Originally Posted by
Karl Robbers
Definitely do as Grahame suggests. Unless your heater has AS approval and is installed by a licenced person you are on your own as far as insurance goes.
Putting my firefighter hat on here, we have attended three recent incidents where the homes had wood heaters fitted. On all three occasions the investigator and insurance companies focused greatly on the wood heaters, including their manufacturer and installer. If an insurance company can find a reason not to pay out, they will use it.
In the case of an explosion within the heater, usually the heater is not covered by your home insurance, (being the vessel in which the explosion occurred), although damage resulting is, so you would be reliant upon the insurance of the manufacturer.
Those heaters are certainly an interesting device and could be quite promising.