Chimney Flue Sharing

Can two stoves share the same chimney flue? I have a stove in one room and another stove in an adjacent room - just the other side of the wall from the first stove.

Can the two stoves send their smoke thru the same chimney flue or do the build regs insist they have seperate flues in the same chimney?

I dont think so i think the flues should be seperate

have to be sepearte by the regs mac i have seen it done but not recomended different pressures mean you could have an ingress of smoke into the next room or even a smal seepage which would be worse as you may not notice it at first

Check this out: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/ (http://www.environ.ie/en/Publication...dingStandards/)

Doc J deals with flues and chimneys.

I have seen shared flues many times in older properties, where a stove in the kitchen was an after thought and a hole knocked into chimney stack. I would not recommend it. you may have draught problems and more importantly allow carbon monoixde to enter living space when stove is alight.

I think the only reason that older properties got away with it, is because they are well ventilated(draughty!) as opposed to well insulated modern homes

Thanks to all of you that replied. Much appreciated. Clearly its a NO!