Anyone got a woodburning stove?

[Enid]

ours is new. apparently it gives off fumes when you use it for the first couple of times - are they dangerous? does anyone know?

midwinter ours stays in overnight

They're lovely, Serah - and made in Scotland so I could go and see them being made! I like the Firebug a lot and can visualise that in my house.

lol

The firebug is rather lovely isn't it?

All you have to do for a price is measure your room and fireplace and they tell you which size you'll need. You then need to measure chimney/hearth dimensions and bobs your uncle... your stove turns up with a very squashed looking courier on it.

Steve Dowling is very helpful too. Couldn't recommend them more!

I might order mine tomorrow

I just threw some coal onto mine - the logs were wet and it wasnt catching well

its gone mental

am I supposed to put coal on a wood burner?

Only if it is a multifuel (it should say in the paperwork)

Apart from that is it lovely (it is the new clearview one isn't it?)

Is it the vision one?

yes

wow it looks fab though

I looked on the website and it is unclear

on the home page it says they burn coal

but then says the pioneer is a wood burner (doesnt say multi fuel)

Can I butt in please and ask a few questions please? Logs, how much are you all paying for them ? Do the ones without clearview or cleanburn systems really make the glass soot up a lot ? Are they fairly easy to clean ? And it will defintely chuck out loads more heat than my open fire won't it before I part with my cash ? Roughly how much should I expect to have it installed ?

Can I butt in please and ask a few questions ? Logs, how much are you all paying for them ? Do the ones without clearview or cleanburn systems really make the glass soot up a lot ? Are they fairly easy to clean ? And it will defintely chuck out loads more heat than my open fire won't it before I part with my cash ?

Can I butt in please and ask a few questions ? Logs, how much are you all paying for them ? Do the ones without clearview or cleanburn systems really make the glass soot up a lot ? Are they fairly easy to clean ? And it will defintely chuck out loads more heat than my open fire won't it before I part with my cash ?

I am getting a half load of logs this afternoon, a mixture of ash and oak, 10" long, £40. A full load is £70. Thats quite normal and reasonable for the area.

I have a clearview but tbh from what friends have said the glass always soots up. Use newspaper wiped in cold ashes to clean it - very effective.

I can't tell you how much hotter it is than an open fire. I am a complete convert. We have had an open fire (still do) for 6 years and this woodburner leaves it standing. I have just put a bit of coal on and it has gone nuclear!

sorry that looks weird

I cut and pasted your post so I could answer all your questions easily and then didnt take it out

oh and it is sooooooooooooo much easier to clean than an open fire

Enid - ring them and ask (don't say you have put coal on - just if you can)

Kittypickle - Logs cost around £50 for a lot (ton or half ton - I'm not sure) for room heating one radiator and hot water it is costing me about £200 a winter - I like it hot
When my central heating goes it I expect that to double - It is cheaper to but a larger load - but you have to store it

I rarely clean the outside of the stove (a flick with a damp cloth every couple of weeks?) The glass gets cleaned at the end of the winter (maybe - if I have time)

The hotter you burn it the cleaner the glass - but it costs more.....so it's swing and roundabouts

It will pack out so much more heat than a fire - you will be amazed

My dad's clearview never soots up(well it did once when they were away and my aunty was playing with it) - My one soots up all the time but it doesn't stress me

You just pull out the ash tray and empty it (into a metal bin - not plastic like I did ) and it's sorted - so easy

I've got an open fireplace in my new house, no idea if it is useable or not, I really don't have a clue about these things. Could anyone fill me in please?

(Sorry for the hijack)

Ring a sweep and he will come and check it for you - you might need a liner

try it - but check your chimney first!

if it is anything like our house, when we moved in we lit the fire proudly only to have the room fill with smoke. when we went upstairs the smoke was coming through the walls

we had to have the chimney lined (cast in-situ lining) it cost £1000. But then had fires every night for approx 6 months of the year for the last 6 years.

we now have an open fire in one room and a woodburner in the other (needed a flue put in, cheaper than cast in situ lining)

My liner was much cheaper than that (sort of metal dryer hose)

the cast in situ was soooooooo cool

they put a liner in then pump this kind of brown stuff that expands madly. It fills every tiny crack and gap (and seeped through the walls upstairs), then they take the liner out and voila brand new chimney!

Thank you both. I think I need to ring around more places for logs, the quotes were more than that. I am ridiculously excited about all this, clearly deprived during my childhood ! It was so lovely curling up with DD last night in front of the fire with her reading book, but it doesn't chuck out that much heat. I am going to ring the shop again and hassle him to get the builder to ring me as I want a stove asap. I think cleaning out the current grate might annoy me in a bit if I know there's something I can just pull a tray out. Also sounds as if it's worth paying extra to have clearer glass long term.

Enid is your house very old?
It seems very expreem to line it like that

yes its very old in bits and also was a bit of a wreck when we bought it - the cast lining strengthened the chimney too.

Makes sense

Must readvertise my woodburner - I'd really like to sell it