Woodburning stove - cost

[Tree Lc]

Anyone had a small woodburning stove fitted to an existing fireplace recently ?

The other half wants one.

Our fireplace will need linned, and a hearth with the smallest stove available.

 

If you are in Sussex area perhaps you could let me know what you think the rough price would be. Or anyone who has had one done recently please let me know.

Yes I know, weather is getting warmer. But she wants one!

 

Tree LC

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[Safety Steve]

Hi Tree - I have three, because I m greedy! All are different - 2 being 'plumbed'. If you want to discuss the option of heating alongside existing CH setup happy to chat or if you want a looksee to think of possibilities - but I can't help you with prices as these were done some time ago. Just pm for my number - I am in Midhurst.

[Tree Lc]

Thanks Steve

I'll keep in touch and pm you when I've had a bit more info

Tree LC

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[njmusk]

I think you will find the cost of lining the chimney will be the worst expense, the hearth you can make as cheap as you want, slabs etc or piece of slate. We have one of them 60s tiled preformed things, and the hearth came up in one piece with a crow bar. Best ring a stove supplier for cost of flue.

 

I was lucky, found a coil of flue on the farm, and a woodburner in an empty cottage, me being a cheap skate.

[crobinson]

Hi, I know a friend who had one fitted - A clearview 400 and lined chimney with new hearth came to £2,500. So about £1,300 without the stove.

 

I'm about to put one in, but have to have an external chimney....sigh

[peatff]

I was lucky, found a coil of flue on the farm, and a woodburner in an empty cottage, me being a cheap skate.

 

Was it a proper stainless coal and wood flue or just some old aluminium Copex for a gas fire ? I'm even cheaper, why do I need the flue lined when it's been in use for over 100 years with no problems. I just used a couple of lengths of solid flue to get through the closing plate and it's worked fine for the last 12 years with a 4kw Hunter stove.

[Safety Steve]

Peatff - how do you sweep properly in this config? Stove flue should be lined and backfilled to reduce condensation - your fire place was (very probably) built for coal -not wood burning.

crobinson - one of mine is external, works fine and much easier to sweep -make sure you fit an external elbow to catch rain and load brushes. I used ceramic one the external flue to reduce heat loss and be able to contain a chimney fire - works fine and actually lesson of a risk in the barn. I do lose heat leak from the flue though.

[peatff]

Peatff - how do you sweep properly in this config? Stove flue should be lined and backfilled to reduce condensation - your fire place was (very probably) built for coal -not wood burning.

 

I take the closing plate and top flue out and sweep the chimney with a brush and rods. If there is air flow through the chimney where will the condensation come from ? Seasoned wood should not make any more deposits than smokeless fuel and if it's burning completely will make considerably less from what I have seen coming down the chimney when I sweep it.

[Countryboy]

I had one fitted 3 years ago complete with liner and hearth total cost £2.500. The stove was a Woodwarm unit and so far it had worked very well. The company that fitted the stove was certified and produced a certificate at the end of the job

[geoff]

Was it a proper stainless coal and wood flue or just some old aluminium Copex for a gas fire ? I'm even cheaper, why do I need the flue lined when it's been in use for over 100 years with no problems. I just used a couple of lengths of solid flue to get through the closing plate and it's worked fine for the last 12 years with a 4kw Hunter stove.

 

Thats all I have done in mine, no probs touch wood.