Show me your wood burner before and after pics
Discussion
Fermit and Sarah said:
paulwirral said:
Fermit and Sarah said:
Do I win?
You'd have been a strong contender if the pointing was black . Just my personal opinion . 
bazza white said:
My brothers house (with the log burner install) is black ash mortar, the stuff gets everywhere when you do any work.,he's also just had all the wall ties done as the mortar has corroded them, he has the old big ones but only a couple were left in tact the rest were wrecked and had to be removed.
If you look at the first pic, the black dust went everywhere when grinding it back!
sunnygym said:
fishermanpaul said:
Before:
During:
After:
(Back to the original, 400year-old, stone)
Wow ! Absolutely love that you lucky bDuring:
After:
(Back to the original, 400year-old, stone)
d! ??Fermit and Sarah said:
sunnygym said:
Wow ! Absolutely love that you lucky bd! ??
Agreed, top effort. It never ceases to amaze how some idiots can butcher historical elements in houses, presumably because they think it looks 'old'd! ??In fairness to the previous owner she moved in to the house in 1925 aged 18 months and died in 2015 aged 93. Married, widowed (WW2), married, widowed in the meantime.
It's a black'n'white, C17, thatched cottage that's had, effectively, one owner for 90 years. Building styles, expertise, fashions and fads have moved and changed hugely in that period. The house was only listed in 1976 and it didn't change ownership until Mrs G died. It's really recent (relatively) that modern ways have caught up with traditional methods and only recently that history has been seen as a good thing.
I'm incredibly lucky to be the current owner. But there are ups and downs
Lighting the woodburner on the first properly cold night was one lovely moment. Thanks for the nice comments.
Edited by fishermanpaul on Sunday 11th November 20:17
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Fermit and Sarah said:
An interesting angle. We're in an ex-mining village, so the mortar WAS black (made with coal dust) which wasn't to our liking
I thought you may be , I'm from the north east so black pointing is commonplace, I've had log burners for ages , you've probably seen these before but I'll post them again 
Got bored with the cottage look , we live in a cottage but it's in a town centre, so decided to try a more modern look , I like a bit of modernism , so ripped the old out and did this , honed slate hearth and background
Sorry they're upside down , I fitted both logburners myself , I'm better with a hammer and trowel than the Internet!
wolfracesonic said:
I've taken down and re-built chimney stacks with less scaffolding than that; other work being carried out at the same time?
Yes, restoration of a Tudor stellar chimney. Scaffolding went up in early September and it's had two blokes working on it most of the time since then. Got up top in a cherry picker to try to install liners for log burners a couple of years ago only to discover the upper 1.5m were in a bad, bad way, held together with the remains of a cement flaunch. Previous repairs and repointing had been botched too. Nearly done now. Should be good for another couple of hundred years.Before-Taking a chance on there even been something there.
IMG_20180425_105351 by Lee Watkinson, on Flickr
After
WP_20181111_11_59_20_Rich[1] by Lee Watkinson, on Flickr
I still weep at the cost of the riven slate hearth and the 12m of flue pipe that was installed, but I think it was worth it.
Still a long way to go with the refurb, but we pulled our camp chairs in from the garage and since the first lighting 5 days ago I haven't gone near the front room to watch the TV. Only 7Kw, but seems to be doing a fine job of keeping a 3 storey 6 bedroom townhouse at 20deg.
IMG_20180425_105351 by Lee Watkinson, on FlickrAfter
WP_20181111_11_59_20_Rich[1] by Lee Watkinson, on FlickrI still weep at the cost of the riven slate hearth and the 12m of flue pipe that was installed, but I think it was worth it.
Still a long way to go with the refurb, but we pulled our camp chairs in from the garage and since the first lighting 5 days ago I haven't gone near the front room to watch the TV. Only 7Kw, but seems to be doing a fine job of keeping a 3 storey 6 bedroom townhouse at 20deg.
DonkeyApple said:
What was here when we moved. The open fireplace was far too small and had little to no heating ability, it really was just a cosmetic venture.
Log store. I bought this as a flat pack last Autumn and while I may shingle the roof next summer to add some longevity to it, I’ve been pleased overall.
Fitted this over the summer. It’s a 12/14kw Chesney. The gamble was that alongside the Aga it would do a pretty good job of heating the whole house. We’ve not really had any cold weather yet but the other week during the colder snap it did seem to billow a lot of warmth from the drawing room up to the floors above. Fingers crossed.
Your house looks stunning well played. Log store. I bought this as a flat pack last Autumn and while I may shingle the roof next summer to add some longevity to it, I’ve been pleased overall.
Fitted this over the summer. It’s a 12/14kw Chesney. The gamble was that alongside the Aga it would do a pretty good job of heating the whole house. We’ve not really had any cold weather yet but the other week during the colder snap it did seem to billow a lot of warmth from the drawing room up to the floors above. Fingers crossed.
Uggers said:
Before-Taking a chance on there even been something there.
IMG_20180425_105351 by Lee Watkinson, on Flickr
After
WP_20181111_11_59_20_Rich[1] by Lee Watkinson, on Flickr
I still weep at the cost of the riven slate hearth and the 12m of flue pipe that was installed, but I think it was worth it.
Still a long way to go with the refurb, but we pulled our camp chairs in from the garage and since the first lighting 5 days ago I haven't gone near the front room to watch the TV. Only 7Kw, but seems to be doing a fine job of keeping a 3 storey 6 bedroom townhouse at 20deg.
Hearth should be £300 tops , I paid just over £600 for 6 pieces, the liner should have been £400 absolute tops , I got 6 mtrs for £170 inc vat from my local supplier. IMG_20180425_105351 by Lee Watkinson, on FlickrAfter
WP_20181111_11_59_20_Rich[1] by Lee Watkinson, on FlickrI still weep at the cost of the riven slate hearth and the 12m of flue pipe that was installed, but I think it was worth it.
Still a long way to go with the refurb, but we pulled our camp chairs in from the garage and since the first lighting 5 days ago I haven't gone near the front room to watch the TV. Only 7Kw, but seems to be doing a fine job of keeping a 3 storey 6 bedroom townhouse at 20deg.
Obviously I do my own labour and don't have hetas accreditation.
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