Today's woodburning stove

Our sweep is coming on Tuesday!!! I'll report back too!! :thumbup:

Interesting one! I have been here since the winter of 2006, which is also when I put the stove in, and I have never had the chimney swept. I burn seasoned wood and occasionally a bit of coal. It is a streight stainless steel flu that goes streight through the roof. It has always drawn very well and has one of those bird/debri thing on the top too, after a young bird and two bats got trapped in the stove one summer!

Will be interested to see how much comes out and take it from there, as I was thinking of having it swept...

An all-dayer today. Lit it before breakfast and it's still going now. Great.

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Originally Posted by OB1

Owl in the lounge, and Squirrel in the Snug, munching their way through bits of John4of5's old kitchen and bedroom cabinets, thanks John.

How often do folk get their chimney flues swept? And when you do how much comes out?
We had our Owl swept this summer for the first time since putting it in 4-5 years ago (too long by the book, which says sweep every year),
http://www.allyourchimneyneeds.co.uk...-questions.htm
But less than a half-pint-size mug of soot came out, if that, so I stopped feeling guilty even though we do use it often each winter.
It's a lined flue, with a good draw, and a bird cowl on the top, and we do try and stick to well dried wood (seasoned for a year if scavenged raw) so I guess that all goes to help minimise build-up. What's your experience of sweep-frequency vs. build up?

PS. Other pertinent parameters: It's a 10-12m long flue, and we only burn wood.

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Check your home insurance, some say you need to declare a wood burner or open fire and that they need to be swept every year by a registered sweep. If you need to and havent or havent got a reciept from a sweep then you won't be covered if you have a chimney fire.

Good tip Ian, will have a look...

OZPIG is great :thumbup: I have to get a bigger flu though to take the smoke out of the gazebo.

just put some chesnuts in a pan on the top and some baking potatoes in side...

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Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak

just put some chesnuts in a pan on the top and some baking potatoes in side...

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Nice!! :thumbup: The next night I'm off and at home I'm defo doing tatties in mine!! Marshmallows on a fork too!!

Mine is roaring with last years hazel :)

Must get one of those cast iron pots to go on top, you can roats chestnuts in them too :)

I just chucked an empty toblerone box on mine