markm Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Decided on a clearview solution 400 with stainless sides and fittings which is going to be stand alone, on a hearth but can't decide / looking for advice on the flue. The building is single story into the roof cavity then tiled roof. The installer has given me a choice of below, but at a loss what to do. The options I have - 1. Use twin wall from the top of the stove all the way up. This will look the most balanced both in size (diameter) and colour, I am worried that we will not get maximum heat by not using a single chimney for a meter or so out of the unit. 2. Use single to double with a tapered connection before it reaches the ceiling, worried this might look a little daft but the installer can match the pipe to the same colour. 3. Use stainless steel single to stainless steel double again with a tapered connector. Anyone have something similar or any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddan Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Decided on a clearview solution 400 with stainless sides and fittings which is going to be stand alone, on a hearth but can't decide / looking for advice on the flue. The building is single story into the roof cavity then tiled roof. The installer has given me a choice of below, but at a loss what to do. The options I have - 1. Use twin wall from the top of the stove all the way up. This will look the most balanced both in size (diameter) and colour, I am worried that we will not get maximum heat by not using a single chimney for a meter or so out of the unit. 2. Use single to double with a tapered connection before it reaches the ceiling, worried this might look a little daft but the installer can match the pipe to the same colour. 3. Use stainless steel single to stainless steel double again with a tapered connector. Anyone have something similar or any other ideas? Not got this set up myself so its difficult to comment on the heat loss but someone at work has a double all the way up and she was saying about the heat given off from the flue as well. I was watching a grand design style program the other day and they had one with option 2 and too be honest i thought at the time it looked a little werid as the single went into the double. I would say option 1 would look the best but i guess will cost more. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maidment78 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I have a single to double in my lounge and a double in the kitchen, single to double gives off a massive amount of heat through the flue and the single section is black then the double is stainless and looks fine to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy4454 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Had a Parkray stove in a previous house and used black vitreous enamel up to the ceiling and Selkirk twin wall through the loft space,the heat from the vitreous single is amazing and in my opinion too good to waste,if the join is made just into the loft with a stainless steel plate and collar so as to protect the combustibles nearby it will look good and also be safe,because the kids were young at the time we had a stainless mesh gaurd made up that screwed to the wall and was clear of the pipe by about 3 inches on either side,this stopped anything brushing against the hot pipe atb handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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