BULLITT

I'm looking for my first house and provided I can find a house with the right chimney, I would like to have a proper coal fire (using coke obviously) as lets be honest, coal fires are just better than gas fires... coming from a gas engineer is ironic I know lol.

I've been trying to find info about the Clean Air Act which involves Coal Fires in homes.

I know the Act is in Place in Leeds but not sure what it includes etc and whether I could install a coal fire and use smokeless coke without having the EPA braying on my door.

lozgti1

We just buy smokeless fuel and don't worry about it.

Think we can even burn the odd log if we want to

Midlife......

iTrader: (2)

IIRC all you need is the correct grade of fuel for a "smokeless zone"......which is what the act created.

Shaun

David Lock

Your local council/authority will tell you if it's not on their website already. Probably no logs though (officially, nudge, nudge). dl

BULLITT

Ah interesting, thanks for that guys.

I had a look on Leeds City Council website, after enough link clicking I found a list of alternative smokeless fuels, basically so long as your house is built capable you can pretty much use any smokeless fuel including some logs too.

ScoobyDriverWannabe

Do the fires not have to be enclosed?

We originally had 2 open coal fires but when the smokeless zones came into affect we did away with one and have a enclosed fire that burns phurnacite.

You can burn coke on it also, but I find that phurnacite is much better.

Coffin Dodger

Were we live falls under a smoke control order. When shopping for a wood burner we were told to buy a multi-fuel job as if there was ever any question to smoke rising from our chimney we'd just claim we only ever used smokeless fuel

You can get burners that are certified for use in smoke controlled areas but they do cost a fair bit more than those that aren't.

Leslie

We are not restricted here and we use top grade household coal and wood as well since we get it donated by a firm of builders from the bits they rip out of houses. It all works well and it does a good job of keeping the place warm. Better and less expensively than a gas or electric heater.

Les