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How much in total did your woodburning stove cost?

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jennymac · 21/02/2012 13:56

We are looking at getting one in our new build and the fireplace has been prepared accordingly. Clearview stoves have been recommended by a relative but while the stove itself is only £1100, the total cost including the flue and fitting brings it up to £2400 which is quite pricey. What did others pay so I know we are not being ripped off? Plus, would you try to bargain the price down a bit?

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SarahGarden80 · 12/12/2012 11:16

we fitted into $1000, multifuel stove for £338 and some installer that I found on gumtree for £500, everything done:)

specialsubject · 12/12/2012 11:47

inset stove (to have a full size one would have meant destroying the fireplace) £600. Fitting £400 - bird cowl and installation, flue was already lined.

usually need to clean the glass every day, and as it is an inset it doesn't provide quite as much heat as one with the sides exposed, but still love it.

jennycottage1 · 12/02/2013 15:39

All prices can be different, depends on liner and how much work is needed to be done alot of people buy there stove separate then use a local hetas installer to install there stove, I have noticed that a company called stovesaver finance clearview stoves if that's any help to you at all.

byncky · 20/12/2013 08:24

Hi
I live in the SE, looking to do similar who did you use for installation in the end?

Crete2013 · 14/10/2014 14:44

Please do not use Stove Experience in Shotts. We paid a deposit of over £1000 more than 6 weeks ago. They are not coming back us and making excuses about when it is going in (it was supposed to go in 3 weeks ago). They said it is not their fault but we will have to wait another month. I called two other companies who said this is not correct and they are making excuses. The Stove Experience will not give us our deposit back but will not provide us with what we paid. Anyway I thought I would warn you!!

MummytoMog · 14/10/2014 16:00

Ours was about £450 to fit, but we paid for all the materials on top of that, so liner, slate hearth, insulation, chimney hood, register plate and bit of enamelled flue pipe. Took him two afternoons (he bedded the hearth in one day and came back a week later to finish off). Total cost was probably another £500 on top of his fee, so including the stove we spent about £1500. Worth every single penny. Especially when our boiler was being moved and when we had no wall at one end of our living room. In December.

MummytoMog · 14/10/2014 16:00

Oops, zombie! Sorry :(

Blackeyez09 · 14/10/2014 16:07

How much is it if it is going into original fireplace? Ie I want to go from open fire to log burner
Thanks

Fishstix · 14/10/2014 21:24

About £1200 for stove and fitting...flue was already lined....

samsam123 · 14/10/2014 22:15

4.5k douvre stove beautiful best money i have ever spent. granite floorplate stove,flue fitting well worth it

EssexMummy123 · 14/10/2014 22:28

Blackeyez - if it was an open fire then you might need to get the chimney lined.

Ours is a hunter herald - there aren't many stoves that can fit the space in a inglenook without being to highly rated heat wise for the space. It cost just under £600 and I think another couple of hundred to fit and another couple of hundred for fittings so under 1k. We didn't have our chimney lined because it already was clay lined - the woodburner was replacing a solid-fuel rayburn.

EssexMummy123 · 14/10/2014 22:30

The hunter herald is fab btw - we looked at at lots and had three different fitters round and very happy with it.

poweredbytoast · 14/10/2014 22:42

This is what my husband does; around 3k for standard knockout, stove & liner. Don't be tempted to scrimp on a cheap stove - good models are from £900 plus vat for a 5kw stove. They would only need scaffolding if your chimney stack can't be reached by roof ladders or, next cheapest option, a cherry picker. Don't expect to be charged for someone to come out and give you an estimate and make sure whoever you do use is Hetas registered.

motherofluvlies · 15/10/2014 00:02

So who is your hubby?and who did you get to install in the end (watching with pricked ears as also from SEast)

janerichmondmum · 15/10/2014 11:01

I have just had one of these fitted and it worked out roughly a third of the cost for the stove, then a third for the flue and all the bits needed and then a third for the installation and fitting. The total came to just under 2500 pounds - hope this helps.

Blackeyez09 · 15/10/2014 12:46

Thanks guys Smile

Aberchips · 15/10/2014 13:11

Ours was recently installed & the stove itself (Burley stove) was about £899 and the fitting about £1200 including lining the flue, knocking out the existing fireplace and fitting an oak beam.

MinimalistMommi · 15/10/2014 13:25

We've got a Clearview and it was £3,070 for stove and fitting.

Madcats · 15/10/2014 15:14

We've been using a Clearview stove for at least 10 years (so no recollection how much it cost). We've never had any problems with it (old tall house), though we do know others that struggle to get a draw from an external flue (80's house) A couple of things to consider:

  1. Are you in a smoke-free zone (lots of stoves are now ok to use in smoke free zones, but seemed as rare as hen's teeth when we were looking).
  2. Does you chimney actually need lining (am assuming you have one). It might be worth asking a local sweep to opine

Can recommend investing a few quid on a flue thermometer www.fluesystems.com/shop/Stove_Thermometer.html
We use our wood burner quite a lot over he winter, so we like knowing that we're not lining the chimney with too much creosote.

jannie5791 · 11/02/2015 11:01

We also have a vesta v8 and love it! It was just under £1000 and about the same to install inc. Flue liner and all components. The heat it produces is fantastic compared to our previous clear view stove. The customer service from vesta was second to none. I love buying British.

shovetheholly · 11/02/2015 11:33

schilke - a large amount of the cost (up to £2k) will be the scaffolding for your roof. I can't see why you'd need it, unless you're constructing an entire new chimney? Get a local fitter out to have a look.

Mine cost about £2800. Over a grand for the stove, best part of another grand for the liner, a hearth and a lot of work to widen the chimney opening so they whole thing would fit. Obviously, if you already have an opening that is adequate, or your chimney doesn't need lining, it will be cheaper.

FunMitFlags · 11/02/2015 18:43

We're about to have one fitted.

The stove is £1450 and the fitting (inc taking off intact and later replacing a special wooden frame, building a new heath, plastering) will be £2500. But it is a listed building and the ceilings are very high so there is a lot of chimney involved. Work is estimated to take 3 days.

Anslow007 · 15/08/2016 21:13

As a HETAS registered installer in the Rochdale area I would suggest getting at least two quotes and looking at doc.J for some answers to the questions you should askwww.gov.uk/government/publications/combustion-appliances-and-fuel-storage-systems-approved-document-j

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3in4years · 02/12/2018 20:53

About 5 years ago. Around £1k all in including hearth.