DIAGNOSIS OF A SMOKING FIREPLACE 
Phone or email details of your problems.  Advice is free but in order to help our engineers will require some basic information:


1) FIREPLACE OPENING SIZES

         
  a) Height to lintol/beam from hearth
b) Overall height to start of flue
c) Width
d) Depth
         



 

2) INTERNAL FLUE SIZE

Your flue can be circular, rectangular or square.  The photo examples give an idea of what you my see.  It is particularly important to measure a circular flue accurately. If possible a digital photo or your flue attached to you email will be very helpful.

 
 
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HEIGHT OF FLUE
From the hearth to
the pot or top of stack.
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4) CHIMNEY POTS/CAPPINGS

What is on top of your chimney?  See examples below.  Describe it or send photo.

 
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5) VENTILATION

Is there ventilation anywhere in the room?  This could be wall or floor vents.  Window trickle vents are not normally sufficient to feed a fire.
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6) PECULIARITIES

When or How does it smoke?  Do any particular things affect it?  Etc., etc..
Give as much detail as possible.

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