Which Woodburner?

hethmar

And Peach Im sure you will confirm that a lot of the internet cheapies can be a real pain.

There is one shop which sells chinese imports - they flog the cheap stove to the customer along with the liner (which is normally at a price we cant even buy it for ........... wonder why?) then the buyer finds no one wants to fit it because British fittings dont match up

Im afraid anyone who rings us and starts the conversation "I can buy the liner and stove for xxxxxxxx on the internet" gets short shrift

One customer had an internet stove which had to be returned 3 times - he had originally saved the princely sum of £100 over the local shop ...............say no more.


BTW, we have had no slow down in work - have you?

Inspector

I'm just about to get mine installed any time now.
I live on an island and found that after going for a local quote from the only two suppliers, I had to go online to buy mine as the first supplier laughed me out of his shop and the second didn't biother coming to see me to quote!
So, I ordered a Stovax 5 midline because I want to site it directly onto a chip floor. It seems that these type of stove are designed for the modern house and as long as I have a 12mm minimum hearth, it will be fine.
Because there are no HETAS reg'd dudes here, I had to get Building Control approval and that came through last week! Here we go...

Anyhow, it turns out that the first supplier (him who laughed me out of his shop) is the agent for Stovax and clearly doesn't know what the Midline is designed for! I had to get the company to confirm that my thoughts of a 12mm hearth were suitable because the so-called professional didn't know his !!!! from his ear! He rattled on about a bricked up fireplace coming up through the foundations, cutting joists etc etc.

So, I figured that if I slap some fire resistant board directly onto the floorboards and then lay my granite hearth slab on top again, I should be more than safe.

Heath/Peach, does that sound OK to you guys?
Do you install fires such as mine that don't raise the temperature of the hearth to more than 100 degrees?

Pixelie

Hi I know this is an old thread but I just thought I would mention we had a Clearview for years and it served us proud. We only got rid of it last year and wanted to replace it with a much more modern stove. We found this great stove called VESTA.
They are only a small company in Ormskirk but the customer service is unbelivable! We didnt have too many issues with the instal but they answered all the questions needed. We were recomended the Vesta V6 for the size of room we needed to heat. Brilliant stove dont know how they do it for the price!:j

mramoeba

This is why i love MSE and all the people like Hethmar who share their knowledge. Now i know a lot more than i did this morning ;-)
(sorry to reopen up an old thread!)

clairibel

We've got a Valor Arden and its gets so hot we even have to open the windows but its great and we are lucky that we get free wood...hubbie has builder and cremator as best mates, that was a big factor for us getting one :T

mramoeba

Does anyone happen to know, regarding building fire safety regs, is it possible to have a small wood burning stove installed in an open plan room which has no door which can be closed to limit the spread of fire? Just to explain that a bit further, we are having walls removed to open plan our flat, but due to the layout anyone trying to escape the building will have to pass through the open plan room. We would be able to install a sprinkler system in this room if required. I appreciate this is a somewhat specialised question but i have read the regulations and can't see a straight answer. And there is so much knowledge here i thought i would ask!