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I've had a look online but couldn't find an answer and just noticed when applying for some other alternations that they have a fee's section still for wood stoves (£240 inc vat) so still cheaper than a hetas for the competent home installer.
I'm impatient im sure they'll reply shortly too but just thought I'd ask!
Yes.
Lovely - thank you
Yep. Did mine a about 4/5 year ago. The council chap came twice and didn't spend more than 5 minutes for the visits put together and 2 of those minutes were to talk about the dog. Make of that what you will. Maybe he could tell I was awrsum. 😀
Check first.
A few years ago I tried to do this, phoned the building control office, they were helpful and explained that I would have to pay a fee at the office and then a colleague would phone me back to arrange a visit. The building officer did phone me the next day, only to explain he wouldn't do it, as he didn't think he was competent!
Got my builders to install the stove and flue anyway, did the tests myself. When I sold the house 3 years later paid for indemnity insurance as I had no HETAS certificate, which I think was cheaper than the fee for the building officer.
It was a farce.
It was Tunbridge Wells council.
as above, in theory yes. in practice, contact your buildings control dept first..
I fitted my own burner.
I WAS looking at the building control route, but in Arun (west sussex) it seemed a right faff and cost.
In the end I paid a HETAS installer 'some money' (can't remember) to come and reivew my install pictures, finalise the install, and sign it off.
I'm sure that if they turn up and you're all "here you can see I complied with Part xyz of the document, and here's the calculations and distances from combustibles etc etc" they'll be a lot more confident with someone who clearly has no idea or understanding...
DrP
Ring the local council office. Be sure about the cost of what your doing, as (bizarrely) this will influence the cost you need to pay.
I've removed an old small log burner and knocked through the back of the builders opening to make a double sided fireplace, ready to install a double fronted log burner. When I rang the council to book an appointment for them to come and have a look they asked if the install cost less than 1k, as this was the threshold for costs. Less than 1k install means the appointment and sign off should only cost £170.
This is in Herefordshire, so ymmv.
Edit: you may also struggle to get a hetas engineer in to sign off the work. When I asked around the answer I kept getting was not interested unless they did the install as well, hetas regulations change so much they wouldn't touch somebody else's work.
Yep, as above. Building control was less up with the regs than I was. Took Him 10 mins to sign off a garage knock through with w/c and a wood burner install in the kitchen / diner.
Similar story to above, BC chap said "not my area really" but turned up anyway for two visits totalling ten minutes, one prior to install checking materials, liner CE marking, stove type/brand and nosed around the open chimney and hearth area, then one after - I left the liner visible from below so he could have another nose about inside the fireplace, but I don't recall him bothering.
I'd also done pretty much what DrP suggested, printed out the relevant bits of regs and noted all my distances and whatnot. He essentially took one look at that and signed it off. Hampshire area. YMMV.
Thanks I'm doing a few other bits very similar to what TheDT's sounds like he did - so its more cost effective getting it in at the same time. Hopefully he's up for it!
If you have a local supplier for the flue components then they will probably be quite helpful getting all the right bits.