Wood burning stove - pros & cons.

Littleweedj

Agree with most of the comments re looks good, very warm etc. but I wouldn't have another stove installed (cost over £1000 to have it put in), even if it were for free.

It is just too much work plus the room is always very dusty with a coating of black on surfaces, the cost of logs and coal in my area is exceedingly high also. Coming home from work and getting it started is another drawback for me plus all continuous cleaning of it.

In my area it's £85 each time to have the chimney swept (twice a year). I much prefer just to switch on radiators and have easy and constant heat, even although there is nothing to beat the heat they give out and look wonderful.

muckybutt

PROVIDED....you install it in accordance with current Part J building regs AND get it signed off by your local building authority.

All to often folk do diy installs that are down right dangerous and do not leave access for maintenance / sweeping.

If you aren't competent or confident you can do it right, then pay someone to do the job right first time.

Leif

Blatant spam replying to a two year old thread, and posting a link to his own commercial web site.

And if anyone thinks you can turn off the CH and use a stove in the depths of winter, then they are mad. A stove is lovely, but unless you have a cheap supply of wood, it is not economical, quite the opposite. And you have to store that wood, if it is not seasoned, you have to store it for several years. You also have to have CH on when you are not there, and cannot refuel the stove.

Stove's are lovely, but they are for many of us a luxury, and most certainly not cheap. For some they are not a luxury, of course.

It does make a nice backup. If the electric goes down, and your boiler stops, you always have the stove to keep one room warm, and prevent others from freezing, and ensuring pipes do not burst. It goes well with your nuclear shelter, and your panic room. For the paranoid.