Log Burner Install & Winter Lake Como Life

[@lindagage7315]

Looking good guys!

[@susansawatzky3816]

Toasty👍

[@kazanowskakatarzyna6063]

👍💪

[@swirlgalaxy]

Howdy Boys!! I recently learned that you lose about 85% of your heat up the chimney, it's far more efficient to have a stove!! It will help keep the dust down too!!! Big bear hugs from Kenny in Ohio, USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@irenehopkinson807]

They usually use a metal plate to seal round the chimney flue

[@VillaMandarosa]

@@irenehopkinson807 It’s not normal to fit a metal plate. Plasterboard is non combustible and a metal plate would just absorb the heat and would not insulate. We have watched many videos about this.

[@irenehopkinson807]

@VillaMandarosa I think the ones I've watched had metal plate with non combustible insulation above it

[@margaretrollo4114]

Totally agree you require to have a metal plate around the hose as it will be Pointless putting in a log burner.

[@VillaMandarosa]

@@margaretrollo4114 It’s not normal to fit a metal plate. Plasterboard is non combustible and a metal plate would just absorb the heat and would not insulate. We have watched many videos about this.

[@evapatterson-vf1cs]

So how is the new stove performing? Are you warm? Not clear in the video. Your comment that the chimney was not tall, a thought had occurred to me: was the chimney stack tall enough to get an updraft to remove the smoke? A physic type question I think, of which I know nothing about so forgive me. I wander if that is why your room filled with smoke when the fire place was lit.

[@VillaMandarosa]

The log burner is working quite well, around 20 degrees now even with the kitchen door open. The issue was the wide opening on the fireplace, it was so big and smoke would hit the lintel and come into the room. Updraft was ok and would pull the draft and dirt into the room round the ceiling.

[@lindahamilton9337]

So impressed with your many skills, turning your hand to any problem which arrive. Well done Andrew for installing the chimney. Being claustrophobic myself I was super impressed! Log burner looking great. Love the look of a real fire and hopefully it will heat your room and make it cosy. Weather here in Scotland is freezing with v low temperatures continuing- so glad we have central heating and looking forward to a thaw. Thinking of you now having a warm room.

[@margaretlovelock7031]

What about your central heating, doesn’t that work?

[@VillaMandarosa]

@@margaretlovelock7031 Yes its a new system but the Villa is big and costly to have the heating on all the time plus the radiators in the reading room are connected to the ground floor apartment so we need to heat that if we have the radiators on in the reading room

[@seanrobinson2731]

isn't there a spelling mistake on you new sign ?

[@ValThe1st]

Omg you are right… Lake Come 😂 i will use a black pencil

[@seanrobinson2731]

@@ValThe1st 😂😂😂

[@maryjo34779]

Be careful with that plaster board, it can burn.