WOOD BURNING STOVES

[pred]

I toying with the idea of installing a wood burning stove, can anyone recomend products or retailers or tell me what to steer clear of please.

 

[Corgigrouch]

Avoid ebay and the cheap Chinese stuff, I bought a cheap pot bellied stove years ago and it had so many air gaps in it I couldn't control it and it errm, wilted with the heat... whatever you fit, make sure it has a genuine CE mark.. Clearview, Dunsly are good brands. The British make some superb quality log burners..... I believe that Gasgirl is a HETAS installer so she'll be able to advise better but be warned an proper install ain't cheap but will last...

 

[big-all]

a log burner has to be a lifestyle choice with around 10 mins an hour to tend to it
it will be no cheaper than gas in fact it will be more expensive unless you have several tons off free wood

buying the stove and installation will be £700-£1000 may be more
i have this one in my shed
http://www.thehotspot.co.uk/products.asp?cat=47&subcat=183&range=345
it takes around 90 mins to heat the workshop from around 6 to 26 degrees and its well insulated
the same result can be had for around 30p with a fan heater or gas equivalentill be around 12p
the reason for 26 degrees is that guarantees only have to light up every other day to keep the workshop above-5 degrees when not in use

 

[masona]

They were very helpful when I bought my multi-fuel stoves for my conservatory, fantastic heat output, got it from here http://www.stovesareus.co.uk/ if you send them the drawing plan of your workshop, they will lists everything you need. As a guide room calculation you will need 1kW of heat for every 14 cubic metres. I find the multi-fuel are the best then you can burn coals or wood etc, there's plenty of pallets about which you can chop up for free heat Also if you can find a friendly Hetas guy who will give you a Certificate of Compliance, cost me £60 but some of them won't do it unless they fitted themselves, if not then Building control route but they wanted £400 You can the difference between woodburner and multi-fuel, the wood burner have air vent control at the top and the multi-fuel have air vent at the top for wood buring or if it's coals burning the you have air vents at the bottom as well. The stainless flue pipe can be expensive

 

[merlin50]

best thing i ever did was to get rid of mine

 

[ladylola]

best thing i ever did was to get rid of mine

I was thinking the exact opposite when we moved from a house with one to a house without one

 

[TheOriginalTonkaToy]

Avoid ebay and the cheap Chinese stuff, I bought a cheap pot bellied stove years ago and it had so many air gaps in it I couldn't control it and it errm, wilted with the heat... whatever you fit, make sure it has a genuine CE mark.. Clearview, Dunsly are good brands. The British make some superb quality log burners..... I believe that Gasgirl is a HETAS installer so she'll be able to advise better but be warned an proper install ain't cheap but will last...

Nothing wrong with Firefox stoves.

 

[Alarm]

Nothing wrong with Firefox stoves.

The screensaver ?

 

[Crickleymal]

A wood-burning stove is a heating appliance capable of burning wood fuel and wood-derived biomass fuel

Umm.... yes I think we had figured that one out.

 

[pred]

"HETAS" dont tell me, this is equivelent as gas to gas safe or electric nic/eec

 

[Norcon]

You could try e bay for a second hand one. cackwell over on plumbing rips them out for a living apparently so maybe thats where they end up.
My Dad fitted his own brand new stove in his mansion for less than £500 quid.
Complies with all the regs too.
He's in his eighties and saws down his own trees with a 24" husravarna and chops em up.
Most of you lot with your sedentary lifestyles will be lying up in an ole peoples home barely able to scratch yer selves when you get to that age.

 

[Corgigrouch]

"HETAS" dont tell me, this is equivelent as gas to gas safe or electric nic/eec

Yup.... Got to keep unemployable middle managers in a job....

 

[Richard C]

"HETAS" dont tell me, this is equivelent as gas to gas safe or electric nic/eec

Noo, the ones I’ve met are much nicer & far more helpful . They don’t have the same sort of monopoly over their punters; just be selective & pick an independent, not one working for a stove shop!

 

[gasbanni]

If you live in a smokeless zone make sure its one thats approved to use in a smokeless area.

Its not a diy job, as it comes under building control and has to comply with stringent regs.

 

[Richard C]

You can DIY a stove install but you need to understand the Building Regs (which changed in October 2010), submit a Building Notice & pay a not insignificant fee. Your LABC will inspect &, assuming everything is OK, issue a compliance certificate; the BI may want to witness smoke & spillage tests. No compliance certificate may lead to difficulties when you come to sell your property; if you cannot produce a compliance certificate in the event of a problem, your insurance company may invalidate your policy & reject any claim.

Lots of archive threads on this, & other things you have to watch out for; not all may apply to you but here a few links for you to read:
http://www.stovesonline.co.uk/stove_building_regulations.html
http://www.woodburnerwarehouse.co.uk/building_regualtions_for_stoves.phtml
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADJ_2010.pdf
http://www.hetas.co.uk/public/certificates.html
http://www.solidfuel.co.uk/pdfs/buidling_regs_consumer leaflet.pdf
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& some more sobering reading just in case you think it’s all a load of old tosh:
http://www.solidfuel.co.uk/main_pages/news.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...wood-burning-stove-leaks-carbon-monoxide.html
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/warning_over_heaters_after_norfolk_couple_s_death_1_811099
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ouple-dead-arms-sofa-overcome-coal-fumes.html

Also get at least 3 quotes from local independent HETAS installers:
http://www.hetas.co.uk/nearest_member

You might be pleasantly surprised & you should ask yourself if you really want all the hassle & risk getting it wrong; climbing onto the roof with an 8M stainless steel snake on your back is not for the feint hearted!

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