Anyone had a fake wood burner installed?

[Glassofshloer]

If so, please can I see a photo, or have some general wisdom on how to go about it & how much it cost?

Thanks very much

We have. We just used battening and plaster board to make the shape, had it plastered. Made a harth, covered in tiles. Also used a wooden beam above. Looks great. Dh did the frame/plaster board etc. BIL is a plaster so cost very little but shouldn’t be to expensive, maybe £300 on materials etc.

Thanks, I have to confess I have no idea what battening is 😬

What’s a fake wood burner? Something like this?

Yes @Paddingtonthebear

@Sweetbabyrays

We have. We just used battening and plaster board to make the shape, had it plastered. Made a harth, covered in tiles. Also used a wooden beam above. Looks great. Dh did the frame/plaster board etc. BIL is a plaster so cost very little but shouldn’t be to expensive, maybe £300 on materials etc.

Made rhe shape of what?

Op you don’t have them installed, you just plug them in. Buy one, plug it in, that’s it,

You can buy them really cheaply

www.amazon.co.uk/NETTA-Electric-Fireplace-Freestanding-Portable/dp/B07Z5YYN4K/ref=sr_1_8?crid=15NUPA86OL3X&keywords=electric+wood+burning+stove&sprefix=Electric+wood%2Caps%2C173&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1638907237&sr=8-8

Or very expensive.

www.thefireplacecompany.co.uk/product/british-fires-bramshaw-led-electric-stove/?attribute_pa_dummy-flue-pipe-kit=not-required

And everything in between, you even get them with pretend flues like the one above.

Confused - do you mean a mean an electric heater shaped to look a bIt like a woodburner?

Am also interested in this, we had quotes for a real one but it's just way out of price range and so are considering a fake burner and go make a fireplace. But I'd want a burner that looked really nice & realistic.

We had a fake plug in one in this house, when we moved in. It did the trick, looked nice, and kept the house toasty. We have since replaced it with a real woodburner though.

I have the plug in the fireplace & the purchase has been on the to do list for 2yrs.
Fake ligburner or fake candle storm lamp thing? I start looking & then get distracted...

We have one of these, it's fab

https://appliances.calor.co.uk/calor-gas-3kw-provence-stove-portable-gas-heater.html?currency=GBP&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItMCgnuHS9AIVxIBQBh1gbQoqEAQYAyABEgIxVPD_BwE

I have this in my bedroom - it’s only a cheapie one, £50 from B&Q. The ‘hole’ was there but I bought a beam from Etsy and stuck it on with No More Nails.

@Bettybantz: That looks lovely, you clever thing.
Your cat clearly approves!

Thanks for replies & suggestions everyone!

@Bettybantz lovely pic with the cat, he/she looks very cosy!

We don’t have a ‘hole’ in the wall, we currently have a fire a bit like this, I guess it will be a case of having it taken out & a hole created - I don’t know who to even ask about that, so clueless am I.

www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/agl009/amberglo-agl009-wall-mounted-fire?refsource=apadwords&mkwid=sLtm9gEMD_dm&pcrid=444691824373&product=AGL009&pgrid=101395563263&ptaid=pla-377450941635&channel=googlesearch&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImJ_vrYHT9AIVioBQBh277AE3EAQYCCABEgKOU_D_BwE

We call it the reptile enclosure…

We have just had a Gazco Loft installed with a welsh slate hearth. It's amazing - looks just like a Swedish logburner stove. We deliberated for ages about getting a logburner or a gas type one, and because of the fact that we prefer to have something pretty instant, rather than a logburner which you have to light and leave in when you go out, the gas one won out. You can programme it on night and day programmes, and a thermostat control, as well as an instant low to high control.

It wasn't cheap - more like the price of a woodburner plus installation - but we'd made do with a terrible wall affixed gas heater which we inherited when we bought the house, so felt we deserved a decent one. It has transformed the look of our 20 x 12 foot lounge. Looks so realistic.

Wow the Gazco ones look a really good option. I have the same thing OP where I want a really realistic looking "log burner" type fire.

Just seen your last post - we used a firm that installs both real woodburners and the gas ones. Our last gas fire didn't have a flu, so we needed a flu put up through the chimney and then a cowl put on the top,
They needed to knock out where the original fireplace opening had been bricked in and then afterwards the whole area re-plastered. It took the two gas engineers two days- the whole job including stove and hearth was £4.500 - we're older, so not planning to move again, so it's absolutely worrh it to us. Sorry, I can't post a pic from this device but you can google Gazco loft and have a look. If you could have one with a balanced flu which just goes to an outside wall, then it would be cheaper for you than ours.

I’d recommend a builder as yoire not having a wood burner installed, so no chimney lining, flue etc. you will need a gas engineer to decommission the gas fire.

Thanks @Bluntness100 I will do that.

Dreading booking any tradespeople at the moment if I’m honest!

We have an optimist electric stove but we only use it as a feature as opposed to heat the room. It uses steam to create a flame effect and we bought a fireplace off eBay.

theretailwarehouse.co.uk/products/dimplex-beckley-optimyst-electric-stove-in-black-2kw-trw326350

This kind of thing

As an alternative we're currently putting in a bio ethanol fireplace as we only have a really tiny opening in our fireplace. You buy bottles of fluid that burn so it's a real flame and gives off heat but the fireplace its self is a single unit and doesn't require any venting.

We've bought this one and my husband is literally fitting it to the wall now...

www.wayfair.co.uk/diy-plumbing/pdp/kratki-planet-bio-ethanol-fire-suite-ekra1026.html

I'll send a picture in-situ later today (fingers crossed) if you're interested.

Oooo yes pls!

@Bettybantz is that my parents cat you've stolen?!

I have something similar that is nice, but it’s quite old now and I suspect the LED versions look better. I would never have a real one because they are terrible for the environment. Off to have a look at the new electric versions.