2024-01-05 15:06:21
An open fireplace loses 85% of the energy provided by burning wood. Meowgli / stock.adobe.com
On social networks, an Internet user claimed that the Ministry of Ecological Transition wanted to make housing equipped with this means of heating “uninsurable” from 2025. A message seen tens of thousands of times.
«I come out of a fireplace dealer and learn something great: the Ministry of Ecology is considering making a house equipped with an open fireplace uninsurable, from January 1, 2025.» The outraged message, posted by a Var resident on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday January 2, has been seen more than 220,000 times. It’s the sales representative of the store, where he had gone to get a spare part for his chimneywho assured him that he had this information through his professional network, he specifies in Figaro. «She seemed serious to me!“, he assures.
However, the Ministry of Ecological Transition is categorical: it has “notnever thought about making a house equipped with an open fireplace uninsurable“. Same story at France Assureurs, the federation of insurers, which says it has “notnot aware of this project“. As it stands, the only obligation imposed on the owners of these chimneys is an annual chimney sweep carried out by a professionalto limit the risk of fire.
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Use prohibited in Lyon
Open fireplaces, more polluting than other methods of wood heating and with a significant loss of energy – 85% according to Ademe – are, however, locally, already in the sights of the authorities. In the metropolis of Lyon, their use has been completely prohibited since April, by prefectural decree. In Paris, they are prohibited if they constitute the main heating of the home, but remain authorized for additional heating.
Measures especially taken in cities, where pollution generated by wood heating (62% of annual fine PM2.5 particle emissions in France according to Ademe) needs to be regulated.
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