AMF Mixed Topics
Sat-01-11-2014, 12:28 PM
Hi lyn,
I assume you're talking about the whole shooting match here; steel chimney liner, possible chimney base plate and of course installation.
The problem with employing an English builder etc to install the full works is that they are probably not aware of all the legal "niceties" that now complicate this once simple matter.
Thanks to new EU directives the kilowatt output of wood burners must legally match the size of the room. Some chimneys must not only have the steel liner right to the top but they must also have a base plate and the gap between liner and chimney filled with vermiculite.
I only know this through bitter experience. Won't bore you with the details.
I would recommend going native and using a French firm. We have always used Beauchesne in Montmorillon. See my ramblings about Beauchesne in this section under "Chimney sweeping."
If you went French you might well be surprised that their work is very good, usually cheaper than Anglais "experts" and of course legal so that if something unpleasant does happen, the insurance company can't duck out of your claim.
Sorry to rain on your parade but I think it's a better option than using an English "expert."
Happy hunting.
PS: As a word to the wise - I knew the English pork butcher from Bristol who, once he stepped off the ferry at Dieppe, became an expert in-ground swimming pool installer. He was eventually deported back to the UK.
I assume you're talking about the whole shooting match here; steel chimney liner, possible chimney base plate and of course installation.
The problem with employing an English builder etc to install the full works is that they are probably not aware of all the legal "niceties" that now complicate this once simple matter.
Thanks to new EU directives the kilowatt output of wood burners must legally match the size of the room. Some chimneys must not only have the steel liner right to the top but they must also have a base plate and the gap between liner and chimney filled with vermiculite.
I only know this through bitter experience. Won't bore you with the details.
I would recommend going native and using a French firm. We have always used Beauchesne in Montmorillon. See my ramblings about Beauchesne in this section under "Chimney sweeping."
If you went French you might well be surprised that their work is very good, usually cheaper than Anglais "experts" and of course legal so that if something unpleasant does happen, the insurance company can't duck out of your claim.
Sorry to rain on your parade but I think it's a better option than using an English "expert."
Happy hunting.
PS: As a word to the wise - I knew the English pork butcher from Bristol who, once he stepped off the ferry at Dieppe, became an expert in-ground swimming pool installer. He was eventually deported back to the UK.