Wood burning stoves

Thanks Chris, great tips :)

Thank you too q-pilot, I think we might perhaps be needing your services. How can you tell if your chimney needs sweeping or not? Would you be ok with posting your contact details?

Thanks guys :)

No problem at all. q-pilot, at that sort of money for a sweep, you should be busy here. Why don't you post the area your in and see if you can get some work.. It would be nice for people here to have somebody who nows their work and does not charge the earth

@Barry222 - The way to find out if your chimney needs sweeping is to get it swept! If you read the trade association & solid fuel advisory service websites, their wording for the recommendation of sweeping solid fuel flues is once every three months of use (which is a bit vague). The certificates issued in the UK are valid for 6 months for insurance purposes, but most of my customers get chimneys swept annually. I am currently still wrapping up the busy season in the UK, but planning to be back in Spain soon. I don't man my Spanish mobile at home but email is spain at chimneydoc dot co dot uk (*) 

@chrisinspain, I am based in Fortuna, Murcia and happy to cover 25km for single jobs, but will travel further if there are a few in an area. In Spain, I exclusively use rotary power sweeping due to the nature of flues and the fact that they all seem to be heavily tarred — possibly due to the nature of the fuel. In the UK, I charge £48 for this service, so if I ever get to the point of moving to Spain, the cost will surely increase (but not by that much!)

*Sorry - cant post full email address as my account has not been 'aproaved' apparently. - I've been on here several years but no idea how to do do that!

Thanks q-pilot that is very helpful. I havent had mine swept in over 5 years!

Oops! email should be eos@chimneydoc dot co dot uk

Hi there,

I was hoping someone could guide us in the right direction - We have found a stove that we like for our UK property but it appears to be spanish - We found the manufacturer in Barcelona but have no idea where they are sold in Spain.

Our intention is to fly over and ship it back.

It is called the Rocal Giselle 80 or 100.

Can anyone point us in the right direction?

Cheers!!!

www.stovax.com or just google the company name  it they can be bought in any  most plumbing merchant's in the UK.