Solid Fuel Stove Recommendations?

just to add to the link which is nearly right,
1..all appliances should be fitted by an HETAS registered engineer, (not just by a competent person)if not then by the relevent local building control officer who will sign the installation off as carried out to HETAS regulations
2..hearth dimensions should be 125mm thick of non combustible material, again refer to HETAS regulations
3..the 125mm thick non combustible hearth should extend 300mm in front of fire and extend further, if the door when opened, protrudes past the hearth
4..the stove must be not closer than 500mm from any timber or combustible material.
5..single wall flue should not be closer than 500mm to any combustible material..twin wall insulated flue systems should be 50mm away from any combustible material...in my experience chimney heights should be at least 3.5 mtr high as to combust the fuel which in turn gives heat and stops any negative pressures in cold weather which leads to down draughts and stove box puffs of smoke seeping out on door air intakes in the middle of the night when everyone is asleep..
6 .. all installations must be signed off by HETAS engineer or by building control officer.
failure to comply with these HETAS regulations could invalidate any insurance claim, and when selling your boat the installation could come up in any survey report and the surveyor could and should ask for relevent paper work signed off by fitter/control officer be very careful about what appliances you purchase the appliance should be air tight and an HETAS approved appliance..
the most important thing is to contact HETAS direct as they are there to save lives and not to let you slowly kill yourself with carbon monoxide poisoning ..hope with the right information no other lives will be lost to badly installed appliances..dutch..
 
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dutch123 said:
just to add to the link which is nearly right,
1..all appliances should be fitted by an HETAS registered engineer, (not just by a competent person)if not then by the relevent local building control officer who will sign the installation off as carried out to HETAS regulations
2..hearth dimensions should be 125mm thick of non combustible material, again refer to HETAS regulations
3..the 125mm thick non combustible hearth should extend 300mm in front of fire and extend further, if the door when opened, protrudes past the hearth
4..the stove must be not closer than 500mm from any timber or combustible material.
5..single wall flue should not be closer than 500mm to any combustible material..twin wall insulated flue systems should be 50mm away from any combustible material...in my experience chimney heights should be at least 3.5 mtr high as to combust the fuel which in turn gives heat and stops any negative pressures in cold weather which leads to down draughts and stove box puffs of smoke seeping out on door air intakes in the middle of the night when everyone is asleep..
6 .. all installations must be signed off by HETAS engineer or by building control officer.
failure to comply with these HETAS regulations could invalidate any insurance claim, and when selling your boat the installation could come up in any survey report and the surveyor could and should ask for relevent paper work signed off by fitter/control officer be very careful about what appliances you purchase the appliance should be air tight and an HETAS approved appliance..
the most important thing is to contact HETAS direct as they are there to save lives and not to let you slowly kill yourself with carbon monoxide poisoning ..hope with the right information no other lives will be lost to badly installed appliances..dutch..
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By way of further explanation, The Soliftec post only relates to boat installations and BS8511:2010 specifically, (obviously the building control officer and 3.5m chimney height elements do not apply to boats although they are critically important on buildings).

Also there are not registered installers of solid fuel stoves on boats. Hetas does not offer a marine/small craft installer registration process so unfortunately it is not possible to follow this route. However, we do recommend using an installer of stoves who is Hetas registered for domestic work and who specifically states that they are familiar with BS8511:2010 and has knowledge of boat construction and the experience of installation of stoves in small craft. as such competency is the best option to point to.

The use of solid fuel stoves is linked to many incidents, fatal and non-fatal. So far this year, we have recorded eight ignition and three CO incidents or around 10% of accidental incidents are linked to solid fuel stoves. The safe installation, the correct maintenance and the proper use of stoves is vital to avoid appearing in the statistics.

And while stoves can slowly poison any boat crew members, with stoves producing up to 100x the concentrations of CO in their combustion gases compared with LPG burners, CO poisoning can be incredibly quick and happen before anyone aboard is capable of reacting to make the situation safe. This is why any boat having a solid fuel stove aboard should also have CO and smoke alarms - aside from the proper installation, maintenance and running of the appliance.

Regards
 
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