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Oct 22, 2012 22:52:19 GMT
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Not at all car related, but definatley cool and retro  One of the joys of living where we do (miles from anywhere) is that most places still have open coal fires, toasty warm in winter but not very cheap to run  The good news is a neigbour always has spare timber we get for free  We have just scored for a genuine French classic Godin stove, it will burn anything you feed it (mainly wood and/or coal) and should be a lot more efficient, we now just have to work out what to do with it ;D On the plus side, it's a work of art so it looks good just even when it's just sat in the corner   Google has lots more pics, it looks like the one we have is a Godin Petite  www.google.co.uk/search?q=stove+godin+images&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=xJ7&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=fflb&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=uMuFUKCWO8bM0QWKooDQAw&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1016&bih=631Todays questions : Any ideas where I can beg/scavenge/buy some flue pipe? The stove outlet is 12cm (4.5" ?), standard UK pipe is 5" so I'll need a 4.5/5 reducer on the back of the stove, then a couple of 45* bends and a length of pipe - we already have the flexi liner to go in the chimney I'm seeing mixed comments about using flexi liners with wood stoves (due to the extra heat from wood) - is it ok to use or not  I'm hoping I can get everything I need, then find someone local to put it all together and sign it off, if any one knows of a website with general plans & info can you let me know  Can I get spares in the UK (one of the glass fingers in the door is cracked) And finally, what else should I know before we remove the coal fire and get the fireplace converted for the stove? (the house is an old stone/brick cottage from mid 1800's) Many thanks |
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Well firstly..... WHAT A SCORE !!!!
I absolutely love these pieces of art.
If you use Google images for French stoves it is like discovering porn all over again.
Depending on your level of negotiation ability you could maybe get a local engineering shop to make you an adaptor piece for 4.5 to 5 inches. Or there may be ready made adaptors somewhere.
Use GOOGLE to research everything you want to know.
Use a bit of common sense with the install.
Plumbers will know a bit as they often get involved in fitting wood fired boilers.
There are also companies that specialize in fire places etc and are always happy to help.
Look up a local chimney sweep, he/she will know all the right people to speak to.
Lastly. DO IT AND ENJOY IT.
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MiataMark
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Check out this forum, www.navitron.org.uk/forum/the "Show us yours" section is probably a good place to start. But be careful or you'll lose hours.... |
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1990 Mazda MX-52012 BMW 118i (170bhp) - white appliance 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 2003 Land Rover Discovery II TD52007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon JTDm
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If you've got an open fire in at the minute and the chimney is in good condition why do you want to put a liner in it? Simplest way is to make up a register plate to block the chimney with an opening for the flue pipe and also another shutable hole for cleaning in it to make sure soot doesn't build up on top of it..
Flue liners are expensive, as it proper flue pipe twin wall was about £100 a metre and single about £40 last time I checked so its unlikely you will be able to pick some up for nothing..
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Oct 23, 2012 16:21:19 GMT
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PM Stefan, he did AlistairK's install, registered sweep, etc
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Oct 23, 2012 16:58:54 GMT
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as it proper flue pipe twin wall was about £100 a metre and single about £40 last time I checked so its unlikely you will be able to pick some up for nothing.. 5" twin-wall s/steel here is 42€ without a discount !! Normally you'd get 30% without asking .The ordinary black stoved stuff , 6" you can pick up for 11€. |
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Todos con Lorca
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Oct 23, 2012 17:46:29 GMT
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as it proper flue pipe twin wall was about £100 a metre and single about £40 last time I checked so its unlikely you will be able to pick some up for nothing.. 5" twin-wall s/steel here is 42€ without a discount !! Normally you'd get 30% without asking .The ordinary black stoved stuff , 6" you can pick up for 11€. Worth finding a RE Pony Express for. Or look around, Ebay etc.... |
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Oct 23, 2012 20:26:19 GMT
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Thanks for the positive vibes folks - I would have replied earier but have just spent a few hours looking around various site I've been pointed at ;D grizz - I though this might be your type of thing ;D Saw a post on another forum, a road-trip to stock up in the Fench DIY stoving stores paid for one guys weekend over there garra - cheers, that's not what I needed at 8am today ;D Lots of good info, especially the chimney build threads d'rover - reading up it sounds like the chimney size has to be matched the the stove so our flue needs sleeving down. It also helps that we picked up some Ebay liner last year "just in case" guz - all info appreciated! I'm still asking newbie questions for now, will shout once I've got a better idea of what we need guslopez  Best I can find is £30 for plain black  The good news is I've used the guys before, they're helpful and only 5 miles from me ;D Keep the info coming folks, I need all the help I can get! I can turn my hand to most thing, the problem is I know nothing about stoves so don't even know where to start looking for info or what I need to scavenge... |
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Last Edit: Oct 23, 2012 20:28:35 GMT by nomad
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Oct 24, 2012 18:09:33 GMT
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Looks the same as mine....  I found it on its side in the garage under a pile of curse word old straw. The enamel is gassed and its missing the ash-pan but it works perfectly. Heats like a mofo too. I light it with kindling and once going, 2 ash logs in it will heat the room for the whole evening. It was a bastid to plumb in the flue though, even here in France I couldn't get the right bits - you can maybe see in the pic, but the elbow is a reducer, which is then run through two more reducers to get to the standard flue sections I had. I had to buy each bit from a different shop and it was all a right faff. First time I lit it, it ran away as there were loads of air leaks around the door and the fancy moulding around the door. It just got hotter and hotter and hotter. I was burning a load of pine offcuts from some diy and I reckon it was close to achieving nuclear fusion. Thats why the stonework around it is all blackened, its scorched it all. I have since changed the rope seal on the door and used fire cement around the edge of the moulding to seal it up. If I need a quick burst of heat getting in from work on a wet, cold night, then leaving the door open will get the bottom few feet of the flue glowing cherry red within a minute or two. The glass windows are not actually glass - well originally they are not, they are very thinly sliced sheets of mica. Yours might have been replaced with tempered (?) glass in the past though. The original mica is actually quite flexible, its almost like a thin bit of plastic to the touch. |
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Looks the same as mine.... It was a bastid to plumb in the flue though, even here in France I couldn't get the right bits - you can maybe see in the pic, but the elbow is a reducer, which is then run through two more reducers to get to the standard flue sections I had. I had to buy each bit from a different shop and it was all a right faff. It sounds like we got lucky (law of averages - it had to happen sometime ;D) The flue from the back of the stove is (I think) 122mm and is a nice push-fit inside of standard UK 5" pipe ;D We found someone who can make pipe to order, 5" flue with removable cap at the base for cleaning and a stub to the stove gets us ...  (I'm trying new ideas - if it works click on the pic to see full size ) Add a standard 5" flue -to- 5"flexi adaptor and we have a matching set ;D It's looking good so far ! |
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The good news is a neigbour always has spare timber we get for free 
Best I can find is £30 for plain black 
