Advice on buying multi Fuel Stove

w50nky

Can be a bit confusing at times.

Your stove, if fitted by a Hetas registered installer it can be signed off by him as he is deemed to be a competent person and can self certify his work. If it is fitted by yourself or perhaps a builder then you will need to inform building control who will inspect and sign off the install.

If you do not line your chimney make sure that you have an access door in your register plate as soot & debris will fall onto your register plate and will be impossible to remove without one. This build up could ignite leading to a chimney fire, think someone on this forum had this happen recently.

A lined and insulated flue tends to draw better IMHO and can be swept without the bother of an access door in your closure plate.
If you intend to burn wood this may help to prevent deposits of creosote as the flue will be hotter and the gasses will be moving faster than in an cold unlined chimney. If you are burning smokeless this will be less of an issue. If you do burn wood then ensure it is as dry as possible, less tha 20% moisture.

This site has a great deal of information on stoves and flues..

http://www.stovesonline.co.uk/stove-chimney-documentation/bfcma-guide.html

A._Badger

W50nky has got it 100% right, AFAICS.

SCRIBES

I'm in the process of buying a Stove. I've narrowed it down to the most "efficient" apparentley.

Burley 1905 or the Harmoney 13, both have "new technology" fitted, has anyone had any experience of either of these?

Also looked at Aarrow Ecoburn 9 and Town & Country Rosedale.

alleycat`

SCRIBES wrote: »

I'm in the process of buying a Stove. I've narrowed it down to the most "efficient" apparentley.

Burley 1905 or the Harmoney 13, both have "new technology" fitted, has anyone had any experience of either of these?

Also looked at Aarrow Ecoburn 9 and Town & Country Rosedale.

My colleague has a Nestor Martin (which is the same as the harmony 13) and i almost bought one myself.

They are very very easy to use but i couldn't bring myself to justify the cost.

If cost is not a factor then I'd have the harmony personally.

I do have a query though.

The harmony 13 is only a 5kw stove but two of the others are about 7 to 9 kw?
So the equivalent Harmony would be the 23 (i think?)

Have you actually sized the stove for the room? or are you going just on raw efficiency?

The reason i ask is you do not want to go "too big" as you'll end up with problems.

If i had the money i'd have chosen the Harmony but i couldn't justify the cost v's my little Stovax.

It might not be as efficient but the £700 price difference will go a long way in fuel

jennyjelly

Hope you don't mind me re-animating an old thread, but I've just spent a couple of hours googling and still can't find an a answer to my query, so hopefully someone on here might be able to help.

We have a Villager gas "fake" woodburner and are changing it for a multi-fuel (don't know what make yet). When the gas one was installed about 5 years ago a flexible liner was put in the chimney, and a cowl on top. As they cost a fair bit at the time I'm hoping they will be ok for the new stove, but someone told me I'll probably need to have it all ripped out and replaced.

Anyone shed any light please?

suisidevw

No, definitely not. You WILL need a new liner and a new cowl.

jennyjelly

Oh bum, more expense.

Thanks for clarifying!

suisidevw

Apologies, all the best though and shop around and look at supplying your own sourced stuff as well as going through the normal route of getting the installers to procure. Good luck

jennyjelly

Thanks, will do. Got a lot of research to do now!

celwill

Hi I have been reading with great interest and found out a lot more on here than Google!

I am like one of the previous writers in that I have been going by the size recommended however I will be heating my dining kitchen as well and my floor is floorboards over the foundations so fairly chilly. I have been looking at all types of stoves and come across the steel v cast previously as well which is extremely interesting, bit what my question is can you have a stove with a back boiler installed but not yet linked in? Or can you have a stove only linked into your rads? At the moment I have a combi boiler which would be nice to keep for hot water (when I don't want my stove on) I don't have a tank. So my system is a pressurised system. Is it better just to have my stove for heating and not to tie it in?