Want wood burner but no chimney - where to start?

keith969

bella_m wrote: »

@Maz1963 how did you get on? We have our HETAS installer arriving later today to install a multi-fuel burner. The space it is going into is a small chimney breast so we chose a small 5kw stove. We are a bit nervous. Its all a bit new to us.

DH wants us to by lots of accessories to go with it. Do we really need a companion set, thermostat, fire proof gloves etc...

Anyone can tell us what _just_ the essentials are?

Fireproof gloves are wise, once you've burnt your hands a few times you will appreciate them!

Apart from that I also have a fireproof mat I put in front when the fire is lit as the carpet is only about a foot away from the stove and sparks do fly...

suki1964

My house looks like the Chinese takeaway, as do so many around here

But its the countryside and its pretty common

We have two stoves, one downstairs using the existing chimney and one upstairs where we have a double walled flue going straight up, out the roof and secured to the chimney stack

I would love another in the extension we are building but that would mean miles of flue poking out to get above the ridge of the original roof and not even I am prepared for that look

We have them because of power cuts, which are regular occurrences here, a week without electric is bad enough in winter without a week without heat (No Gas this far out) However they aren't cheap to buy or install and they aren't cheap to run unless you get free wood and that wood needs to be cut and stored for a year or two in advance

As for companion sets, most are just decretive and don't last a craic, We have an old galvanised steel mop bucket for the smokeless we use and I use the ash pan handle to rake out and an old wicker laundry bin for the logs

FreeBear

bella_m wrote: »

Anyone can tell us what _just_ the essentials are?

A poker, a pair of tongs, and a shovel - Handy for picking up bits of burning wood that fall out of the fire. A brush is useful for sweeping up the dust that accumulates around the stove, but not essential if you hoover regularly.

An ash tidy is something I wish I had got when I had my stove installed. A lot less hassle than dumping the ash in an open bucket, and it keeps the dust down.

Fire proof glove - You may well get one free with your stove (mine is still in its original wrapper). If not, use a hanky or a scrap of old cloth.

CathA

`Have you thought of Calor gas stoves? We have one that looks like a log burner, as we couldn't get a flue in here either. Chucks out a lot of heat, looks like a log burner, got a flame effect and you've paid for the heat before you use it.

Ectophile

You need somewhere to put the logs and somewhere to put the kindling. Heatproof gloves are pretty much essential.


Something to poke the firewood is also pretty useful. I have a companion set. But by far the most useful tool I have is an old toasting fork from a junk shop, with the prongs bent over to make a claw.