Hi
My chimney height is less than 1.0m above the thatch, including a pot on its top. I estimate from counting bricks that it may be around 0.9m.
I am thinking of getting insurance that permits an open fire. Some insurers will insure for an open fire even when the chimney height is less than 1.0m, but I prefer to go with one that requires a chimney height over 1.0m.
Does anyone here have experience of fitting a taller pot, or a top hat, whatever, in this circumstance ? ie what is the most convenient, cheapest etc. Also, is it practicable to raise the chimney height to the next milestone of 1.8 m (favoured by insurers when covering for a wood burner). This may require more fundamental structural alteration of the chimney ?
My chimney was lined by the previous owner, even though she had an open fire not a wood burner. I'm guessing that the liner has a hood at the fireplace to collect the combustion products. Can a lined chimney be swept, which of course is a condition of insurance ?
Many thanks
My chimney height is less than 1.0m above the thatch, including a pot on its top. I estimate from counting bricks that it may be around 0.9m.
I am thinking of getting insurance that permits an open fire. Some insurers will insure for an open fire even when the chimney height is less than 1.0m, but I prefer to go with one that requires a chimney height over 1.0m.
Does anyone here have experience of fitting a taller pot, or a top hat, whatever, in this circumstance ? ie what is the most convenient, cheapest etc. Also, is it practicable to raise the chimney height to the next milestone of 1.8 m (favoured by insurers when covering for a wood burner). This may require more fundamental structural alteration of the chimney ?
My chimney was lined by the previous owner, even though she had an open fire not a wood burner. I'm guessing that the liner has a hood at the fireplace to collect the combustion products. Can a lined chimney be swept, which of course is a condition of insurance ?
Many thanks