Anyone put in a wall inset wood burning stove? Do you love it? And talk to me about the SPIDER ISSUE!

[IHeartKingThistle]

I'd love a traditional wood burner but we live in a 70s/80s house and it would look silly. No chimney either. Love the warmth and loveliness of a wood burner and just realised you can get modern look ones that sit in the wall.

How big a job is it? Is it a pain in the arse or lovely to maintain? And what do you do about SPIDERS? I can't face the thought of a big trendy woodpile in the wall - you'd never know what might come crawling out! So maybe multifuel?

Thoughts please!

Oh and any idea what it might set me back? Would have to punch through the external wall behind it.

Are you thinking of putting a chimney up on outside? Why don't you get a gas one? My stove is gas and it is great, realistic, looks like a wood fire - no mess.

You would really need to give us more info about what you think needs doing, sounds expensive if no existing chimney. maybe £3000+

I think it might well cost that much! I was hoping we could put a flue up the outside rather than building a chimney.

Gas would be fine admittedly, and more practical. But I luuurve woodburners! Wouldn't want to have to rely on it but for winter evenings it would be lovely.

I never keep my wood in the house, due to the spider issue.
We have a big pile away from the house and bring a few days worth into the garage (ours is attached to the house and has a door to go out there without going outside)

I think that's what I'd have to do too! Not too much of a pain is it?

anyone who can't cope with harmless UK spiders is probably not best suited to owning a woodburner.

especially if you don't have a chimney!

We have an inset stove but it's inset into a chimney. Not sure about the sort you'd need but ours is multifuel so we burn wood and smokeless fuel.
We keep the wood in baskets and haven't had a spider problem and don't worry I'd notice as I hate the damn things!! The stove is wonderful, easy to light, far warmer than the open fire we had before and easy to look after.

I have two wood burning inserts, plus chimneys though.

It's not the spiders lurking in the wood pile that feeak me out, it's the bloody mice.

But that's outside, not inside.

It is a bit messy, between bits of bark, sprinklings of wood detruis, fine layer of ash etc. And I occasionally drop the odd heavey log on my toes. On the other hand to get the degree of heat we need to keep this draughty monster warm wood is only way. Gas would bankrupt me.

I have the sort of insert where heat is channeled upswards into upstairs rooms and the rooms behind the room with the insert (as well as the room with the fireplace) via vents. Is fabby.

Ours aren't harmless spider I'm in US, we have found black widows, and this winter we had a lot of lizards and toads hiding in the woodpile, I made Dh search out the pieces we bought in and rescue lizards and toads and put them back under the pile.
We haven't had mice, they were hiding in the feed bins for the chickens so cute and tiny