We’ve recently moved into a house that has a wood burning stove fitted. As we are wanting to use the stove over winter I got someone out to sweep the chimney.
Our setup is apparently unsafe as the flue that exits the stove goes directly into the chimney and the chimney is unlined. There is a metal “plate” blocking off the chimney that the flue exits through. When the chimney sweep swept the chimney the soot fell down and has collected on this plate. Due to the setup of the stove he couldn’t get his hoover in to remove the soot. This is apparently now a fire risk.
The chimney sweep recommended getting the chimney lined so the soot can’t fall on the plate. He quoted £1,135 for this. Is this reasonable? It’s a 12 meter chimney and we’re based in Scotland.
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Lazerquest · 02/12/2019 22:48
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