Woodburner

mumoffour77

Me again!!

I have a sandstone fireplace (which I hate:mad:) and granite hearth and where the fire is supposed to go i have it also lined with granite..on the inside IYKWIM!!

I would love a small woodburner.....anyone have any recommendations?
Or even can I do it......or should I do it?


Thanks!!

MoF77

Ballymackeonan

It will depend on the size of the gap in the fireplace as you really need a bit of room around even a small woodburner - they throw off great heat!

I got one in last year, to replace a glass-fronted solid fuel fire, and it's great - easy to light and to keep lit, unlike its predecessor! But the existing fireplace had to be demolished and he space deepened as well. If you haven't got a flue liner currently, you'll need one. My neighbours got a burner put in at about the same time as me, decided they didn't need a flue liner, and have had to stop using it because of fumes.

I used All Fired Up in Donacloney, and they did the entire installation - some other suppliers tried to sell me stoves without even looking at what space I had, and would have left it up to me to arrange the installation!

Rach39

Hi, my handy hubby ripped out our fireplace which we sooo dated and nasty and made an inset space for our woodburner then added a granite 'shelf' in front - will send you piccy on fb to give you another idea of what you could do! (coz can't work out how to add a picture in here!!)

Nosht

It depends on the size of the room or area to be heated.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU BUY THE BEST THAT YOU CAN AFFORD.
I BOUGHT A CHEAPER CHINESE ONE A FEW YEARS AGO & IT IS NOT AS GOOD AS MY MORE EXPENSIVE ONE.


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suki1964

You will have to have the opening made bigger - me mum had one put in her fireplace. Even the wee wenlock she had put in needs a comparatively large opening. Having that done, and the chimney lined cost more then the stove

However, pick the correct stove and its much more efficient then an open fire. Like me she would use no more then one bucket of briquettes a day - thats the stove lit for around 12 hours