One of the trickiest aspects of buying a wood-burning stove on the internet is working out the correct flexible flue liner length for your chimney. How do you work exactly how much flue liner will be needed in the course of your stove installation?
Well, it might initially seem like a game of ‘how long’s a piece of string’ played on a very large scale, but there is actually a very simple way of knowing exactly what length of flue liner is required in any property. Here’s how to do it…
Enlist the help of your chimney sweep
Yes, the quickest and easiest way to gauge the correct flue liner length is to get your chimney sweep round to clean your chimney. Measuring the length of brush needed to get clear of the chimney pot will tell you exactly how tall your chimney is.
It’s probably worth mentioning to the sweep in advance that you’re hoping to collect this information so they can help you as much as possible. After all, you wouldn’t want to be springing that task on them as they’re about to finish work. Use the information in this article to find a reliable chimney sweep in your area.
If you’re thinking getting a chimney sweep round to measure your chimney is a bit extravagant, it’s not really. We would always recommend getting your chimney swept before any wood-burning stove installation, regardless of whether you’re lining the chimney or installing the stove into a chimney that is already sound. As such, you can simply combine the two tasks so that you get the measurements for your flue liner at the same time as preparing the chimney for your stove installation.
Once you know what length of flue liner is needed, you can buy the correct length in one of these handy flexible flue liner kits.
