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Its a reasonably old house (50's)which had a new face of bricks on 3 of the 4 sides to match an extension. This was done around 15 years before we moved there. It should have cavity insulation behind the new bricks right? But the biggest wall is still the original brick with no cavity or insulation. Was thinking of getting someone to fit external insulation but was put off by the price. Could I do it myself? I've got access to scaffolding(qwickstage) which should come in handy. Is it really expensive? The rooms are 2.5 metres high. Cheers

Hi Jon. The lounge is around 5 x 10m. But the minimum area we would want heating with the burner is probably 4x that size. Cheers BigJ, will check it out. Wrsni, definitely liking the idea of 12kw burley, but not sure if it will be a massive improvement on the riva 66 A. Will do some more research. Cheers

Haha! You've reminded me to do the draft proofing, the front and back door are terrible! The isolation in the rest of the house is pretty good though. Yeah, looking at the Burley website, those burners look damn good!

Thanks for the advice. Yeah, I suppose we've been getting by, but it does stay quite cool upstairs still. Will look around a bit more to see if a smaller burner will be better. Cheers

Nice stove stephf. But I wouldn't trust my central heating system, its always has problems.

Yeah, I could probably install a new flue,etc if I had to. But really wanted to keep costs down, but if needs must.... Yes, Buying in lots of fuel is quite irritating indeed! Would be brilliant to heat my house with the free wood I've chopped down myself and not have to pay the rich energy companies. Will look at those thermal mass stoves. I was looking at those gasification boilers but they are way to expensive and seem like to much hassle to me! All I've come across which seems O.K to me is a firebelly fb3. 18kw output to room without the hassle/cost of boiler stoves etc.

Thanks Stubby. Yeah, I would go for a free standing burner. Any good ones around the 20kw output to room range?

Hi. We currently have a Stovax insert riva burner with fan which is nice but only outputs around 8kw. We are trying to heat the house solely with this and it manages O.K. when the temperature outside is above 5/6 degrees but any colder and it takes a couple of hours of full capacity burning to get the house bearable. The draw from the flue is excellent and can suck the flame straight up the chimney easily, so I'd assume it would handle a larger burner? We would like a modern style burner with a big viewing door that doesn't look too modern, if you know what I mean :-/ Are there any woodburners out there that are around 20kw+ without heat exchangers as I would like to keep it simple and only rely on the heat outputted from the burner directly to the open plan house? We would only want to spend 1500 max really. Thanks

Thanks. But I've got it sorted now.

Thanks will have another look.

HI. I've got an old efco 125 pruning saw and no oil is being supplied to the bar. So I presume the oiler is knackered. The oil hole seems clear. Is there anywhere where I can buy a new oil pump for it, or possibly repair it? I've had a look online and cant seem to find the part. Thanks

Would you be able to get it delivered 35 mins away? I'd pay(a little ) I guess you you want collection only though?

Thanks guys. Never thought of cutting them up! Will give that a go.

Thanks. But at 50p each they seem quite expensive. Is that generally the going rate?