Chimney use in London

[sophiesofa]

I was told the other day that you can't use your fireplaces if you live in London. The person pointed out that you never see smoke coming out of the chimneys in London and I said i'd never noticed smoke coming out of any household chimney anywhere because i've neve looked for it and generally people don't look up. Is he right or is it complete nonsense? I tried googling but couldn't find anything.

PS I apolagise if this should have been in the wanted advice section instead of the lounge, i couldn't decided which was best.

[HonaloochieB]

Just by coincidence Diagnosis Murder starring of course Dick Van Dyke is about to start.

[Ted Max]

You can use your fireplace but the smoke must not go up the chimney as it is now deemed a hazard to nesting birds. Most people have special extractor pipes fitted into the fireplace which vent the smoke through wall-mounted filters that clean the smoke and expel it as clear exhaust. You need to change the filters about once a year.

[sophiesofa]

Sorry HB if my post is that boring, I just didn't know that's all.

Thank you Ted Max, you are most informative.

[Ted Max]

I am, aren't I?

[skidmarks]

Just use smokeless coal and you can't get prosecuted

[HonaloochieB]

sophiesofa Wrote:

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> Sorry HB if my post is that boring, I just didn't

> know that's all.

>

> Thank you Ted Max, you are most informative.

Your post was not boring at all Sophie, I was just struck by the coincidence is all.

I'm sitting at work wishing I was at home watching the adventures of Dr Sloan and co.

Dick Van Dyke played Bert the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.

[Ted Max]

As if there's such a thing as smokeless coal.

[*Bob*]

There's no smoke without fire, Ted.

But sometimes there's fire without smoke, and that's ok.

[skidmarks]

http://www.uksmokecontrolareas.co.uk/

tells you everything you need to know.

You have never heard of smokeless coal?

http://www.coals2u.co.uk/ecoal-25kg-prepacked

[sophiesofa]

HonaloochieB Wrote:

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> sophiesofa Wrote:

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> > Sorry HB if my post is that boring, I just

> didn't

> > know that's all.

> >

> > Thank you Ted Max, you are most informative.

>

> Your post was not boring at all Sophie, I was just

> struck by the coincidence is all.

> I'm sitting at work wishing I was at home watching

> the adventures of Dr Sloan and co.

> Dick Van Dyke played Bert the chimney sweep in

> Mary Poppins.

Oh I see, I did not make the connection, i'm sorry for jumping to conclusions. I didn't want to admit it in my last post but I love Diagnosis Murder and I also wish I could be at home watching DickVD up to his usual shinanigans.

Thank you skidmarks, I had never heard of smokeless coal, sounds like a great idea.

[Ted Max]

He's winding you up, Sophie.

[*Bob*]

Smokeless coal.. It's like the infamous 'Spaghetti Tree'.. don't fall for it.

[skidmarks]

I am not winding you up! I can?t believe you have never heard of smokeless coal. You could go for the massively expensive smoke extraction system that Tedmax is going on about or you could buy a bag it has been around for years.

http://www.ukcoal.com/smokeless-fuels

[Jeremy]

Dick Van Dyke was good in that one where he had to fight the Muay Thai guy to avenge the death of his brother.

[*Bob*]

I recommend 'wood'.. great stuff.. it (quite literally) grows on trees.

[giggirl]

I'm having my chimney repaired on Thursday. I had it swept last year. He's a very nice man. Also swept my friend's chimney and he stuck the brushes all the way up until the came out at the top just so the kids could stand in the street and watch and exclaim "oooohhh just like in Mary Poppins".

[*Bob*]

ooo missus

[HonaloochieB]

I'm a little dubious of Ted's explanation. Nesting birds?

I reckon he's trying to gull you.

[Ted Max]

Chimney sweeps were responsible for the rapid spread of bird flue in many countries.

[Ted Max]

That doesn't really work, does it?

[sophiesofa]

i just don't know what to believe anymore.

HB and Ted Max I wish I didn't find your jokes funny but i did!

[Tony.London Suburbs]

sophiesofa Wrote:

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> i just don't know what to believe anymore.

>

> HB and Ted Max I wish I didn't find your jokes

> funny but i did!

The're a bunch of jokers Sophie!

The only genuine thing about this thread is Dick Van Dyke's Cockney Accent in Mary Poppins....

[skidmarks]

No I?m not. So I really went to the trouble of creating those websites?

Sophie, Southwark is a smokeless zone. To get around this you most use either a gas fire of smokeless fuel.

[*Bob*]

Or wood.