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LEGAL	REPORTS	TECHNICAL
UK 5% VAT rate for some stoves The Building Regulations European Standards, CE Marking and The Construction Products Directive	July 2006: The Energy Challenge - UK Department of Trade and Industry Report October 2006: UK Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change November 2006: UK 'The Energy Efficiency of Dwellings' Report October 2006 - EU Action Plan for Energy Efficiency	Soliftec one-page factsheets Fuel Costs and Carbon Emissions Spreadsheet The Solid Fuel Dictionary Stove conformity to EN13240 - checklist Properties of Fuels Environmental Emissions Authorized and other Test Laboratories Appliance Components Domestic Appliance Manufacturers - Address List Thatched Properties Wood fired heating advice from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

THE ESSENTIAL LINKS
THE UK SOLID FUEL ASSOCIATION	Tel: 0845-601-4406 www.solidfuel.co.uk or go straight to Solid Fuel Association documents: - Solid Fuel Guide - Curing Chimney Problems - Lining Old Chimneys
WOOD	LOGPILE - The UK National Energy Foundation's project to promote wood for sustainable heating. Search for your local wood fuel supplier at: www.bigbarn.co.uk/logpile/indexen.php
COAL	In Britain contact the Coal Merchant's Federation, or find your local supplier at www.solidfuel.co.uk/main_pages/merchants.htm.
PEAT	An Bord na Móna: www.bnm.ie
UK NATIONAL FIREPLACE ASSOCIATION	Mclaren Building, 35 Dale End, Birmingham B4 7LN. Tel: 0121-200-1310 www.nfa.org.uk
IRISH NATIONWIDE FIREPLACE ORGANISATION	162 Capel Street, Dublin 1 Tel:01-801-5959 www.fireplace.ie
HETAS	The UK appliance and installer approval body www.hetas.co.uk
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIMNEY SWEEPS	www.chimneyworks.co.uk
GUILD OF MASTER SWEEPS	www.guild-of-master-sweeps.co.uk
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF MASTER THATCHERS	www.nsmtltd.co.uk
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIMNEY ENGINEERS	www.nace.org.uk
BRITISH FLUE & CHIMNEY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION	www.feta.co.uk/bfcma
SMOKELESS ZONES	UK: www.uksmokecontrolareas.co.uk. RoI: www.environ.ie/DOEI/DOEIPol.nsf/wvNavView/Air+Quality?OpenDocument&Lang=#I8
BUILDING REGULATIONS	We supply these copies of relevant parts of building law - but DO check that they're up to date! BUILDING REGULATIONS (2001)- ENGLAND & WALES BUILDING REGULATIONS (1997)- REPUBLIC of IRELAND BUILDING REGULATIONS (1990)- NORTHERN IRELAND BUILDING STANDARDS (2001) - SCOTLAND BUILDING REGULATIONS (2003) - ISLE of MAN
	"There is a special mystery and fascination about man's relation with fire, the only one of the four Greek elements that no animal inhabits. Modern physical science is much concerned with the invisible fine structure of matter, and that is first opened by the sharp instrument of fire." Jacob Bronowski 1908-74 Find Out More...

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