Woodburning Stove Advice (And yes, I have been to a shop!)

tartan_mum_2

We did something similar in our house - smallish room plus stairs and kitchen. We have a Charnwood 1 which is 5kw rating I think. It is fab and I love it to bits. Cost about £2000 to buy the stove and install it all. Well worth the money as it's a real feature of the room and is a good heat provider, although when it's really cold we need central heating as well, but not as much. Happy burning!

crphillips

If your meaning the Charnwood cove 1 then it's a cracking little stove. My brother has it and i works a treat. Heats the room in no time and keeps the glass very clean.

zippychurch

We have just had a handol 51L installed - easy to light and quick to heat up, the glass stays pretty clean too and it heats our pretty large lounge very well. I think they are now classed as a 5kw stove but if you look on their swedish site - they are still shown as having a variable output of 4-7kw.
It is looks great too and does away with the detailing as it I guess you'd class it as a contemporary stove - fully installed a tad under £2k

bertietheblue

fairy-mother wrote: »

Hi Everybody

I'm back. And I have found a Stove from a company here in Devon!

I don't know about that one but I do know that one of the best British woodburner makers, Stovax, is based in the place you live, Exeter, so you might want to check out their stoves directly - the Stovax Stockton range is particularly reasonable in price and I've seen very positive comments about it elsewhere on this forum. Also, A Badger mentioned the stovesonline website, a great source of information and also reputable woodburner sellers. And they're not far from you either, in Dartmouth.

All the best
Bertie

crphillips

zippychurch wrote: »

We have just had a handol 51L installed - easy to light and quick to heat up, the glass stays pretty clean too and it heats our pretty large lounge very well. I think they are now classed as a 5kw stove but if you look on their swedish site - they are still shown as having a variable output of 4-7kw.
It is looks great too and does away with the detailing as it I guess you'd class it as a contemporary stove - fully installed a tad under £2k

The Handol 51L is a very nice stove indeed. Smoke exempt too isn't it?

MrsCrafty

I have had a multi fuel for about 7 weeks now. I got it from Saltfire stoves. I also sourced my Hetas person by phoning around local sweeps.

It's only a little one and I am using smokeless fuel for this winter. I am paying about £35 per month and we don't bother with the central heating. I live in an old Victorian house and it's in the dining room. We have 4 rooms downstairs. It doesn't heat the living or morning room but keeps the edge off. Upstairs isn't as warm as I expected but it's not freezing.

I have loads and loads of logs, but they are unseasoned. If you want this to be cheap then you have to go out and get your wood, this involves skips and putting it around that you are willing to cut trees down. We invested in a petrol chainsaw for this reason. Then you need kindling. I use pallets but equally you have to chop them up into small enough pieces to get your fire going. If I were going to continue with this using purchased coal and wood I am not terribly sure that it would be cheaper.

A._Badger

MrsCrafty wrote: »

I have had a multi fuel for about 7 weeks now. I got it from Saltfire stoves. I also sourced my Hetas person by phoning around local sweeps.

It's only a little one and I am using smokeless fuel for this winter. I am paying about £35 per month and we don't bother with the central heating. I live in an old Victorian house and it's in the dining room. We have 4 rooms downstairs. It doesn't heat the living or morning room but keeps the edge off. Upstairs isn't as warm as I expected but it's not freezing.

I have loads and loads of logs, but they are unseasoned. If you want this to be cheap then you have to go out and get your wood, this involves skips and putting it around that you are willing to cut trees down. We invested in a petrol chainsaw for this reason. Then you need kindling. I use pallets but equally you have to chop them up into small enough pieces to get your fire going. If I were going to continue with this using purchased coal and wood I am not terribly sure that it would be cheaper.

I'm not convinced it's necessarily cheaper, either - and I'm pretty certain it wouldn't be if your alternative is mains gas (which mine isn't).

On the other hand, it is infinitely nicer to live with. I would own a house without a fire of some kind - though that wouldn't necessarily mean a stove.

crphillips

Or course it isn't cheaper.....that's why gas was piped in.......cheap and clean.

monkeydog

crphillips wrote: »

Or course it isn't cheaper.....that's why gas was piped in.......cheap and clean.

Really? Even at todays gas prices?

nomoneytoburn wrote: »

there are a lot of regulations involved in setting a burner up.these are required by law.if you want the best from your burner you should think about linning your chimney as well.mine is now fitted to building regulation standard and cost £1100 just to fit.

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This is the trouble when you have people fitting stoves. £1100 just to fit a liner? :rotfl:
Would love to know what these regulations are too. Unfortunately it sounds like you've been fed a load of the proverbial, and you took it. Hook, line and sinker.

8m of flue pipe, the cowls, plates etc will set you back around £250. That is for the proper twin walled 318 flexi pipe.

mrs-stressed

I have a Clearview and does what it says on the box. However, the inner glass fell out quite randomly a few weeks ago and at £50 a pop to replace - which I cant afford - I have been doing without and its more or less the same. I also ran out of seasoned wood and used the rest of my coal and it was like a furnace!!! Oh boy the heat was fantastic but it did burn quickly even with all the systems shut down to minimum. I often open the door when its on its last stages (end of the evening) to get the last bit of heat. I am pleased with it but wish oh wish I had got a free standing one instead of built into fireplace (which isnt very nice but £££ dictated at the time). My neighbour has so much wood that his house is now starting to resemble a log cabin. ~Would he part with a log - big fat no there!!!!!!! Good investment though I think in the long run. Heating down to a minimum too which can only be good....