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CHIMNEY'S IN THATCHED PROPERTIES
Over the last few years the UK has
seen a steady increase in the number of chimney related thatched
roof fires. Traditionally chimneys in older thatched properties
were used with open fires which when in
operation had large amounts of cool air from the room the fire
was situated in, mixing with the
combustion product and cooling the overall flue gas temperature.
With the recent drive for efficiency
the use of closed room heaters has become more common, whilst
these are more efficient and
provide far more heat into the room than an open fire, they
don't have the benefit of cool room air
mixing with the exhaust gases to reduce the flue gas
temperature. The knock on effect from this is
that chimneys that worked reliably for many years with an open
fire are experiencing problems of
elevated temperatures when closed stoves are fitted.
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