Removing gas fireplace and replacing with log burner

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So that's what we WANT to do. Chimney breast in situ, but has anyone had this done? Any rough idea of what it might cost?

We did this 10+ years ago, so no up to date pricing.
Only do this if you're not living in a closely populated area as the particles in the smoke your stove will emit are awful for the human respiratory system. Make sure you put in a burner that is as clean burning as possible and that you obtain the relevant certificates of HETAS compliance.
Ask for quotes from a few different stove fitters; not just for fitting the stove but for any additional work too. We needed the gas fire taken out and disposed of, the supply stopped, the 'hole' boxed out with metal sheeting and made good and a new hearth built 'into' the room.
Installing the burner changed our room layout quite a bit; I'd initially imagined it flush with the wall, but it was explained to me that in order to get maximum benefit from our burner, as much as possible of the 'fire box' needed to be exposed in the living space and not tucked into a recess in the wall. As a result, we had a hearth built which protruded into the living space, allowing the burner to sit further into our living room. Every kw of heat goes into the room, and with the use of a stove top fan we are able to circulate the warm air into the hall where it rises up the stairway to the upstairs landing and bedrooms.
My SIL also had a stove fitted soon after, asked for it to be fitted in the old recess flush with the wall as she had limited space, but found that the heat just went up the chimney and didn't radiate out into the room, making it even less effective than her old gas fire. They asked for it to be refitted and the difference in heating capacity was huge.
If you're fitting a stove for cosmetic reasons I don't suppose it matters.

We did this 2 years ago. The stove fitted was £1900. We had a limestone fire surround which was around £2200. This included disconnecting the existing gas fire and removal, and enlarging the fireplace for the stove. Not cheap but we love it.

I had a hole in the wall gas fire. I had it knocked out the chimney breast skimmed and a multi fuel burner fitted with flue and chimney hat thingy for £2000 all in.
It was done in 2 days. If you are in the northwest would highly recommend the people I used.

Sorry should have said that include the hearth too. Sorry about the strange angle dog is asleep on me!

We looked and it was about £2k - £3 k depending on which fire you chose, we also have a fire place with chimney breast

We did this on our home renovation approx 5 years ago. We paid approx 3k - as you already have a chimney my understanding is it's fairly easy to do as the chimney is lined and then the log burner fitted (very simple explanation there, there is more to it!). We love ours and with the gas and electricity costs increase we will be using it a lot more this year.

It did seem that even if you have a chimney already there it was quite expensive and I must admit I was a bit shocked at the price of readying my chimney. We did decide against it as DH has asthma and was a bit worried we would have it fitted at large expense then not be able to use it.

We did this, gas cut off, old fire removed, chimney swept (it wasn't blocked off), a lintel fitted as the opening needed lifting, and a new multi fuel burner fitted with linings etc. £3500. It saves us around £300 a year (it will be lots more this year as oil has gone up much more than logs).

Ours was more like £5k including the stove itself and lining the flue as they needed a cherrypicker. We have 2 and I’m thinking of replacing the older one but might leave it as I suspect everyone will be getting one this year. Get the most efficient one you can. Friends have a very high rated one and the wood burns away to practically nothing.

I’m just getting one, the actual woodburner is about £1200 but you need chimney liner, hearth (there probably isn’t a back hearth behind the existing fire) slips around the edge of your fire surround to fill the gap once the gas fire part comes out, chimney cowl, etc then the actual fitting, it’s going to cost a bit under £5,000.
it’s not cheap, but have had woodburners fitted in all the houses I’ve owned, I really like them.
Make sure you buy one with the best efficiency rating and that is it properly fitted by a HETAS registered fitter and only burn certified wood.

Largely depends on the price of the stove. You can pay a lot for a stove if you really want to. DH is HETAS registered installer and sweep and has mentioned this a few times.

Took out the log burner at in laws as it was just as cheap to run oil as it was to buy logs in etc and no work or mess

I had a quote a few weeks ago, £4400 including a flue, hearth, wood burning stove and installation.