External steel flue for Woodburning Stove - PROBLEM!!
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:19 am
We have just installed a Flexible Flue Liner for a new woodburning stove. There was an existing Chimney however the previous owners had done a loft conversion and removed the chimney stack. To this end the chimney under the roof sits at an angle with no vertical outlet. (We had removed a gas flu liner so the previous set up was for a gas fire). How do we ensure the steel pipe will sit vertically as I know it has to be 600mm above the ridge of the roof? At the moment, the pipe is sitting at an angle - it has just followed on from the current chimney! Does it require an angled connector to connect the flue pipe to the steel pipe in order for this to sit vertically? The connector we have I am assuming is for instances where the chimney is running vertically - does this make sense!? We have not used the fire as I did not want to until this was sorted. Other than looking a bit odd, are we best advised not to use it or will it not make much difference?