Quite possibly Jo, I know someone who burns anything flammable on theirs! Terribly dangerous in terms of tar build up in the chimney and downright irresponsible environmentally. I tend to stick to smokeless solid fuel with the occasional log top up later in the evening and, apart from the odd whiff of woodsmoke in the evening no-one would even know I had a solid fuel appliance.
aww flumpy I do hope you can come to a happy solution over a cuppa.
If people only knew, or could see, just how much CO2 their condensing gas/elec/oil/boilers were puffing out or their refining produced they may be much happier to smell your carbon neutral wood smoke.
Not being able to see or smell the emissions from domestic boilers makes people think they are 'cleaner' but even well-maintained new boilers chug out some nasties!
Most log burners are exempt from smoke control regulations provided they burn the appropriate fuel e.g. wood logs. You can find a list of all exempt log burners here https://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/appliances.php?country=england (links to other parts of the UK also included).
Thanks steephill, you are correct regarding exempt stoves. However, the list is very misleading. I have an AGA multi fuel stove, that is not exempt, it is called the Little Wenlock Classic. There are several models in this range, only one of which is exempt. It is the out and out log burner and cannot burn smokeless coal (no grate). Any stove that is multi fuel is not exempt because you could, knowingly or otherwise, burn unapproved fuel, for instance house coal or green wood. The netted bags of logs sold by HETAS approved manufacturers all have a label stating 'Not for use in smoke controlled areas'. When I had my stove installed the HETAS engineer told me that as I lived in a smoke controlled area he was obliged to inform me that burning wood logs would be a breach of the regulations. I checked this with the local environtmental health officer and he confirmed this. I do agree that the impact of burning logs is not as great as the impact of burning gas or electricity but these were the rules as quoted to me.
we have a stainless steel liner in the chimney , it was more expensive than the log burner ! but I haven't noticed fumes and the smoke goes up up and away !
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Thankfully they are not at home today so my lungs are clear today, I will update you on our progress chucks
Quite possibly Jo, I know someone who burns anything flammable on theirs! Terribly dangerous in terms of tar build up in the chimney and downright irresponsible environmentally. I tend to stick to smokeless solid fuel with the occasional log top up later in the evening and, apart from the odd whiff of woodsmoke in the evening no-one would even know I had a solid fuel appliance.
If people only knew, or could see, just how much CO2 their condensing gas/elec/oil/boilers were puffing out or their refining produced they may be much happier to smell your carbon neutral wood smoke.
Not being able to see or smell the emissions from domestic boilers makes people think they are 'cleaner' but even well-maintained new boilers chug out some nasties!
Most log burners are exempt from smoke control regulations provided they burn the appropriate fuel e.g. wood logs. You can find a list of all exempt log burners here https://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/appliances.php?country=england (links to other parts of the UK also included).
Thanks steephill, you are correct regarding exempt stoves. However, the list is very misleading. I have an AGA multi fuel stove, that is not exempt, it is called the Little Wenlock Classic. There are several models in this range, only one of which is exempt. It is the out and out log burner and cannot burn smokeless coal (no grate). Any stove that is multi fuel is not exempt because you could, knowingly or otherwise, burn unapproved fuel, for instance house coal or green wood. The netted bags of logs sold by HETAS approved manufacturers all have a label stating 'Not for use in smoke controlled areas'. When I had my stove installed the HETAS engineer told me that as I lived in a smoke controlled area he was obliged to inform me that burning wood logs would be a breach of the regulations. I checked this with the local environtmental health officer and he confirmed this. I do agree that the impact of burning logs is not as great as the impact of burning gas or electricity but these were the rules as quoted to me.
we have a stainless steel liner in the chimney , it was more expensive than the log burner ! but I haven't noticed fumes and the smoke goes up up and away !
Pottering about, you are a keyboard warrior and what you're doing is very irresponsible.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think Frankie7 is a flamer/troll.... Only one post!!! Just ignore it Potteringabout.
Not sure what you mean Frankie7...perhaps you'd like to explain?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...