Steve Haywood wrote: > Could I please re-iterate Adrian's message, and perhaps emphasise it? The > suggestions that Kabola make for the installation of their units ensures not > just clean burning but your own safety. It is imperative that you follow > them Totally agreed. Those with long memories may recall that the Dickinson stove fitted to Bream when I bought her did exactly this one day when I was out at work and all but destroyed the boat. It was only saved by a kindly passing van driver who phoned the fire brigade after seeing smoke pouring out of the side hatches. I still suffered many thousands of pounds worth of damage :-(
> 1 The flue wasn't as tall as Kabola recommended > 2 It was not installed with a proper Kabola chimney. Instead it had a > trad chimney mounted on a chimney collar > 3 It did not have an insulated double walled flue. Instead it had been > installed with a cast flue. I made sure that I had all the above when I got the Kabola and to be fair it does a good job most of the time, its just this last week of very high winds that its let me down. Steve NB Bream
