It’s national Fire Prevention Week, prime time to plan to get the chimney inspected and cleaned if necessary. As temperatures drop, area residents will be thinking about lighting fireplaces and ...

It’s particularly difficult for those who rely on a wood stove to escape the feeling that perhaps most of that hard-won heat may be whistling up the chimney rather than keeping them warm.

Wood stoves are popular among many property owners ... However, the stove’s weight and potential issues with chimney pipe assembly and finish peeling may be a concern for some users.

Designed to use biomass that might otherwise be wasted, such as wood ... rocket stove, which sucks air in past the fuel, burns it, and exhausts it up the chimney. A few sections of pipe are ...

Here are the signs that a professional chimney sweep looks for: • “Puffy” or “honey combed” creosote • Warped metal of the damper, metal smoke chamber connector pipe or ...

Winter is coming and so are the bills. The Ofgem energy price cap rose by £149 on October 1, taking the average annual energy ...

The weather warning comes as estimates suggest that the popularity in wood burners has grown ... that owners remember to have their stoves checked and their chimney swept before they start using ...

will escape immediately up the chimney. 'To get the most heat from your wood-burning stove, the optimum temperature is between 260 and 460°C. You can attach a stove thermometer to the stove pipe to ...

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Households across the UK are being warned they face fines of £300 this month onwards if they use their chimney ... that only some people with a wood-burning stove or open fire will pay a fine ...

The weather warning comes as estimates suggest that the popularity in wood burners has grown ... that owners remember to have their stoves checked and their chimney swept before they start using ...