and is almost impossible to do anything about unless demolition is the tactic). These combustibles, when slowed, deposit tar and condensation both of which can damage properties (in brick/stone chimneys tar eventually bleeds through the mortar into the house, staining wall papers etc. It does not rise well in cold chimneys, especially where heat-stealing voids, or non-smooth surfaces are present as these steal heat and slow down the combustibles.
One weekend, whilst the owners were away, Jackdaws built a nest in that pot. The fitter smoke tested the chimney but did not seal the chimney for the test (the smoke floated off out the pot). I was told the story of a stove fitter who chose not to fit a chimney liner in a terraced property. If the chimney is not sound then smoke and Carbon Monoxide can travel into your (or next door’s) property and it can and does kill.A stove designed to work with a 6″ flue will not perform so well if attached to a chimney with an 11″ diameter! Fit a chimney liner properly, insulate it if required, and there should be no reason for a stove not to perform perfectly: happy dreams for the fitter. I have shouted that last sentence to really try to put you off from choosing to not fit a chimney liner. STOVES WORK BEST WITH A FLUE DIAMETER AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THAT SPECIFIED BY THE STOVE MANUFACTURER OR BUILDING REGULATIONS. If a chimney can be proven sound (using a set smoke test procedure), AND is of a diameter suitable for the stove, AND the stove-fitter can connect to the chimney in a way that satisfies the regulations, AND the end result is that the stove draws within the parameters laid down by the stove manufacturer, AND it can be swept, AND every building regulation is followed then you do not have to fit a chimney liner – a tough call for even an experienced stove fitter and many will not even consider it.
There are other methods of lining your chimney other than to fit a chimney liner but to fit a chimney liner is by far the cheapest and most common.Ī chimney liner is not supposed to be in place of a suitable chimney or used if a chimney has fallen into a poor state of repair (if the chimney has faults they should be repaired professionally before lining).īuilding regulations do not insist that you fit a chimney liner, even in 2019. A chimney liner may benefit from insulation (see below). Send us feedback.It can be seen from this that smoke (and property damaging acids and tar) never come into contact with the inner walls of your chimney (and can therefore also not escape through old/damaged building material and into the property). These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'flume.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. John Pana, cleveland, 1 July 2021 See More Jenny Singer, Glamour, 26 July 2021 Other measures to be taken include a new upstream fish lift and flume.ī, 11 July 2021 To your left is a log flume ride called Mill Race, overshadowed by the iconic wooden coaster, Blue Streak. 2021 Disney announced the launch of the company’s fifth cruise ship, this time with a park attraction-a watery log- flume type-ride-onboard. 2021 Perched at 8,900 feet in the San Juan Mountains, five hours from the nearest major airport and near the Rio Grande headwaters, Creede is a town of around 350 full-time residents, with one grocery store, one gas station and a fast-rushing flume. 2021 In June 2020, Disney Parks first announced plans to overhaul the Splash Mountain log flume ride, which opened its first version at California's Disneyland in 1989. 2022 Hammock Beach’s 91,000-square-foot Fantasy Pool complex shooting down the water flume or gliding along the lazy river. 2022 Occasionally, a steelhead trout got flung down the flume and squished in the printing works. Recent Examples on the Web In late spring and early summer, the snowmelt-swollen river is a wild thing, a nearly nonstop log flume of fun, icy rapids.Ĭhristopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar.