Our next task was to install the external air supply for the woodburner.  A lot of the new Scandanavian woodburners come with a dedicated spigot to connect an air supply directly into the back of the woodburner, this avoids the need for a grill in the wall which would let out heat and may be drafty.


We wanted to take the external air supply under the limecrete slab, so we fitted a periscope ventilator in the cavity of the wall, which will fit behind an airbrick...