Don’t be beaten by symptoms of a really bad flue
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the flue bricks go up the wall their heat tends to split the joints in the wallpaper. This is common in neighbouring houses and the neighbours do not use their gas fires for that reason. Now I need to buy an electric fire, which will be more expensive to run. I would like to get the most efficient one on the market, but how should I go about finding which one that might be? Fortunately, it is summer so I have time on my side. Another suggestion is a flueless gas fire, but they do tend to be very expensive. Have you any advice? PM, Swanland, E Yorkshire precast concrete (or fired clay) flue liners were once used quite widely. The liners have performed well; problems arise because the sections were jointed together with sand-and-cement mortar as they were built into the brickwork. Over time, the mortar has broken down, allowing the WALL COATINGS Test to remove external wall coatings with a trial pack from Strippers Paint Removers. Contains one remover for oil-based coatings and one for water-based coatings. From stripperspaintremovers.com, £13. joints to leak. Precast liners are still used in new buildings, for solid-fuel chimneys and gas flues, but the joints are now sealed with a special adhesive. All electric fires are equally efficient, as they convert 100 per cent of the power into heat. But electricity is the most expensive heating fuel, costing about three to four times more than gas. will form on leather and fabrics at a relative humidity of 65%RH or above. The usual cause is that most people never close internal doors, so moist air from the bathroom or kitchen finds its way into the wardrobes. Keep the bathroom door closed at all times, and open the window when you’re having a shower. Keep the kitchen door closed, and always use a cooker hood - vented directly to the outside, not just circulating through a carbon filter.