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Free standing flue systems are commonly fitted to houses without chimneys where a wood burning or multi fuel stove is to be installed. This pipe comes in  sions and is quite quick to put together. The twin wall insulated sections (required for exterior use and passing through or near combustable materials) are compression joints. That means that they are dry joints and require no fire cement or similar to seal. In the brand we supply, standard locking bands are supplied with the pipes. Reinforced locking bands are available for a small extra charge where additional support is required. The picture above shows the fitting of a Poujoulat TI twin wall insulated rafter support bracket . This can be fitted in several ways - either fixed to the roofing material or roof trusses. It can be adjusted to suit to suit various roof angles. This picture shows the Poujoulat rafter support bracket from the side. You can see how it adjusts by sliding through the arc and tightens usi...

To get your chimney checked and swept ! I know it seems early, but leave it until August and any sweep worth his salt will have a large waiting list. It's best to have your chimney swept in (or just after) Spring ready for the forthcoming winter season. Avoid the man in the van from the Free-ads with no qualifications.  An accredited sweep such as a member of NACS  will give you a certificate to show that your chimney has been properly serviced and is safe to use. If it is not, they will give a report stating condition and attention required. This certificate needs to go in your Home Owners Pack. Also - if considering fitting a new stove ... it's worth getting someone out to survey and price now. Fitters generally only have a 2 > 4 week waiting time at this time of year. The good ones will be booked right up to Christmas for installations come August ! If you need contact numbers for recommended fitters in East Anglia, do let us know and we can f...

There comes a point in time where (as part of general maintenance) you will need to renew the rope seals on the door of your stove behind the glass and where the door meets the stove body. These ropes are made of glass fibre. Some people - such as myself - may find they have an allergic type reaction to handling the rope and it can make your skin itchy. Wearing gloves is therefore advisable in these cases. When old rope is coming away it should be replaced with new rope of the same diameter. It is essential not to use too thick a rope as this could put too much pressure on door hinges. It is also important not too use too thin a rope, or you may not get a gas tight seal. If in doubt, ask the original stove supplier which diameter of rope you require for your stove model.... or take in the entire door to a stove shop. Most stove doors are easily removable. If you can remove the door, it will be much easier to replace the rope if the door is on top of a flat surface. For t...

Hi to all the team. I am writing to inform you of how delighted we are with our Cathedral woodburner. We bought the stove in November 2009 to take to our holiday home in Brittany for Christmas and I had asked for it to be delivered to a local depot so that they could forklift it on to my trailer. When i checked the stove, after it had been placed onto the trailer, my first impression was of a very beautiful stove - so much better than the image on the website. I decided not to let my wife see it until it was installed ! After a very difficult journey, deepest snow in Brittany for many years, the fire was intalled and the first lighting was on Christmas day ! Not only is this stove beautiful to look at (either lit or not) and enhances the room but it also delivers in the heating department as well. It is also very heavy - it needed three of us my son and wife) to get it off the trailer and on to the hearth. Even my wife agreed that it was a beautiful stove - well she did when she manage...

There are huge benefits of the rear reversing flue outlet on stoves to the majority of people wishing to install wood burning / multi fuel stoves. Properties built from 1966 onwards generally have clay or concrete block system liners within the chimney. Almost all have been (or should be) constructed in this manner if built after 1966. The vast majority of entries to these block system liners start right at the back wall of the fireplace opening, which makes them awkward to connect to a flue from most stoves. If it starts a reasonable height up, it may be possible to fit a pair of bends to create an offset to kick the flue pipe backwards and reach the opening. Bends are expensive though, so fitting these will increase installation costs. The other option is to fit an equally expensive tee piece and soot box and use the rear outlet from the stove - running the flue pipe vertically behind the unit. The downside of doing this (apart from cost) is the distance that installation of these p...