ᐅ Tiled stove with or without a chimney hood?

Hello! The tiled stove at my parents’ place always had a kind of hood on top (I’m not sure what it’s exactly called). Now the whole stove needs renovation, and that hood was removed for that. My mother thinks it looks nicer without it, but the guy who’s fixing the stove convinced my father that it works worse without the hood... What do you think? Does it actually perform worse, or is it just a matter of taste?

Hello Liane! Well, I know which "roof" you mean, but I don’t know the correct term for it either 😉 What I do know is that it’s a matter of personal taste.. many say it’s supposed to be that way, my friend says she doesn’t care how it’s supposed to be if she doesn’t like it 😀 I feel the same. I don’t think it has anything to do with the function.

My tiled stove doesn’t have such a hood, so I hardly believe it would work better with one... everything works quite well without it. However, I have also been told that my stove is missing something, that it should have a hood on top... I just prefer it the way it is.

Are you sure that this doesn’t affect the functionality? I have the impression that it has something to do with the smoke ventilation, could that be? I think I heard that somewhere before... maybe you should ask a professional, or is anyone here absolutely sure?

When in doubt, you should ask the chimney sweep, as they are most knowledgeable about the safety of such stoves. Even if the missing part seems to have no effect on functionality, it may be necessary to keep it in place for safety reasons.

Oh, that’s a great idea!! Thanks, Egbert! 🙂 I’ll pass this on to my parents. They really should ask about this before making a final decision.