Woodburning Stove in place of hideous gas fire

[Basil Brush]

Craikeybaby said:

To this:

Carpet down by Lewis Craik, on Flickr

Is that a Yeoman CL5? We have the gas version of it. I wanted a wood burner but my OH didn't want the grief so we compromised. It was 2.5k all in. As much as I love real flames, it is nice just getting in late and pressing a button on a remote control.

[Andrew[MG]]

Although ugly, they did heat well and were quite efficient for the time.

[Craikeybaby]

RizzoTheRat said:

Craikeybaby said:

The scary thing is someone paid for that in the 1960/70's and thought it was great

1972 - It was my girlfriend's granddad and he wrote the purchase date on the book. What is even scarier is that the MIL thought we were mad to swap it out for a combi boiler and wood burning stove.

[Craikeybaby]

Basil Brush said:

Is that a Yeoman CL5? We have the gas version of it. I wanted a wood burner but my OH didn't want the grief so we compromised. It was 2.5k all in. As much as I love real flames, it is nice just getting in late and pressing a button on a remote control.

Yes! It does take a while to get it heated up, but it's great when its running, was thinking last night that we'd be able to use it again soon!

[OllyMo]

Craikeybaby said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Craikeybaby said:

The scary thing is someone paid for that in the 1960/70's and thought it was great

1972 - It was my girlfriend's granddad and he wrote the purchase date on the book. What is even scarier is that the MIL thought we were mad to swap it out for a combi boiler and wood burning stove.

That's great. I'm moving from a 1960s maisonette into this new victorian terrace, so quite looking forward to being able to have some period features that aren't storage heaters and bobbly-wallpaper...

[longshot]

Craikeybaby said:

We went from this:

Old back boiler by Lewis Craik, on Flickr

We had one of those when I was a kid back in the 70s.
Brings back memories.

If you are after recommendations for log burners, we have a Handol 51L ( they are now called Contura).

Nice contemporary look so will look good anywhere, exellent build quality and made of good thick cast iron so it holds the heat for hours after it has died down and a piece of piss to light. Some can be a pita.

[BFG TERRANO]

The Charnwood Country 4

[captainzep]

Ours was a nasty 80's brick fireplace housing a Victorian grate which worked OK but wasn't heating the room very well. You have to be aware that some flues have some tricky doglegs which makes lining them difficult and are therefore best straightened out a bit:

Ours was opened up and went from:



to:



Flooring and skirting has since been sorted.

I have access to plenty of free wood hence owning a chainsaw and piling up a decent wood store. Not everyone is this fortunate but if you can find free wood the savings start to add up. We've got oil central heating and reckon we've saved circa £400 this winter so the stove should pay for itself within 7-8 years.

[Hawmaws]

bigandclever said:

100% recommend Rafal Pajor at Fire Expert. Short of the messing with the gas supply (we didn't have one) he was superb from start to finish putting in a wood burner.

http://www.mybuilder.com/profile/view/rafalp

Thanks for this advice. Rafal fitted a wood burner for us last week.

He did a terrific job. No fuss or mess and at a realistic price, unlike some of the outrageous quotes we got from local suppliers.

And he's a thoroughly nice bloke, as well.

[Earthboundmisfit]

When we moved into our current property this was our first priority. (There were a lot of priorities )



and now looks like this.

New (old 1880's) cast iron fire surround and a Brosley (i think) multifuel stove.

[Craikeybaby]

Had the woodburner fired up for the first time this autmn last night - lovely and warm.

[crankedup]

RizzoTheRat said:

Craikeybaby said:

The scary thing is someone paid for that in the 1960/70's and thought it was great

True, but even more scary is that before they installed the gas fire they very likely had an awful looking open fire or a stove!

[Craikeybaby]

It was an open fire - MIL lived there at the time.

[MonkeyBusiness]

Craikeybaby said:

Had the woodburner fired up for the first time this autmn last night - lovely and warm.

Me too. I'd forgotten how much heat they put out.

[dickymint]

Ours has been lit most evenings for the past fortnight - not essential but just because I love it and have plenty of free wood.

Found the quickest and easiest way to light it last week - plumbers blowtorch to the kindling with a couple of small split logs. Takes about a minute to get a really good roar

[juice]

We're going for something like this, its going to have to be a custom size to fit in the gap we have in our new house. It's a new build and the builder left the hole vacant so we're able to pick what we really want...not cheap at all but will definitely be worth it in winter !

[beeej]

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[vxsmithers]

juice said:

We're going for something like this, its going to have to be a custom size to fit in the gap we have in our new house. It's a new build and the builder left the hole vacant so we're able to pick what we really want...not cheap at all but will definitely be worth it in winter !

Would that meet regs? I was told I had to have a hearth, and its very similar to that except it does go down to floor level.

Looks lovely

[Simpo Two]

beeej said:

I'm not normally a worrier but I wouldn't want logs leaning against the outside of the stove.

[juice]

vxsmithers said:

Would that meet regs? I was told I had to have a hearth, and its very similar to that except it does go down to floor level.

Looks lovely

Has to be more than 9" above the floor apparently to forgo one (ours is, luckily). It's from these guys http://www.bespokefireplacedesigns.co.uk/

Edited by juice on Thursday 9th October 16:53