On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 16:24:35 +0000
fred wrote:

In article , Huge
writes
On 2014-02-01, fred wrote:
In article , Davey
writes

The Certified Gas Engineer who removes the existing fire should
know. As far as I know myself, having decided not to pay the
massive costs of installing a new flue for my thatched property,
the problem is the high temperatures created in the flue of a
wood-burning stove, much higher than those of a wood fire, and
which are more likely to set fire to roof timbers.

Why would a gas installer know the requirements for a woodburner?

Consider this: You don't install a flue liner, and do install the
burner. The house then catches fire, even if it has nothing to do
with the wood burner (say, a faulty electrical connection). Your
insurance company will instantly check for the flue liner, and
certificate, as soon as it sees the burner, and if it doesn't find
them, will invalidate your cover.

You're talking out of your arse.

Just my opinion.

And exceptionally badly informed.

So you think people should gamble with their largest asset on the
basis of some anonymous ****** (in case of any doubt, that's you) on
Usenet, do you?

Charmed I'm sure hunney.

It's not a gamble to suggest that people treat unsubstantiated claims
about the insurance industry with caution.

Something like, "we're sorry that your house burned down, the fire
service have told us that the likely cause was an unattended chip pan
in the kitchen, but we are unable to pay your claim because we found
that a 100W bulb in the bedroom was missing a CE mark" would be
obvious ******** but no more or less credible than the poster's
assertion on wiring fires and flues.

You may note that I made no suggestion about the wisdom or otherwise
of installing an appropriate flue. Personally I would view it as
foolish not to install a twinwall insulated flue in the circumstances
described but the purpose of my post was to put on record a warning
not to accept unqualified advice from a gas installer and to dispute
inaccurate remarks about insurance, nothing else.

That done, future readers can draw their own conclusions..

HTH


Since I am not the only one to make a similar warning, I think that
readers can indeed make their own conclusions. It's not a risk worth
taking, in my view. I have had an insurer try to not pay up for water
damage because 'the water was of the wrong type', ie it came from
melting snow, not under the door, so don't tell me that they don't try
to wriggle put out of paying claims.
And a qualified Gas Installer should know a lot about all aspects of
Heating systems. He will probably have a HETAS certificate. The one we
had in to estimate for our aborted wood burning stove installation did.

--
Davey.