Installing stove - ballpark to budget

FreeBear

NewShadow wrote: »

I was mostly thinking about options given a ground floor flue would go through the second story anyway and I assume that if I'm lining the chimney then it wouldn't be a straight double the cost to do a second install at the same time.

I've found with my stove, the chimney breast upstairs that has the flue running through it gets quite warm. Measuring the wall temperature with one of those noncontact thermometers shows it is around 25°C - Enough to take the chill off in the bedroom.

If you are really concerned about not having heating in the event of a GCH failure, have a look for a stove with a back boiler. A couple of small radiators upstairs running as a gravity fed system would provide ample heat. Alternatively, a heat recovery system around the flue may provide the heat you desire.. An electric shower & kettle fulfills the need for hot water when all else fails.

I did consider a Stovax Riva inset stove when planning my installation - Some models have an option for ducting hot air to other rooms. In the end, the stove I fitted didn't have this option, but I found it kept both the main room and the bedroom above warm even during the cold weeks we had earlier in the year. Barely used the GCH at all over winter.

dancing_star

NewShadow wrote: »

I was mostly thinking about options given a ground floor flue would go through the second story anyway and I assume that if I'm lining the chimney then it wouldn't be a straight double the cost to do a second install at the same time.

But you'd be lining two flues as the downstairs and upstairs fireplace flues will be separate from one another - side by side

NewShadow

dancing_star wrote: »

But you'd be lining two flues as the downstairs and upstairs fireplace flues will be separate from one another - side by side

See... Now this is why I love MSE...

I assumed, foolishly I guess, that because the stove has a long tube - excuse the technical language - which runs up the flue, you could break into the breast upstairs to run a second tube next to it - and just have the two running in parallel.

When you compare the width of the stove pipe with the chimney breast it looks like there should be plenty of space: