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Defra exemption
The Ironwood 5 Wide Stove has been recommended as
suitable for use in smoke control areas when burning wood
logs. This is conditional upon following the wood burning
instructions precisely. Suitable Authorised fuels can also be
used in the appliances in Smoke Control Areas.
See Authorised fuel list:
https://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/fuels.php
Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air
Act can be found here:
http://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk
Your local authority is responsible for implementing the
Clean Air Act 1993 including designation and supervision of
smoke control areas and you can contact them for details of
Clean Air Act requirements.
This stove can be used in Smoke Control Areas by inserting
the 5mm bolt (supplied) to the underside air slider of the
stove
(see diagram below).
The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke
Control Areas
Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may declare
the whole or part of the district of the authority to be a
smoke control area. It is an offence to emit smoke from a
chimney of a building, from a furnace or from any fixed
boiler if located in a designated smoke control area. It is
also an offence to acquire an “unauthorised fuel” for use
within a smoke control area unless it is used in an “exempt”
appliance (“exempted” from the controls which generally
apply in the smoke control area).
In England appliances are exempted by publication on a
list by the Secretary of State in accordance with changes
made to sections 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993
by section 15 of the Deregulation Act 2015. Similarly in
Scotland appliances are exempted by publication on a list
by Scottish Ministers under section 50 of the Regulatory
Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
In Wales and Northern Ireland these are authorised
by regulations made by Welsh Ministers and by the
Department of the Environment respectively.
Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air
Act can be found here at:
https://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules
Your local authority is responsible for implementing the
Clean Air Act 1993 including designation and supervision of
smoke control areas and you can contact them for details of
Clean Air Act requirements.
The Ironwood 5kW Wide Woodburning Stove has been
recommended as suitable for use in smoke control areas
when burning wood logs. The Ironwood 5kW Wide
Woodburning Stove must be fitted with a permanent stop
to prevent closure of the air control slide plate beyond
22.4mm open.
Carbon monoxide alarm
The regulations currently state that
“appropriate provision
shall be made to detect and give warning of the release of CO”.
This is covered in Approved Document J of the Building
Regulations that the statutory requirements for installations
of solid fuel appliances. In particular regulation J3 states the
following:
Warning of Release of Carbon Monoxide
J3. | Where a fixed combustion appliance is provided,
appropriate provision shall be made to detect and give
warning of the release of carbon monoxide.
A suitable alarm will have been tested to confirm it meets
the necessary requirements of BS EN 50291:2010, and
activate within the required time when the relevant volume
of CO is detected. The alarm packaging itself will contain
the relevant information, including appropriate Kitemark
reference (if tested by BSI) and also confirmation of the test
method standard, warning of the expected lifetime of the
sensor and where incorporated stating the product includes
an end of life indication.
The general provisions within ADJ and BS8303 ask that the
CO alarm be positioned in a location which provides means
for the immediate detection of CO upon spillage from a
solid fuel appliance. Guidance in ADJ and in BS8303 is that
CO alarms should be positioned as follows;
a) On the ceiling at least 300mm from any wall or, if it is
located on a wall as high up as possible (above any
doors or windows) but not within 150mm of the celling;
and
b) Between 1m and 3m horizontally from the appliance.
