Wood Stove Fitters

Updating your chimney with a class 1 flexible stainless steel flue liner is the most cost effective way of making sure your fireplace installation is safe !

What size flue liner do I need ?

We recommend the minimum size of a 6 inch class 1, 316/316 flue liner, even if the out let of your stoves flue is 4/5 inchs. If the flue outlet of your stove is any bigger than six inches your shall need a flue liner of equal width.

Flue lining for open fires

If you want update your open fire going you are going to need a flue liner which has a minimum width of 10 inches diameter. A lot of chimney won't fit this size so you might want to consider the “Thermocrete method” or opt for a log burner.

* Many people decide to get their chimneys lined whilst the scaffolding is up on another project, with the intention of adding the stove at a later date.

* It costs about the same amount to reline an existing stove installation as it does with a new one. Please see the cost to fit a stove page.

Types of solid fuel stainless steel flue liner

316 / 316 Is used on the majority of installations in this country, designed mainly for wood fuel
and other fuels depending of the flue liner manufacturer specifications.
316 / 904 A hybrid of the two flue liners, installers prefer to use a pure 316 or a pure 904 liner
904 / 904 A true multi fuel liner, Designed to burn coal, smokeless fuels, wood. The Roll-Royce of flue liners.
These flue liners are also suitable for oil and gas burning appliances.

Important Information

We come across countless jobs where the client has tried to reduce costs or thought it convenient for their builder to drop the flue liner down the chimney allowing for connection of the stove at a later date. This seemingly simple task of finishing the roof work is hardly ever done correctly !
Any Hetas installer worth his salt will refuse to finish the job of connecting the stove to the flue liner and issuing a Hetas certificate of compliance, leaving the distraught client with an expensive mistake or an installation which could be a potentially lethal ticking time bomb if finished off by other persons, or one which needs to be completely removed and done again.

However I do occasionally come across flue liners which have been installed in a workmanlike manner and are safe but simply can't be signed off by a Hetas installer due to current regulations.

Get it done properly !

Its going to cost more for a Hetas stove fitter to drop the liner than a quote from a builder or other trades person. However the main advantage of getting an installer like myself is that it is going to be done professionally and safety. Why put your family at risk for the sake of saving some money !
I did a quote for someone who went out and copied my unique materials list from the quote I gave them and then they got the builder to install it. When passing the property in question at a later date I could see that their money saving exercise had potential to back fire further down the line with incorrect installation methods.