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Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:03 am
by AGT
Joeboy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:39 am
Nice! How do you go about isolating the chimney shaft air? Always wondered that?
Looks great!
Mine has a register plate, flat sheet metal fixed above the stove with liner protruding and mine was filled with vermiculite from above.
Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:19 am
by Moxi
Do you mean the register plate JB ?
"A register plate is a metal sheet that’s installed at the base of a chimney when a stove is installed within an existing fireplace. A register plate seals the throat of the chimney for aesthetic purposes and to ensure that all airflow within the chimney is going through the stove."
The fire place you took out and the Carpet instantly reminded me of my early childhood home Ecogeorge
my parents had exactly the same concrete and tiled surround and a similar pattern carpet
I remember whenever anyone dropped something moderately small on that carpet it was a devils job to find it again, mum loved it though as it "wore well" and "hid stains and damage" which is Yorkshire for "right good value"
Nice job!
Moxi
Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:50 am
by Yuff
It was chilly on Saturday and I had to do a lot of driving as well
Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:00 am
by Fintray
Yuff wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:50 am
It was chilly on Saturday and I had to do a lot of driving as well
Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:06 am
by Joeboy
Moxi wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:19 am
Do you mean the register plate JB ?
"A register plate is a metal sheet that’s installed at the base of a chimney when a stove is installed within an existing fireplace. A register plate seals the throat of the chimney for aesthetic purposes and to ensure that all airflow within the chimney is going through the stove."
The fire place you took out and the Carpet instantly reminded me of my early childhood home Ecogeorge
my parents had exactly the same concrete and tiled surround and a similar pattern carpet
I remember whenever anyone dropped something moderately small on that carpet it was a devils job to find it again, mum loved it though as it "wore well" and "hid stains and damage" which is Yorkshire for "right good value"
Nice job!
Moxi
Yep, thats the one.
Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:07 am
by Joeboy
AGT wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:03 am
Joeboy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:39 am
Nice! How do you go about isolating the chimney shaft air? Always wondered that?
Looks great!
Mine has a register plate, flat sheet metal fixed above the stove with liner protruding and mine was filled with vermiculite from above.
That sounds like it!
Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:52 pm
by ecogeorge
AGT wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:03 am
Joeboy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:39 am
Nice! How do you go about isolating the chimney shaft air? Always wondered that?
Looks great!
Mine has a register plate, flat sheet metal fixed above the stove with liner protruding and mine was filled with vermiculite from above.
I bought one like this and cut it down.
George
Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 5:48 pm
by Joeboy
An update on the dehumidifiers. The moisture level of the house seems to now be stable. We are collecting around 1 ltr per day from the downstairs unit with the upstairs unit collecting only a dribble.
I've set upstairs unit back from 50% humidity to 55% humidity to see if it even kicks in. I think the downstairs unit is catching it all (which Is made up of one or two washing loads on dryers, cooking steam and ourselves).
Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:43 pm
by AGT
£111 gas bill for the month, never been so low for this time of the year so happy with that,
Re: Operation "Use Less Gas"
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:35 pm
by Joeboy
AGT wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:43 pm
£111 gas bill for the month, never been so low for this time of the year so happy with that,
A falling fuel consumption trend is a beautiful thing to behold, nice one.