Fire and fireplace colleagues, welcome to the third and final part of our Warming up for the Heating Season series. In preparation for the busy times ahead, here are our top five stove venting tips that will keep you on the right side of the regulations and your customers! 1. Only use a ventilator with [...]
Fire and fireplace colleagues, welcome to Part 2 of our Warming up for the Heating Season series. In preparation for the busy times ahead, here’s a chance to grab our simple step by step guides to calculating the venting requirements of solid fuel appliances and gas appliances. So many people find these easy to follow [...]
Fire and fireplace colleagues, we hope enquiries and bookings are warming up nicely for you this autumn. To help you complete your installations seamlessly (and leave your customers with vents they’ll love!) we’ve put together a list of the must-have vents to have on hand this season: Rytons Mini LookRyt AirCore AC3LP Since its launch [...]
One of the main attractions of stoves 5kW and under and gas fires 7kW and under is that they can be installed in many properties without the need for additional ventilation. However, in more energy efficient homes built during or after 2008, even low kilowatt appliances require a dedicated air supply calculated from 1kW. With [...]
With gas and electricity prices rising year on year, it’s no wonder thousands of UK homeowners are looking for alternative ways to heat their homes in winter. Interest in wood burning stoves as a secondary heat source has greatly increased over the past five years with figures showing close to 200,000 stoves are fitted annually. [...]
Noise is now a major environmental issue. With exposure to road traffic, rail and airport noise widespread, it’s important to protect your home as much as possible from noise infiltration. Studies show that living with environmental noise can be extremely stressful; it can have a damaging effect on your quality of life and also lead [...]
Are you fed up with having to wade through reams of regulations to work out the venting requirements of a solid fuel appliance? To make life easier, we’ve put together a handy guide sheet that will help you work out an accurate venting figure in just a few easy steps. Use the guide to conform to the latest regulations with extracts from the Building [...]
In October 2010 the Building Regulations Part J changed - but we find that some manufacturers still have not. The changes meant all ventilators for heat producing appliances should be tested by an accredited independent company for equivalent area. Equivalent area is a calculation of the amount of air that can actually pass through the [...]