"Rick Dipper" wrote in message
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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

You almost certainly need a liner.
Traditional open fires waste a lot of heat up the chimney, but this also
keeps the chimney reasonably dry.
Modern wood burners are efficient and have a lower temperature up the
chimney (if you see what I mean).
This means you have to line the chimney to avoid damp penetrating the
chimney and making your walls all grotty.

We priced this up and decided that a log burner (iron box on its side) was a
more cost effective choice.
This doesn't need a liner for a sound chimney, as the flue gasses are much
hotter than a wood burner.

HTH
Dave R