On 01/02/2014 12:09, puffernutter wrote:
I live in an 1890 Victorian terrace. The dining room has a wood
burner with back boiler (and a stainless steel flue) that provides
our central heating needs. The front room has an open fireplace with
a open gas fire (with those heat resistant blocks) that we haven't
used for many years.

I plan to get the gas fire removed by a certified gas engineer.

I have a second wood burner that I should like to install in that
fireplace. I have been quoted over £800 to have a flue installed.

I can fit a plate (with a hole for the fire flue) to seal off the
brick flue and I can perform a smoke test. Assuming the smoke test
is OK, do I have to fit a liner, or can I just install the wood
burner? Do I have to get a HETAS engineer involved, if not, do
Building Control have to be informed?

Very simply, what do I HAVE to do to meet any building regulations,
laws etc.?

Cheers

Peter


I think it's assumed a property of that age is likely to need a flue,
and they are hellishly expensive for some reason. I suppose if a chimney
sweep does the test and gives you the ok, you could go ahead without the
flue. That's what happened with the open fire in my son's house, but
that's 30s built.