Hi all,
Amongst various renovations of my bog standard 1930's 3 bed semi, I've had the original fireplace in the front room opened up with a view to installing a woodburner.
I had a local fire installation company come out and quote for making good the chimney, lining it and installing the stove. When he was at the house doing a survey, I asked for advice on what size stove I should be looking at. He suggested around 5kw for the size of the room and so I was looking at the Stovax Stockton 5 which would fit nicely in the recess with a good gap around.
The problem lies in that I mentioned to my builder what stove I was hoping to buy and he said that in his opinion it was way too big in kW for the size of the room. Normally, I would just trust the expert but after this conversation I did a little 'research' online and I think my builder may be right. I've double checked the paperwork from the fire shop and he's definitely recommended a 5kw stove.
The room is about 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5m with a small double glazed bay window.
Does anyone have any suggestions. Should I go back to the fire shop (which is quite highly regarded in the area) and tell them I think they've made a mistake? Is there a problem in having too powerful a stove? Is it actually the right size and I should just stop fretting? :D
Any helpful advice or suggestions would be most appreciated. X
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Totally confused about multi fuel/woodburner size
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PostladyPatsCat · 29/12/2016 21:10
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