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Wood burning stoves

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ohnoherewego · 06/10/2010 19:40

I want to instal one in my kitchen. There's no chimney but the flue could go through an outside wall. I've had a quote today of nearly £3900. Of that the stove is only £950; the rest is the flue and fitting. I'm getting other quotes but on that basis I can't afford one. Is the quote way over the top?

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doggiesayswoof · 06/10/2010 19:49

hmm - I don't think it's way OTT. I can only tell you my experience, and ours cost 3500 pounds which was the stove, chimney lining and prepping, some building work to make the fireplace big enough, fitting hearth and mantelpiece. So even though we had the chimney already it wasn't far off your quote.

OnlyWantsOne · 06/10/2010 19:53

I bought an old one from a salvage yard once - for a present for DP when we were dating, cost him over 1000 to have registerplate etc and it fitted, so, no, I dont think that quote is that mad considoring that I bought the burner for £50!

massivemammaries · 06/10/2010 21:56

actually, that quote is crazy. if the flue is going straight through an outside wall. Get a supply only quote for the stove and buy the flue direct from fluestox. From what you have said the fitting should not be more than £500 and the flue, elbows and other fittings around £300. a general builder can install it for you

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ohnoherewego · 07/10/2010 10:23

Thanks mm; that's what I wanted to hear!

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MyBoysHaveDogsNames · 10/10/2010 18:41

We recently has a wood burning stove fitted and it is amazing! We can now use our two large reception rooms which were far too cold in winter. The builder must be HETAS registered to fit a stove though. Can recommend our man in London.

Lauriefairycake · 10/10/2010 18:44

Quote not crazy. The problem is that the flue will need to go outside and up to just above roof height. We had a flue fitted last year (flue alone cost £1000).

massivemammaries · 10/10/2010 20:58

@lauriefairycake. you were ripped off. I have supplied hundreds of flues in my time and I know how much they cost (sorry to disappoint)

also HETAS registration is not compulsory to fit a stove but obviously it is nice to have

Pannacotta · 10/10/2010 21:36

We also got ripped off buying a flue and accessories (I needed to buy them in a hurry and didnt do my usual research).
I was gutted when I found them on the internet for half the price.

If you don't use a Hetas fitter you do need to get a building control certificate, otherwise I think your home insurance is invalidated if you have a fire. But I think its prob cheaper to do it this way as Hetas fitters seem to charge extortionate rates to install wood burners.

MyBoysHaveDogsNames · 10/10/2010 21:41

Ours was only about £2.5k for the stove and fitting and it took 2 days as we could not fit the liner down our chimney easily.

I love having the stove, it feels so cosy.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 10/10/2010 21:43

We bought a pot bellied stove fo c £300 last year our chinmey is not an outside one and we had a stainless steel flu put up it.

Lauriefairycake · 11/10/2010 00:29

If it's going to be connected to your plumbing then you do need a Hetas engineer - ie. if it powers radiators.

Flues differ in price according to size and joins - the reason mine was dear as I'm in a town house and on a hill so it had to go above th roof line.

The entire system cost £6k. It replaced all my heating and hot water - already made £1k back this year in not having gas heating (had very old inefficient gas boiler before)

paisleyleaf · 11/10/2010 12:01

I can see that it'd cost that much, if it includes some sort of hearth, maybe an airvent, it may need double skin pipe, and these flues seem to cost about £100 every time they bend.
Ours cost around £1000 to install, but it was a while ago and a pretty simple set up. It depends on the situation in your kitchen.

mumblechum · 11/10/2010 12:03

We paid about £3k to have one fitted in our garden room in similar circs, I think the actualstove was about £1k.

Worth every penny, though, I love it and am thinking of putting another one in the main drawing room.

massivemammaries · 11/10/2010 16:39

actually they cost 45 pound every time they bend unless you pay full retail!

and hetas is not compulsory regardless of if it is connected to DHW and CH although obviously the HETAS fitter who is making a good butty out of you would like you to think so!

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ohnoherewego · 11/10/2010 22:14

Thanks for all the info. I don't want a stove to heat hot water or the central heating. It's just to heat the kitchen without putting the central heating on. It should be fairly simple as it will sit in the corner with a flue straight out the wall. Even the guy who quoted said that it would only be around £200 for a slate hearth. I'll definately go on line to source flues. We're in the Midlands if anyone can recommend a fitter.

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Pannacotta · 11/10/2010 22:34

There are some good deals on here (wish I had looked here myself :()
www.fluesupplies.com/

kitsmummy · 12/10/2010 07:36

Can I just hijack and ask Lauriefairycake if her whole plumbling/woodburner system is really good? We're moving into a house where we'll need to replace the woodburner (they're taking it with them), so i'm wondering about the possibility of getting one that does the radiators too. Does it work out cost effective over time and also, this is probably a really dense question....do you have to burn wood 365 days a year, even if you don't have radiators on but obviously still need hot water?

KatyMac · 12/10/2010 07:41

I have wood fired central heating & an immersion for hot water in the summer (but I am saving up for solar hot water)

I love it - it has to be cheaper than electric (no gas in our village) but it does involve a lot of moving of wood

I have 7 radiators & the hot water tank & it heats them easily

NL3 · 12/10/2010 08:03

Interested in this topic - would like to get a wood burning stove in our family room in the basement but we have no chimney - has anybody a rough idea about what it might cost us (to go to roof level would be three storeys) and any recommendations of a reliable company to fit it?

mumblechum · 12/10/2010 09:09

I'm not sure woodburners would be sufficient for a larger house. We have 23 radiators and were told that the stove wouldn't be able to cope.

mumblechum · 12/10/2010 09:10

NL3, it wouldn't have to go right the way to roof level, so long as you have an outside wall where it can go up by around 10 feet. That's what we did with the one in our garden room.

Lauriefairycake · 12/10/2010 09:17

kitsmummy - as mumble says they go up to 15 radiators (we only have 7). We have an electric immersion heater for when you just need hot water in the summer. The stove we have is a monster 12kw stove.

I reckon it will take 10 years to make the cost back - also we live in the south-east where coal/logs are stupidly expensive so we spent the summer holidays filling the garage with found wood from the commons around us.

Our house is a tiny 3 up 3 down Victorian detached so basically it's a shed - it's very poorly constructed and gas heating would cost us at least a 100 a month.

KatyMac · 12/10/2010 09:41

Look at the clearview stove - that's a monster

massivemammaries · 12/10/2010 09:42

24kw (82000btu) is the biggest output I have seen from a woodburning stove.

It's not accurate to say "they go up to X radiators" or "it couldn't run XX radiators"

it all depends on the sizes (or more specifically heat output) of the radiators you require.

Here is a useful calculator which will tell you what sized boiler you will require www.radcalcs.com/

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