Need a rough price - Wood Burning Stove

[ash t]

Hi All,

Has anybody got a wood burner in their house?

We have a coal effect gas fire which is a pile of shite for warming us up.

We really want a wood burner instead, and I am wondering if anybody could tell me roughly how much it would cost for installation?

We live in a 1900 Terrace, so we have the chimney there. We would take the fire surround out, and have the bare brick of the chimney showing, so we wouldnt need a fireplace, just removal of the gas fire, and installation of the stove.

Can anybody give me an idea???

Thanks

Ash
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[jay12329]

My rents have just had one done, came to 5k ish I think. They had a 1850's house with brick chimney that was in use with an open fire until installation.
They required a full lining of the chimney bore, if the chimney has been used the extra heat can cause the tar buildup to leach out of the bricks, and eventually catch fire, taking most of your house along with it. (This is bad)

HTH
J

[ash t]

Meh, thats abit more than the £1500 I was expecting lol!
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[jay12329]

That included the scaffolding contractor to cover half the house!
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[colin1]

I recently asked a local place about this, and although I cant remember exactly the figure they quoted, it was in the region of £1k to £1.5k.

I'm sure if someone spent more they could have it done better.

I'm considering, just burning wood in the open fireplace. Maybe putting some loose bricks down at the front to stop burning wood falling out onto the carpet. I really should put a hearth stone in front though.
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[mistergixer]

We've got a stove in our current house and had one in the previous.

Personally, i'd much rather have an open fire - i think they look and heat better than a stove.
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[ash t]

From what I have read, stoves are more efficient as they dont let as much heat escape up the chimney. Would love an open fire if they were as efficient
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[doggone]

Small stoves aren't too expensive, it's only a glorified metal box, but as mentioned in most cases you need an insulated flue because the chimney smoke is cooler than a normal fire - in a cold chimney you get the tarry deposits condensing out.
Worth ensuring at planing stage that sweeping (usually once a year) isn't unduly difficult. In some cases you can get into the flue from outside which saves mess and it is something you can do yourself with brush and rods costing about same as one visit from a pro sweep.

You get far more heat from a stove, they can be better than 80% efficient, open fire has less than half the output, although you do get more radiant heat.
The stove gets warm quicker too.
No comparison really and with glass doors you can see the fire or even run it with doors open if you like.

[0l0dom0l0]

we have an old wood burner in the garage that we are never going to use. My dad is looking to sell it so if your interested PM me and I will get you some photos

[Al]

I got one of those small wood burners from machine mart for a couple of hundred quid. I went out and bought it on impulse when it was really cold last winter (had an open fire before which I never used).
I can get loads of wood when working on building sites but to be honest I hardly use it as its pretty small so you have to be feeding it wood constantly to get much heat.
Flexi flue liners are pretty easy to fit, drop a rope down the chimney, tie it around the liner and yank in up. I live in a bungalow with a low pitch roof so that probably makes it more simple.
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[owdamer]

I stayed at an old cottage a couple of weeks ago that had a wood burner in the front room. Had a great time and it certainly warmed the room up, but we stunk of smoke the following day.

[Clanger]

I've just come back from the countryside, where I spent the last 5 nights sleeping in a caravan which has a wood stove for heat/cooking. It's smart looking one, I think he said he bought it down in Devon for around £400.

It was seriously warm, and though small, when loaded up with wood, it would last on a slow burn from 11pm to about 6am before needing more wood. Nice.
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[Tonka]

I had a woodburner fitted two years ago and it's brilliant! Loads warmer than an open fire as you don't get the draught from the open chimney as it's all sealed.

I didn't realise when I had mine fitted that you're supposed to get it all signed off so mine hasn't been. It was fitted by a friend and I had a chimney sweep check the chimney before I had it fitted and that it was ok to sweep still. I didn't get mine lined as the brick is all good and I'm only in a bungalow so the draw is fine too.

I bought mine prior to the costs of metal increasing and it's only a cheap Chinese made one but I'm very pleased with it. I would say make sure the size you get takes 12" logs as any smaller and it's a pain getting the wood to fit and as someone else has said you spend your whole time stoking it.

This is the one I bought (pic below but I didn't use the legs ). I can thoroughly recommend the company and they offer fitting advice too IIRC.

https://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr344/Tonkatoo_2008/IMGP0935.jpg
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[Mr Hammers]

We've just had one put in, only used once so far as the rest of the room needs doing. It was lovely and warm though, and a different, nicer sort of heat compared to the radiators.

All in all it was about £3K, according to the missus (she likes things good quality and done properly), that included a grand for the burner itself, removal of the old chimbley (which the dirty pikeys had away..gits) and putting in a new flue, oh and a chunk of solid slate for the hearth.

One of the advantages of a burner over an open fire btw, is you can leave logs in it overnight and not worry you're going to wake up burning to death.

Crap pic, but here am it;

https://www.planetash.net/bcf/burner1.jpg
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[warped one]

We got a closed coal fire.

I heats our water and the house through central heating.

I've lived in a few places with gas heating and it makes the air very dry to me.
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[Ed Case]

Used to live in a bungalow on the Cornish coast, found the wood-burner was OK as an addition to central heating but not as the main source of heat. The bugger we had had a voracious appetite for wood, a bit like feeding buns to an elephant. Wouldn't have another.

[gray84]

ive got a nice old one sitting in the garage. ive got to sand it all down and paint it up with someheat paint and get some new glass. my old mans a builder and he can soon bang one in.
he says on a budget if you shop around expect £1500 at the most if you shop about ect
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[ash t]

£1500 for the stove and installation?
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[gray84]

yep.. he said he would be very happy to do a job and supply the stove and finish it all off to perfection for £2k and thats a good price to him. he said he would expect the price in the region of £1500 though if you look around...
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[ash t]

Well thats good news.

Have seen some stoves around for £200-300, various sellers on ebay seem to have cheaper, but I would be apprehensive about buying without seeing. I will put my feelers out locally to see what sort of prices I can come up with.


Thanks for all of your help!!!
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[gray84]

my old man was working on the price of a burner for around £600
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