Log burner chimney

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Hi all,

We’re considering getting a log burner installed. Our house is link detached and the living room wall we’d position it on is a completely external wall that is in no way attached to any other property, ie it’s on the detached part of our house.

However, this wall does form the end boundary of another house’s back garden. I didn’t think there would be a problem to have the flu exiting our external wall and coming out above the roof line of our house. But dh seems to think the neighbours could object as our house wall is in their back garden.

Before we go to the expense of getting the professionals in, I wonder if anyone has any advice?

The pipe extends over 2 meters about the roof line on our bungalow, so you may have a different height.

They shouldn’t object. I assume you need planning permission?

As for experts, I would speak to an installer, check your government site for approved HEATAS installers and they should be able to give you some advise for free.

Could I ask why you want a wood burner? If you don't actually need one to keep the house warm they are polluting and environmentally unfriendly. If you need one to keep the house warm they are a pain in the backside.

When they're good they're great but not the rest of the time. (I'm now going to spend an hour chopping kindling for the week.)

Do you mean that the outlet chimney will overhang their garden? If so you can't do that. Not even gutters can overhang another property.

Yes Newhousenewme, that would be the case. The chimney outlet bit would exit our wall and run up the outside wall to above our roof: the wall in question is in their back garden.

No, it can't overhang, but the other problem is that, if it's like other external 'stovepipe' type chimneys I've seen (and like ours), they usually have an externally accessed sweeping point, which means that the sweep needs access as well. Apart from that you need access to be able to visually examine it.
I love our multi-fuel stove, but they are quite a lot of work. We have just had ours replaced to one of the DEFRA approved ones, even though we are in a rural area, so there is no smoke control here. I am getting on a bit, but I sometimes wish I had one of the modern electric stoves which these days look really good, and you haven't got the faff of heaving wood, coal and ash about.
If you really want one, they can be fitted anywhere, even on internal walls. Of course you would then have a boxed in stovepipe in the bedroom above, but it is perfectly doable.

Ok, thanks everyone. I see now that dh was right and this wouldn’t be allowed as it would infringe on next door’s ‘airspace’. So an internal chimney would be our only option. Lots to think about, thank you!

Ours goes up via the living room wall then into the eves and out the top.

You should be able to do the same

you can divert it indoor, if you worry about the heat you can get a double wall ducting they are safe to touch and look great.
with regard to the fuel used as above mentioned, I use briquettes super dry, no smoke last longer, no need for kindlings