Trout81 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 What kind of chimney do you need for a multi fuel fire, I want to burn peat and the rest. They are no chimney in the house at the moment, also where would be the place to buy it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 up here hays is the best for price and service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickproofgorgon Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 Your having a laugh.... LBC has the following Best Showroom by a mile Price Promise Large selection in stock at a great price Best sales staff by a mile too. etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joenorth Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 I'm having a laugh at that. I got a quote for roofing materials from LBC recently. Nine hundred- odd quid. Hay's was around about two hundred for the same stuff. Hay's is consistently cheaper in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 We have been always told never to burn paets and coal at the same time. It tars up the lumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 We have been always told never to burn paets and coal at the same time. It tars up the lumb oh dear, think a chimney sweep is required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Burn wood for a couple of days every now and then, and you can burn anything you like, the wood smoke "eats" soot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 I thought wood coats it in tar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_balmain Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Burning unseasoned wood or having your stove low down is a sure fire way for creosote build up. Burning wood and coal at the same time can form sulphuric acid too. LOTS of info online in regards to multifuel stoves. We have two chimneys with 8" clay pots in it. To be safe we've ordered 904/904 flexible chimney liner from a certain flue company online. If clay pots are in good nic it isn't a necessity but 6" liner means that the air doesn't condense within and leave tarry deposits. Burning decent coal too such as anthracite makes a huge difference. We wanted to buy locally but we got two 6m liners plus cowls, adapters, flues etc for less than £450 delivered to Shetland. Company we ordered from gives fitment kits (cowls etc) free on any order of 6m liner or more and any grade too. If there is no chimney at all there are some very good stainless steel systems out there that can go up through the house, out a wall then upwards. It is very important to keep in with building regs etc but there is a huge amount of info online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 I thought wood coats it in tar... It may in certain circumstances, I wouldn't know all the ins and out. I just know when I was buring a mix of scrap wood, peats, coal, and any other old combustible rubbish I could find. Without buring the wood, the rest sooted things up rapidly, but burn wood for a few days and all that gathered soot vanished. Granted I'm talking an old Rayburn here, which was kept going like a blast furnace, as it provided all the hot water, heated the room and did all the cooking. The oven gauage usually sat in the 400-450 range permenantly, so there had to be a lot of heat in the chimney all the time as well. The wood was all either croft scrap, like broken fencing posts, gates, doors etc, that had come to the end of their useful life, of then driftwood, so it was mostly all probably very well seasoned. "Green" wood may well be a different matter, its in kinda short supply here where the tree don't much grow, so I have minimal experience of burning it. Lower temp fires, like a grate etc may well also not have the soot eating capabilities of a glowing Rayburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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