How would you use/dispose of a redundant wood-burner?

Goose_Grass

A wood-burning stove came with the house and we will now be replacing it.  It's iron, cast-iron, and tempered glass but not built to current standards, so we've only ever burnt candles in it.

What would you do with it?  Do you think there is any clever reuse of such an object, indoors or out, other than the intended?  All our other fireplaces are occupied with period grates and surrounds, so that's the one thing we won't do with it.

If it's useless to us, do you think it worth wrestling into our own car for the scrap metal fee, or should we just offer it up to whomever would cart it away?  It is so heavy that two adults will struggle to lift it.

FreeBear

Strap it on to a pallet, and then stick it on ebay. If someone ends up buying it, ~£50 will get it sent to most parts of the UK in 2-3 days (check on current prices though...).

Eldi_Dos

Give a  Architectural reclaim yard a call they might be interested, especially if it has a bit of age. Might even come and uplift.

maisie_cat

Sell it on Facebook for 90% of the cost of a new one, that's what they do around here.
Depending on whether you have outdoor space, you might want to keep it for an "outdoor room" at some point.

FaceHead

Facebook marketplace, Gumtree, shpock etc. if you are prepared to deal with a bunch of time wasters until finally getting a hundred quid for it (I would)

If left outside where I live the 'scrap dealers' would have it gone inside 24 hours. 

I foolishly once paid the council to take a washing machine away, but they were beaten to it!

daivid

If in good condition I would expect you could get a bit of money for it, the ones I've seen listed seem pricey (I don't know if they actually sell for the listed price though). Some people may want one for a outbuilding that is BR exempt, others may plan to install in the home regardless. 

phoebe1989seb

The one we 'inherited' when we purchased our current house was actually a small, barrel type better suited to a shepherd's hut or barge etc. Despite being rusty with parts missing, we took it to a flea market (pre pandemic) and got £50 for it.

Rosa_Damascena

I have a cast iron electric fire that I want to get rid of. Gumtree, Freecycle haven't worked on this occasion - I can't give it away! I certainly don't want to have to pay for it to be disposed of.

Woolsery

FaceHead said:

Facebook marketplace, Gumtree, shpock etc. if you are prepared to deal with a bunch of time wasters until finally getting a hundred quid for it (I would)

You've had bad luck. Our old mulifuel with back boiler went no problem for about £80, a knackered cement mixer over 30 years old for £40, a single skin oil tank 10 years old for £80 and even a mixer stand I wrestled off a builder at the dump for £16.

The only person who didn't show was a nice lad over 200 miles away who bought a 4.6m girder and then got into the logistics! Fortunately, the next (local) bidder had a Transit tipper and saved the day.

henry24

Just because its not built to current standards what's actually wrong with it? If it's fitted and working then use it 

fenwick458

I bought a buy to let property a few years ago and found a few items left behind on completion day which I needed rid of fast, one of which was a log burner.  I listed for £20 on local Facebook and someone was there that afternoon and the fact they were smiling so much it made me look into it, I later checked eBay and prices for second hand ones were £100-200
so first step would be to get the details and type them into eBay and see what they sell for. and set your price depending on how fast you want to get rid of it