Wood Burning Stove Space

SquirrelJ

I am after buying a wood burning stove that is 5kW in output and has dimensions of Height 630mm, Width 468mm and depth of 335mm.
What I don’t understand is how big does my hearth and height and width of my opening need to be???

liitleblackcat

I'm not sure what the regulations are, but when I did the same thing about 10 years ago, I took out the old fireplace and then all the rubble etc from the builders opening. Then I got the chimney swept. I put in a register plate above the fire with a hole that would take the flue (cut in the right place) and an opening for sweeping on one side, resting on some steel L shaped brackets and then a new concrete lintel so the front of the chimney breast was about 9" above the finished height of the fire and then cleaned and rendered the bricks inside the opening with mortar and painted it white.

I extended the hearth out about 150mm from the front of the opening and about 50mm above the floor level (in concrete) and tiled it with quarry tiles and I then plastered the front of the chimney breast and put the skirting boards back on.

The stove sits in the centre of the opening about 300mm or so from each side and about 75mm from the back and about 75mm into the opening so there is about 250mm of hearth in front of the fire. The flue goes through the hole in the fireplate which is sealed with fire cement and extends about 300mm into the space above. The chimney was used for coal fires before I did this so I reckoned the flue was ok for a wood burning stove - although we don't often burn wood in it any more.

No doubt someone will tell me this wouldn't pass muster today!

madeane

Have you had your chimney surveyed because that is really the first thing to have done to make sure that it doesn't need to be lined etc. Inserting the stove needs to meet building regs because of proximity to flammable materials etc. Check your local council website for info that might be available. Ours is fitted and a plate supplied to state that it is appropriately fitted.

tightasagnats

You need a HETAS engineer to give you a quote and advice. The green building forum is a good place to get expert advice on such matters -

www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk

Click on 'categories' tab and then down to renewable energies. I found them very helpful.