Light coloured wood burning stove

[Sparklyring]

My husband and I are having a wood burning stove fitted and have fallen in love with a particular one. We originally wanted pale grey but changed our minds to gun metal but are having issues finding someone to fit it as they all seem very cautious about the colour. One said that it discolours but surely all the soot/smoke goes up the chimney? And another said it chips over time.

Does anyone have a light coloured stove? If so has it lasted colour wise? Does it chip easily?

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Gun metal is a lovely colour, I think wood burners look nicer when they have settled/aged a little so it wouldn’t put me off, I really dislike white ones. But they seem fairly popular so must have some fairly decent longevity?

Also I’d get this moved to Property/DIY as you’ll probably get more replies.

We have a cream one. It's about 10 yrs ols, one or two nicks in the door but no other problems or discolouration. It's used every day in winter.

We had a fire belly wood burner in our old house. It was light grey. It didn't discolour at all and was fabulous ( much better than the Charnwood in our new house!)

Our log burner is red, but still enamel, whcih I imagine the pale one you're looking at is. No chips thus far (had it for a couple of years), though we were very careful during fitting.

We have a cream wood burner. It was there when we bought the house. Yes to chips and stains. Doesnt help that we have a cream limestone surroound and plinth.

We hate it but dont want to just chuck it out because of the colour when it works fine.

A woodburner shouldn't chip easily unless you're particularly heavy handed.
As for the enamel getting discoloured I think you can buy something to clean it.

@FAQs That's what we thought... surely things wouldn't be sold if they weren't going to last?! How do I get it moved? Thanks very much :-)

@ProperVexed Its Charnwood we want :-/ Would you not recommend getting one?

@Sparklyring . The Charnwood is fine but doesn't bellow out the heat like the fire belly did. Our Charnwood is black, and we bought it as it had good reviews....no idea why we didn't get the same one again!

Our log burner is cream, about 4 years old and no chips or stains

We're moving this over for you now, OP.

We’ve got two Charnwoods and avoided the cream for all the reasons already given.
Our first one is a dark blue metal, not enamel and multi fuel. It is a softer colour than the second one which is black. They’re great at belting out the heat

aren't these type of burners becoming illegal soon, due to pollution ?

@LilyMumsnet Thank you!

@Beebumble2 The dark blue is lovely! We fancied the gun metal for the same reason.. not a harsh as the black. Really surprised we're having so much bother getting on fitted!

Don't suppose anyone can recommend a fitter in the North East?

The stoves are not banned, but burning wood that has not been kiln dried and ordinary house coal.
Kiln dried wood and treated coal products specially for stoves are fine.

We have the Charnwood C5 in gunmetal grey and it’s been in almost 4 years now, no discolouring and still looks new. As for fitters check out Fire and Stone in cramlington.

My parents had a green enamelled stove, which was in the house for 40 years (minimum - they didn’t install it). It was chip-free, small scuff type damage around the door handle bit, but you genuinely couldn’t tell.
I’ve a black esse that fades at the top (why?)

I think it’s more to do with quality than colour, really, but if you’re struggling to get an installer to work with the stove you like (assuming you’ve tried more than one company & they’re all reputable) then I’d imagine they know something you and I don’t!

Never heard of someone turning down work just because they don't like the colour! They only have to fit it, you're not asking them to move in lol

Not that hard to fit yourself by the way, but ensure you seal every joint and get it signed off after by a Hetas engineer.

Are you sure it’s down to the color?

Most people will supply and fit but not fit one already brought

I would ask other questions

If you haven't bought it yet, consider a modern multifiuel.

They burn cleaner and more efficiently.

You can also put smokeless fuel in, which burns for longer and gives out more heat, and can stay in overnight. It's worth keeping a few bags in case you run out of wood or are unable to bring it in, perhaps due to illness or bad weather.

We haven't bought it yet, we're happy for the fitter to supply it. One guy didnt turn up, one said they don't fit charnwood and other said he wouldn't fit a coloured one for longevity!