Wood Burning Stove

[dipee65]

My granddaughter is moving to a house which has a wood burning stove installed. Does she need to have some sort of inspection and paperwork issued before using it? The house is a re-possession, and the former owner cannot be contacted for advice. The house is in a smokeless zone area. The stove has been used previously, but we need to know if it complies with building regs etc.
All advice is welcome.

[jomifl]

If there is no paperwork indicating that it has been installed by a specialist installer and it's flue exhausts into a normal brick chimney then get it inspected as there are plenty of potential problems some of which could have serious consequences. If the flue is metal and can be inspected to the point where it leaves the house and there are no signs of leaks such as tarry marks where condensate has escaped then it should be OK. However if you haven't any experience of them get it inspected as a precaution.

[sunny-dave]

Get a chimney sweep in (preferably a member of NACS - http://www.nacs.org.uk/).

They will clean the flue and test for safety - and advise on what fuel can be (legally) burnt in the area.

[The Builder]

Good advice from the others, dipee.
Also .... if paperwork is needed, you'll need a HETAS registered installer to do it.
(Rather like the old CORGI for gas.)

I doubt if the previous guy told Building Control about installing it, so they'll have no record.

Go with Dave's NACS (as it were) first.

[eccostove]

I don't think that she need paperwork but please make sure that all the components of stoves are works nicely.