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A._Badger

suki1964 wrote: »

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

I agree with Suki. A great deal is made of the efficiency of stoves - usually by stove makers and installers. A well designed open fire can put out a lot of heat, is aesthetically very pleasing and it would take you a very long time to amortise the cost of installing a stove on the savings you'd make.

Mazzawa

Thank you Suki and A. Badger.

Can I ask what would constitute a "well designed open fire"? No clue if the ones we're getting in this house are good or terrible design! House is turn of last century and fireplaces are original.

A._Badger

Mazzawa wrote: »

Thank you Suki and A. Badger.

Can I ask what would constitute a "well designed open fire"? No clue if the ones we're getting in this house are good or terrible design! House is turn of last century and fireplaces are original.

I'm old enough to have to guess that by 'the last century' you mean the turn of the 19th to the 2oth (!). Assuming I'm right, it would have been a rotten builder who got the basics of a home fire wrong. Every room had an open fire back then and the maths had been long since worked out.

A house I once owned was built in 1923 and has the tiniest grate, designed to serve quite a large-sized room. I, stupidly, assumed its output would be pitiful. How wrong I was! That tiny fire would roast us out of that room, given half a chance!

My advice, before you spend any money, is get the chimney swept and the fire inspected by a proper sweep, then try a fire in it. Give yourself a week or two to get used to managing it and see how you go from there.

savemoney

Can anyone tell me what I would expect to pay to get chimney swept when I had a log burner, I forgot how much it cost and looking for another sweep? Thanks

alleycat`

savemoney wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what I would expect to pay to get chimney swept when I had a log burner, I forgot how much it cost and looking for another sweep? Thanks

Most around here seem to quote about £40 to £50.
That assumes nothing serious is going to come up and that nothing unusual exists with regards to the property, etc.

I assume a fully stopped up chimney is going to cost a lot more.

suisidevw

Our local one, very good based in Cardiff is £38. £15 extra if they find a birds nest!

savemoney

Thanks for your help, I was thinking along the lines of £40. Chimney is lined by the way

A._Badger

£35 here (rural Kent)

Swipe

£25 here in North Shropshire

warriorfullights

A wood burning stove? Can it be done inside the house? You will get smoked for sure that it would look like your house is burning up. Anyway, I have found a coal burning stove. I am not sure if it is a bit the same, but this one is really a money saver. You only have to heat the coal with a little amount of oil on it and it will be ready for cooking. I doesn't smoke as well. Is anyone using this type of stove?