Looking to get wood burner

zenshi

Im looking into getting a wood burner, waiting on installing chap to ring but have couple questions.

A second hand one has come up for sale near me but needs new rope seals and fire bricks. Are these likely to be expensive. I have no idea on what to search on the net and thought you knowledgable peeps might know

A._Badger

Fire bricks can be expensive if you have to buy them from the manufacturer but the rope is cheap.

More importantly, what make and type of stove is it and is it structurally sound? Cast iron stoves can be prone to cracking and firebars can be burned through. It would help to have it looked at by someone who knew what he was doing before spending serious money on it.

zenshi

Thanks for that. Will see if the installer chap could look for me. It's a Villager!?

A._Badger

zenshi wrote: »

Thanks for that. Will see if the installer chap could look for me. It's a Villager!?

Well, the good news is that Villager is still in business, so you should be able to get spares, unless it is a thousand years old. They are also pretty sturdy, steel stoves, rather than the more crack-prone cast iron type.

nande2000

To make the fire bricks cheaper you can actually buy the material and then saw to size yourself.

twiglet98

I saw Wilkinsons had packs of pre-cast firebricks, not sure how easy they are to cut though.

muckybutt

Fire bricks vary quite a lot in price, a cheaper alternative is vermiculite board cut down to size which I suspect the above poster was on about. Easy toget hold of and cheap on ebay