Enviro Mechanically Vented Wood Pellet Stoves: Installation in Dwellings: Technical Guidance Approval

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A decision made 29 October 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2012-0112
Decision Summary Title :	Building Bye-laws (Jersey) 2007		Date of Decision Summary:	25/10/2012
Decision Summary Author:	Director Building Control		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Technical guidance for the installation of mechanically vented wood pellet stoves		Date of Written Report:	25/10/2012
Written Report Author:	Director Building Control		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Approval of technical guidance for the installation of Enviro mechanically vented wood pellet stoves in dwellings.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the GASTEC at CRE report number GaC 6907 dated January 2012, as an alternative solution to following the guidance given in Technical Guidance Document Part 3, for the installation of Enviro mechanically vented wood pellet stoves, with the exception of the recommendation given in Chapter 7.4 (6). That Minister decided that the recommendation given in Chapter 7.4 (6) for flues to include at least a 1.5m vertical section wherever feasible should be interpreted by the Department as being optional. The Minister instructed that where a building application to install a wood pellet stove is to be approved with a flue that does not have at least a 1.5m vertical section, the building permit should contain a warning of potential nuisance to householders from smoke leakage in the event of a power cut.
Reason(s) for Decision: To facilitate the installation of wood burning pellet stoves without a conventional chimney.
Resource Implications: None.
Action required: None
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):