Direct air vent height/placement

[Big red]

Hi can anyone help please. 

I'm having a wood burner with boiler fitted soon and wanted to get the direct air vent fitted where it won't be in plane view and out of sight. 

So my question is there a specific height it must be off the ground?

Edge of the wall,middle can't find anything to help on the hetas site regarding regulations. 

It is being fitted by a hetas wet fitter .

Any information help will be appreciated 

[ProDave]

I think it is very much dependant on the specific stove, so have you chosen it yet?  If so look at the install manual

[saveasteading]

37 minutes ago, Big red said:

is there a specific height

you don't have  a choice, as the spigot will be at a fixed point on the stove.

There should be instructions on the fed pipe required to outside. Whatever it says, bear in mind that air is a fluid and so the feed pipe should be as short as possible with slow bends, then outsde it should be unobstructed.

From my experience of just one such direct feed stove, it is very efficient indeed.

[Big red]

The fire is being installed in the existing chimney breast and isn't on a external wall so will have to be run through the chimney breast to the side and then run to the closest outside wall. 

Is there any restrictions on how high it should be  ???

[saveasteading]

2 hours ago, Big red said:

any restrictions on how high it should be 

I don't think that matters. we took ours under the floor, then a small , capped riser outside.

 

Once it gets burning the rising heat up the flue will draw air in whatever level it comes from. minimise the distance.

[crispy_wafer]

just adding, common sense really, but make sure it's high enough to mitigate any risk of water ingress from flooding (if that would ever be an issue)

[Big red]

The new wood burner is replacing a old parkray fire that given up which is really annoying because it was a great fire but started leaking from the backboiler .

The air vent was in a outside wall around 15ft from it and really low to the ground. 

With the new one being a piped in vent we didn't want to see a ugly pipe running across the wall so we are going to use white plastic ducting with a lower profile and looks tones better. 

Just unable to find out anything on min and maximum height and where it can be placed etc all the regulations are just really vague even one of the companies that came out to quote for the installation wasn't much better 

[dpmiller]

there's no regulations per se, but the stove manufacturer will likely have a spec for diameter, maximum length and number of bends. It needs to terminate at the stove to attach to the spigot on it, and the section nearest the stove would need to be suitably heat-resistant (like any other items in the same area). It can take air from anywhere outside really but you need to consider water ingress and the likelyhood of obstruction/ blockage.

[Big red]

On 27/11/2024 at 13:24, saveasteading said:

I don't think that matters. we took ours under the floor, then a small , capped riser outside.

 

Once it gets burning the rising heat up the flue will draw air in whatever level it comes from. minimise the distance.

Thanks 👍 

I have now sent an email to hetas directly hopefully they will get back soon so I can get the vent installed along with the wood burner 🤞