Fitting a log burner

[Stubby]

Problem I find with that method is when retaining the original surround there just isn't much room. Also if you leave the register plate in(i couldn't get mine out without removing stove) then you get a build up of soot in top of plate that is a pita to clean. I just find that removing the stove makes life a lot easier and means you can do a better job. Other stoves in the house and my parents I sweep in the same way as you, but on mine it doesn't work for me.

 

Ah . My register plate is not open to the flue . The liner comes right into the spigot of the stove so no soot can fall on the register plate .

[mixedangased]

do it yourself and get the council to sign off,just need to do it to building regs,they can be found on the council website.simples.

[Graham S]

Pat my fire place was exactly the same as yours and we didn't want to loose the features of the fire place and the tiles , I bought a jotul f100 and sat it on the hearth and bought a L joint to come out of the back and I added a 1m flue pipe and literally just poked it up the chimney , in the beginning I had a few problems with blow back nothing major so I stuffed loads of rock wool around the pipe and now in my opinion it's perfect and the best bit about it when it comes to sweeping the chimney I just lift the fire out completely remove the flue pipe and sweep away , no hassle , also if your worried about insurance or council etc then just tell them the open fire that you use was there when you bought the house , save yourself a fortune and spend it on something else , good luck .

[Pat Ferrett]

Thanks for all the advice so far

 

Lit the fire earlier or rather the kids did and forgot how drafty it makes the place so going to bite the bullet and fit a stove myself.

[arbogrunt]

do it mate!..Geoff gave me a hand to do mine. Its was a nightmare of a job I must admit..but got it all in, insulated and cowled for a grand. Worth getting an Ecofan for it too I also got quoted £2k. The burner came to £650 and I checked it out online as soon as the fella left...£330 delivered....

[felixthelogchopper]

do it mate!..Geoff gave me a hand to do mine. Its was a nightmare of a job I must admit..but got it all in, insulated and cowled for a grand. Worth getting an Ecofan for it too I also got quoted £2k. The burner came to £650 and I checked it out online as soon as the fella left...£330 delivered....

 

I bet he would have been positively Scarlett if you had pulled him on it.

[arbogrunt]

right on Felix!..don't forget the 'Gucci logs!'

[felixthelogchopper]

right on Felix!..don't forget the 'Gucci logs!'

 

Well, they were apparently self-stacking.

[csservices]

Just refitted mine myself after the chimney sweep condemned it, turned out the professional company who had fitted it had cut the steel stove pipe so it finished 4-5 inches short of the clay liners which meant it had caused large build up of soot and possibility of chimney fire, plus it meant was causing a vortex so not drawing properly, have now bought new register plate and raised it so was about 2 1/2 inch gap to the clay liners and chamfered it round with fire cement and fitted longer steel pipe so it goes into the pots, now draws like a blast furnace and lights first time everytime

[SamTheOldGoat]

I'd paid a Hetas reg'd builder £350 to install a liner to the stove, and sign off.... seems pretty reasonable seeing the quotes above!

 

I prepared the fireplaced surround and they did the rest - S Wales!