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Tim Watts[_2_]

wrote:

Thanks both.

My concern is that the flue is a similar perhaps slightly bigger than
a letter box in cross section and conventional stainless liner will
not be possible. So some form of coating might be required.

The other option might be the construction of a separate flue that
runs up the side of our property though the neighbours might not be
too impressed!

I see. So the flue cavity could not clear a 5" diameter pipe then? That
could be a problem.

Worth inviting a HETAS installer round - perhaps the existing flue is
sufficiently rated for solid fuel? Google for HETAS - they have a
registered-bloke-by-postcode search feature on their website. That won't
cost anything.

£3000 would make it out of the question...so we may just have to buy
another electric fire/heater!

Well, if you are lucky and the flue is good for it, it would be stove
(500-1000 depending) and installation (100-ish without liner).

If a liner is involved, as I said, it gets bloody expensive just in parts -
even worse if you needed a double-walled liner as you might to do a run that
is not contained within an existing flueway. I wasn't being "done" either -
I's already priced the parts on the internet and that's why I let that job
go out, because the labour differential cost was small.

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Tim Watts