hi , when it comes to closing off the air completely to a "modified" wood burner that doesn't have a flue damper as well, is that going to cause any problems as far as dangerous soot build up in the flue or are people doing this just fine ? And cleaning their chimneys of course. Are there any other issues ?Does only closing off the air supply make an overnight burn? Cheers.
firefly001,
Jun 10, 2:32pm
No insurance?
..james..,
Jun 10, 5:19pm
good point, but is that pointing to a possible issue arising because the fireplace can be shut down as mentioned?
zak410,
Jun 10, 6:56pm
Cutting air completely may stop your fire. Also your neighbours may notice the stink of slow burning.
As for soot in the flue it depends on the wood you burn, I find 'resinous' wood like pine, maccro etc can clog-up a flue quite rapidly with the fire turned low often. while harder wood, manuka, gum, not so much
pixma,
Jun 10, 9:02pm
Always choke the air right off at night for it to stay in till morning (its an older fire so you actually can) and then let it burn hot for a while in the morning to clear its throat. One of my family have a new ecan stamped fire, it doesn't keep in till morning, not even hot embers he says. There is a pin stopping the slider turning off completely, not hard to remove it but he'd have no insurance if anything went wrong.
springgrove,
Dec 18, 1:44am
We had our new lig burner modified as we are in a rural area . It shuts down low overnight and open it in the morning and put a log in and away it goes no paper no kindling just awesome. We previously had an inbuilt fire, now we can leave the hall doors open be comfortable in t shirts and have warm bedrooms with no transfer kit. Couldn't be happier. As long as it is installed correctly and modified if in rural area by the manufacturer then insurance is no problem !
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