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Stove_Monkey

OnlyAlan wrote: »

There are two routes:
1. Have a stove fitted by a HETAS engineer who will issue you with a certificate of compliance.
2. Do it yourself under 'Building Regulations'. This will (usually) involve two visits from your local council building inspector. (This is the route I took).

There are more than two routes. It doesn't necessarily have to be a HETAS registered installer (Hetas have managed to hoodwink the public that they are the only organisation that can sign off installations). There are also another two not so well known Confident Person Schemes that can install & register your solid fuel installation. They are Oftec & Napit.

shortcrust

OnlyAlan wrote: »

I am surprised no one has mentioned regulations regarding fitting a woodburner or mulit fuel stove.

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Why surprised? This thread isn't about fitting stoves.

Gloomendoom

vertex wrote: »

Going slightly off topic: These stoves are to go in 2 large inglenooks so need to be as big as possible so they dont look out of place. Is there a stove manufacture that makes big(ger) type woodburners? Or is the size just dictated by the stove's output? I suppose I could get a stove with a log store underneath it which would help add to its height.

We have one in an inglenook. It's probably not what you are looking for as it's an antique Franklin stove of American origin. However, it is large at over three feet wide and looks the part. Despite not being exactly the last word in modern technology, it is surprisingly efficient with the doors closed. Even with the doors open it is still considerably more efficient than an open fire.

You need to work out what your priorities are: aesthetics or efficiency. If it is just being used as a supplement to central heating maybe efficiency isn't all that important.

Not ours but similar...