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hethmar

I guess ring your local council would be best way forward?

mark_j

I know im replying to an old post, but i have really enjoyed reading all 21 pages

We are shortly having a log burner installed in our new 3 bed 1960s semi and im very excited.

Ive wanted a log burner for years but never had one myself before, but friends and family members have.

We do a fair bit of forestry work, so im lucky that we always have tonnes and tonnes of nice seasoned hardwoods ready to burn.

Ive taken out the old gas fire which had be condemned, removed the old marble hearth and fire surround and now we have a big gaping hole

The house has a brick lined purpose built chimney, i had round the local and much praised Hetas registered man, who inspected the chimney and said there is no cracks,damage or leakages so no expensive liner is required, so happy days.

After doing much research i have opted for, and ordered the Aarrow Ecoburn 9 Log Burner. The hetas man says it will be too much for just the one room, but im hoping that if i leave the door open to the hallway it will heat through there and also the heat will rise up the stairs aswell.

Got to go now, but i will report back for anyone who is interested in a few weeks time.

Mark

w50nky

That is a 9Kw stove isn`t it? You should listen to your Hetas chap as that stove will heat a very large room. Are you having a back boiler model? You may find that you have to slumber the stove to be able to tolerate being in the same room as the stove. This may lead to heavy deposits of tar & creosote in your flue which will increase the risk of a chimney fire.

I have a 5Kw stove which heats a 4 bed bungalow through most of the winter when you leave the doors open. I could not bear to be in the same room with the door closed and the stove running full chat!

ventureuk

9kw is way too big for an average sized house. Unless you have a very very large room and big airflow you will end up running it slow with all the problems that brings.

It's easy to do the man thing and think 'more power' but it's just not the case with stoves.

9kw is the same as having a 9 bar electric fire on full all the time, imagine how that would feel in your room.

Small and hot is better than big and cool, 6kw should be enough in most normal modern houses.

I'd seriously have a rethink before it goes in.

muckybutt

I had the lovely job of getting a Clearview Pioneer oven unblocked today.

The owners had it installed 4 years ago and had never had it swept, message was that it didnt seem to be burning right.....you aint kidding ! it was choked solid.

Eventually it came out that they slumber burnt it ! as it got to hot for them, took best part of an hour and a half to unblock it completely.

Please please dont slumber burn your stoves, in their case there was only about a gap of 1- 1,1/2 inches in their 6 inch flue.
Not only do you risk knacering your stove and or liner up but theres also a good risk of co poisoning as well.

NotSoWise

I had my stove chimney swept the other day. HETAS sweep said that he had just been to a blocked stove chimney liner and could not unblock it. Cause - unseasoned wood! Only solution would be for owners to buy and install new chimney liner!

hethmar

We had a call back to a job we did 6 years ago. The people had called us out a year after stove and liner installed because it "wasnt drawing". OH climbed to roof and found the top part of the chimney virtually blocked with resin. Cleared it for them and reiterated about using the right wood, running the stove hard and having chimney swept at least twice a season. I dont think they listened, the liner was blocked again a couple of weeks ago apparently. Sweep couldnt shift it, so they got an odd job builder out who banged it from above and erm, broke the liner. They only wanted to claim for a new liner under the 25 year warranty. LOL. OH has told them he doesnt think they have much chance of that.

If only people would read the instruction books and run the fires hard and maintain them...................

hethmar

mark j - Im surprised the HETAS bloke (was he a registered installer?) didnt recommend a liner. And I am a little concerned that a 1960s house built for a gas fire will have a flue big enough for your woodburner - which at 9 kw will be too much heat for an average room.

Mazzawa

Hello, thought I'd jump on this thread to save cluttering up the forum. Long story short, just bought a house with 3 working open fires but having commented on the Old Style Moneysaving forum have been recommended to get a stove instead as they are more efficient.

Question - can you install a wood burning stove and leave the original victorian fire surround in place (the actual grate etc where you would burn the fuel) so routing the flue around this and up the chimney? The fireplaces are beautiful, and although perhaps not the best use of a tree, if installing a stove would destroy the original aesthetics I would rather put up with using more fuel, or even just plugging the thing up and doing without. Too beautiful to ruin!

suki1964

Mazzawa wrote: »

Hello, thought I'd jump on this thread to save cluttering up the forum. Long story short, just bought a house with 3 working open fires but having commented on the Old Style Moneysaving forum have been recommended to get a stove instead as they are more efficient.

Question - can you install a wood burning stove and leave the original victorian fire surround in place (the actual grate etc where you would burn the fuel) so routing the flue around this and up the chimney? The fireplaces are beautiful, and although perhaps not the best use of a tree, if installing a stove would destroy the original aesthetics I would rather put up with using more fuel, or even just plugging the thing up and doing without. Too beautiful to ruin!

I wouldn't change to stoves. The cost wouldn't be worth it plus you would lose three beautiful fireplaces. You would have to route your stoves so far forward from the fireplaces if you wanted to keep them that you would lose your room space