-)

Tim

[Andrew]

Build Regs Part J is what you need.

[Tim+]

I don?t buy firewood. I collect and dry my own.

Tim

[Brian Gaff (Sofa)]

I thought the Government were close to stopping their use just before the virus hit on pollution grounds. I have to say I'd probably agree, considering the smoke that comes out of them, its little better than a garden bonfire in a stove with the smoke coming out at too low a level to be dispersed. Brian

[Tim+]

When was the last time you *saw* smoke Brian?

A modern wood burning stove properly fuelled will produce no visible smoke. You?re talking nonsense.

Tim

Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) snipped-for-privacy@bluey> I thought the Government were close to stopping their use just before the

[The Natural Philosopher]

Probably about 1960

[George Miles]

Does it make much different how high the stove is mounted, a few inches above the floor or a few feet?

PS rather than an air vent try to get a stove with a separate air > We?re toying with the idea of installing a stove in our extension which is

[The Natural Philosopher]

From memory the regulations surrounding stoves are pretty simple. Fireporoof area around it, a proper double insulated flue exiting high enough above the ground or far enough away from any window and sufficient ventilation.

[Andrew]

And don't put one in a thatched cottage.

[Martin Brown]

Not as well as a small fan does.

I was surprised how much of a difference it made by moving air that would otherwise get very hot out into the room and at a lower level where it is useful and mixes with the air you are living in.

Otherwise convection of very hot air out of the fireplace basically fills the room with hot air from the ceiling downwards - takes forever.

[Andrew]

.... at killing people ....

Where does the water vapour go ?.

[Tim+]

You get free gas? I don?t.

Tim

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

no idea but it doesn't cause any problems.....had then for years......so cheap to run

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

just like getting free gas....most heat goes up the flue....

[Another John]

What's TEC in this case please Martin? Are you talking about the stove-top type that's just powered by the rising heat?

Thanks John

[The Natural Philosopher]

He's one of those strange people, that having never heard the term 'convection' can put 'hot' and 'stagnant' into the same phrase as 'air just above the stove'