I did the dirty deed at the weekend, and ripped an old range out of my inglenook fireplace. The plan is to install a woodburner.

The chimney is causing some confusion in my poor little head.

My idea is to run the stove pipe in to the bottom of the existing (unlined) chimney. As the hole in the bottom of the chimney is over 600mm8600mm, I was going
to cover it with a steel plate, cut a circle into the plate for the stove pipe, then seal the whole lot up with some suitable sealant.

Is this is sensible idea, or do I need to line the chimney ? All the UK websites I view talk about lining the chimney. The chimney has been there over 200
years with no lining, so why would I want to line it now ?

Why is stove pipe so expensive, websites in the UK quote the price at 20 (or more) times the cost from US websites ?

Many Thanks
Rick