Wood Burning Stove

[johnneycool]

Have a stove on the go for a few months and there is some heat coming from it.  Have a wooden surround that was originally there with the fireplace before the stove was installed.  The installer didn't recommend my chimney needing lined due to the house being only 7 years old.  I have a minor problem though, in that there is sometimes a strange smell emitted from the stove.  This smell is not consistently there, and to be honest I can't even describe what it is like.  On the days it does appear, it would seem that it could be caused by the outlaw as she is in the housewatching the waines and lights the stove.  She would have the primary and secondary air inlets pretty much closed.  There has been a few ocassions thought that I have noticed the smell and I wonder if it is coming from the wooden surround which feels hot at the point right above the stove.  Another possibility - could it be the smell of creosote?  I had a day or two where the logs were not as seasoned as my supplier had told me they were, and ended up burning damp logs.  Would this have been enough to cause serious creosote issues and if so what would that smell be like?  My final possibility is concerned with the draw, should my room have been fitted with a vent (like I've seen in other houses above the living room door) to aid in the air supply to the room when the living room door is closed?  In saying that, the living room door is never closed when the stove is on.  The smell isn't there every day and as mentioned it only really becomes prominent after a few hours.  Does anybody know of anyone who specialises in stoves/heating appliances that could be of any help?

Possible, I recently put a wooden surround around mine and while reading into it the recommendation is that there is a 14" gap between the stove and surround - ended up getting a mate to make me a metal inset for between the stove and surround. You will also get burning-in smells for the month or two. Doubt it's creosote, you'd need to be burning unseasoned wood for a long time for that to become an issue.

I get the odd smell from my stove as well, I put it down to the dirty nappies I lob into it when the need arises 

jeez jonny quit putting crap in that stove. we used to do that as well until one day the smoke filled the room. I had to get up on the roof the dirt had the chimney closed in to about the size of 50p. I took 5 or 6 builders bucket of hard tarlike material out of the flue may as well gassed everyone in the house

My chimney gets a good roddin every year as I was burning old electricity poles for a while and the heat was unreal but my god they stunk and the tar in the chimney was unreal.

[nrico2006]

I had my chimney swept in June, Stove has been lit since September.  There is one point in my surround (directly above the stove) that gets really hot.  Im thinking of getting some vermiculite board and cutting it and screwing it onto this part of the surround.  Trial and error at this stage.  Would nearly get the chimney swept too just to rule out creosote or tar. 

[Tony Baloney]

I had my chimney swept in June, Stove has been lit since September.  There is one point in my surround (directly above the stove) that gets really hot.  Im thinking of getting some vermiculite board and cutting it and screwing it onto this part of the surround.  Trial and error at this stage.  Would nearly get the chimney swept too just to rule out creosote or tar.

Make sure you have a functioning carbon monoxide sensor in the house. As Ulick says ou can get a good stench off them for the first few months until the paint etc. properly cures. At this stage it should be gone but you could be getting it from the surround. If you burned painted timber etc.you will also get a whiff.

[ballela-angel]

 vermiculite board
Be careful with vermiculite - Some of it has asbestos in it and cut edges could make it friable (i.e. possibly airborne)

[snoopdog]

Lads , Had a tree blown over into Garden last night. Its a decent size. Neighbour offered to cut it up and take it away . remove remaining stump and mend fence for nothing. Just really wondering how much the timber is worth and is he giving me a good deal.
No interest in burning it myself.

[nrico2006]

Anybody know how much it is to line a chimney?  I have seen various estimates before ranging from £600 to £1200.     

[Tony Baloney]

Anybody know how much it is to line a chimney?  I have seen various estimates before ranging from £600 to £1200.   

Does it need lined?

[nrico2006]

Could someone recommend a stove fitter in lurgan area that does a good job abd isnt a rip off merchant. Stove adapter is not sealed right into the chimney

[illdecide]

Could someone recommend a stove fitter in lurgan area that does a good job abd isnt a rip off merchant. Stove adapter is not sealed right into the chimney

Ill give u a buzz tomorrow with a name...

[nrico2006]

Could someone recommend a stove fitter in lurgan area that does a good job abd isnt a rip off merchant. Stove adapter is not sealed right into the chimney

Ill give u a buzz tomorrow with a name...

Good man

[nrico2006]

Anybody recommend a good smokeless coal that doesn't leave a crazy amount of ash?

[God14]

Anybody recommend a good smokeless coal that doesn't leave a crazy amount of ash?

Redflame - normally about £7.50 per 25 bag
Cosyflame - about £9 per 25kg bag

[nrico2006]

Thanks - tried Phurnacite last winter for a week and it was a nightmare as it left so much ash behind that it basically cut-off the air supply to the stove.  Was thinking of trying Ecobrite or Taybrite to see if it was better.

[illdecide]

I know its mostly the women nagging at their men for more heat but I think we all get carried away with the heat thing. We don't live in Canada it's Ireland. We get a few cold weeks of the year...so stick your oil/gas boiler on when its cold and heat the fecking house. The oil is at its lowest in a few years so get it sorted...

[nrico2006]

Need to keep the oil off therefore reducing my boiler use - scandalous costs in the Lurgan/Waringstown area to get them serviced.