Hello
I am toying with the idea of having a wood burning stove installed in my house.
The amount of information i have read about them has made me more confused than when i started!
So if anyone has any experience in either fitting one or having one fitted i would be grateful for any information you can pass on.
So its just gonna be for occasional use, probably just at the weekend, so i'm thinking around £500 for the actual stove itself?
Now the installation costs i've seen range from £700-£2000!
We have a 1930's house with a chimney which just has a unconnected gas fire sitting in the fireplace for show.
When i pull it out the actual space behind it at the base of the chimney is pretty big, despite only having a fairly small entry into it.
As I have a chimney do i just need a single skin flue to go up the chimney?
Can the flue be fitted from the base or does roof access/scaffolding need to be factored into the cost?
When choosing the actual stove to fit in the hole, how much space around the stove do you have to have?
The enclosure around where the stove is going to sit, what does this have to be made from? Is this something I could do myself to keep costs down?
Thank you to anyone who can answer any of my questions, or give me some nuggets of information to help me move forward with this project.
I am toying with the idea of having a wood burning stove installed in my house.
The amount of information i have read about them has made me more confused than when i started!
So if anyone has any experience in either fitting one or having one fitted i would be grateful for any information you can pass on.
So its just gonna be for occasional use, probably just at the weekend, so i'm thinking around £500 for the actual stove itself?
Now the installation costs i've seen range from £700-£2000!
We have a 1930's house with a chimney which just has a unconnected gas fire sitting in the fireplace for show.
When i pull it out the actual space behind it at the base of the chimney is pretty big, despite only having a fairly small entry into it.
As I have a chimney do i just need a single skin flue to go up the chimney?
Can the flue be fitted from the base or does roof access/scaffolding need to be factored into the cost?
When choosing the actual stove to fit in the hole, how much space around the stove do you have to have?
The enclosure around where the stove is going to sit, what does this have to be made from? Is this something I could do myself to keep costs down?
Thank you to anyone who can answer any of my questions, or give me some nuggets of information to help me move forward with this project.