wood burning stove - advice please

Hapless_2

Hunter and villager stoves have a good rep. We are after the villager puffin stove as it is ideal for small spaces.
http://www.stovesonline.co.uk/wood_burning_stoves/Budget-Stoves.html
http://www.hunterstoves.co.uk/

ANDY597

Hapless, thanks, that looks exactly the kind of thing & size that im looking for, im going to shop around and see if I can beat their £388 though

On a brighter note, I had the sweep out today, who swept and tested the chimney and advised that I dont need to have it relined, but I do need to replace my chimney pot cowl. So theres a winner.

The hunt is on to find the villager puffin stove at the best price.

Cheers
A

ANDY597

http://www.stovesareus.co.uk/catalog/villager-the-puffin-multifuel-woodburning-stove-p-80.html

http://www.firesonline.co.uk/acatalog/Villager_Puffin_Stove.html

Some better prices.

Next question is does anybody know how to fit the register plate to the inside of your chimney ?

glyn.b

I got a price for a Villager Puffin from my local farm store £299, regards Glyn.:T

dotcouk

If you live in a smoke restriction zone - many UK towns and cities - you can still burn wood as long as you have the right sort of stove: here is a guide

Ecotivity.com
green directory

Browntoa

thought I'd piggy back on this thread as its the same subject

I have no chimney so would have the double skin insulated flue fitted straight out and up the wall

is the building regs bit to do with using the existing chimney or for all new installs ??

krishna

You will still need to have your installation approved by building control. I'm in the process of installing a double flue myself. You can do it yourself. If you want any more advice let me know.

Pippilongstocking

Dunno if its relevant to you but there are grants for biomass (ie wood/chip/pellet) burning stoves - depends where you live i think
Try the Energy Saving Trust - sorry if someone else has suggested it - just had a quick flick through, in Scotland you can get upto 30% grant to install wood stoves etc

if not relevant then, sorry have good evening!!

Margriet

Hi, it is very easy to fit a woodburner correctly and the big auction site has everything you need at competitive prices. OK besides the multi fuel stove you will need a flexi flue pipe which you will have ot get a measurement from the top of your chimney pot to the height you are going to blank the chimney off. and providing you have a chimney you will need a 'pot hanger' for the top of it, this is what the flexible flue liner fixes to. If you are fitting your stoved enamel pipe to the top of the fire you will need a piece of stoved enamel pipe which fixes to the top of the fire with fire cement, if you are going to fix to the back of your fire you will also need a 90 degree bend of stove enamel pipe, you will also need a connecter piece which fixes the enamel pipe to the flexi flue pipe. yOU NEED TO BUY YOUR FIRE FIRST to find out what sizes of pipe and flue liner are needed. Make sure you buy a fire with a 150mm /6" hole for the flue pipe. If you buy a fire with a 5" hole you will need to pay £40 for a piece of enamel pipe 5" at one end and 6" at the other, 5" flue pipes are not now recommended. The cheapest option to seal your chimney is to buy an offcut of asbestos sheeting. After fixing two pieces of angle bead to opposite sides of your chimney breast high enough not to be seen, cut 2 pieces of sheeting to exactly fit the space, these simply sit across on the angle bead, then measure by placing the flue pipe in centre of the 2 pieces, and cut an exact hole. Then when the builder has put your flexi flue liner in with some help you can fit it all yourself. Hope all this helps

Gasmangary

Margriet

I realise it is an old posting but I just wanted to warn anyone else who stumbled upon it that the advice that you have given is not only wrong but potentially life threatening. Here are some facts that people should be aware of:

Many of the stoves sold on eBay are not BS approved. Even if they are EU approved that is not sufficient to satisfy Building control and the installation cannot be signed off.
If the installation is not notified and signed off you building insurance is not worth the paper it's written on in the event of a malfunctioning cheap Chinese burner incorrectly installed.
There are strict ventilation requirements for certain stoves; there are TEN TIMES more incidents of Carbon Monoxide poisoning each year in the UK than with gas appliances.
There are many very sensible rules/regs that are there to protect the public from fire (too many to go into here).
As for cutting a sheet of ASBESTOS to use as a closure plate! Have you been living on Mars for the past 30 years? OMG, not satisfied in encouraging people to risk CO poisoning, a house fire and breach building regulations you are suggesting cutting a sheet of asbestos and placing it in their home.
I'm all for saving a few quid folks but some of you seem to gloat about your thriftiness in the face of common sense and safety. Just Google "chimney fires" or "Carbon Monoxide poisoning" or "House Fires caused by stoves" think of your family and then decided whether the saving is worth the risk.

Oh and by the way, I am a HETAS Registered Installer and Gas Safe/CORGI Registered engineer with 26 years experience.