Installing a log burner

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How easy is it to replace a gas fire with a small log burner? We already have a chimney so presumably it would be fairly straightforward to install / line the existing chimney?

Any ideas how much this might cost & whether it's worth doing? Thanks!!

Ours was around 3k, maybe 3.5k, 4 years ago. Very straightforward and worthwhile for us.

We replaced a back boiler with a wood burner. Well worth the money. Do your homework before you purchase to ensure it is efficient. We purchased a dual fuel one so we can burn logs or coal nuggets.

Mine was about £3000 two years ago including the log burner (which I think was around £1000).

Our son did this with two fire places. The shop where he bought the stove fitted it I think or at least put him onto a reputable person.

We have had a Charnwood Country and can recommend it. It is multi fuel. If you are in a city, large town then check the Defra website and check local planning.

I have had several Dunsley stoves in different houses and they are excellent.

We had a stove put in in a space where there had once been a back boiler. We had to have the pipework capped off at a safe distance away by a plumber before we could get the installation done, but that was really straightforward. Getting the chimney lined seems to be the biggest expense. One of the fitters who quoted said that we didn't need to bother, but a relative had a house fire from an unlined chimney and we weren't prepared to risk it.

I was thinking of installing one then I read that it can make asthma worse. Back to the drawing board for us

My kids were asthmatic before they came to this house. We installed a multi fuel stove then. There was no talk of them being bad for asthma then. It didn’t appear to cause problems. Our eldest is a chronic asthmatic and it is he that has installed the two stoves.

I think as long as you are not leaving the doors open and perhaps the asthmatic person doesn’t empty the ash pan (although I do it) it isn’t much problem in our experience.

They do give off a lot of particulates so you wouldn't want to have one in a built up area. I don't have a reference off hand but i heard it's like having several lorries idling outside your house the whole time in terms of particles.
We live on a main road anyway which knocked 100k off the house price before we started.

Oh yes here it is, more pm2.5 from wood burners then from transport
www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/feb/22/wood-diesel-indoor-stoves-cities-pollution

A modern house might have a small flue only suitable for a gas fire. An old house might have a chimney big enough for a stove and fit a new liner

A modern multifuel burns cleaner than a woodburner.