STOVES

Well , the temperature has taken a dip here this last few days.
Same for nearly everybody - I think.
My stove has been on.
Anything anybody wants to say about stoves - love them, hate them, cost, work, anything ?

 

Put the wood burner on for a bath today, sun is just going over the horizon for heating the water. Still getting upto 49c on the roof, but to many thunderstorms to heat it proper today.

 

Despite the fact that its been working for 2 years now, i've got the plumbers coming round tommorow to check it & give it a certificate to keep building control happy.

Tell me to break a leg again :cry:

 

I would love one of those wood burning pot bellied stoves...but the house is modern, open plan and has nowhere for one to go, let alone an outlet for the smoke. A friend in Ireland has one and when we came home from visiting her a couple of years back, we did investigate hte possiblity, having been much enamoured by it.

Next house perhaps. Enjoy the stove Alice

 

Jings JWK, that seems an awful lot.

My daughter extended her house last year and had a wood burning stove put in.
There was no chimney in that area of the house so she had to have a hearth and the chimney pipe put in. I'm sure it didn't cost anything like that but I'll check with her and let you know.

 

Hi JWK, I'm sure it all depends on roof height etc but when my daughter had hers done - single storey with no existing chimney so flue had to be put in I think the installation cost was about £1000. There was certainly no scaffolding involved. I'll talk to her and see if there is anything which might help.

 

Um, just wondering where you all get the wood for these stoves.

Its a great idea if you have an endless supply but us stuck on housing estates just have to rely on gas or electric, which cost the earth these days.

 

Youngest son put in a wood burning stove in the house he now rents out. It's a Victorian terraced so had a big fireplace. It wasn't particularly difficult as there was already access to the chimney. his DIY skills have only been acquired from his dad, who can best be described as only an "average" DIYer.This was a few years ago, but the installation wasn't difficult, the stove came with a complete installation kit and it cost only a few hundred pounds.

A trip round the back of any superstore or DIY shed will reveal plenty of "non-returnable" pallets which they will only be glad to let you collect.

 

Yeah but is it a viable proposition?

I think it surprising how much timber one of those things can burn in a season and without a good supply of timber its unlikely to be worth while.

I have a mate who has has had one for years, we are both joiners,( so he gets off cuts), plus he lives in the country so has access to grubbed out orchards, its a constant job for him to get enough timber to keep the thing going.

 

Don't want to appear alarmist but if the flue is unlined & the (probably) lime mortar has been weakened by sulphates from the fire then you have a potential carbon monoxide leak which can (and has unfortunately) kill people in any room adjoining the flue.

I would seriously recommend an inspection by a heating engineer, who could also test for CO. He really doesn't want to take the risk if its tennanted.