Wood burning stove experiences please

[Vapin' Joe]

I get the feeling wood burners come from the same camp as stone cladding, laminate floors and decking. All the rage for a relatively short time before estate agents start advising sellers "You need to get rid of that to get a sale".

They seem a lot more hassle than they're worth.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

They are dead easy, really?

 

[Globalti]

It's no hassle and once you have experienced the warmth and ventilation the stove gives, you don't mind 5 minutes a day of cleaning and re-laying.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

[QUOTE 4838994, member: 45"]We've got the fitter lined up with his quote. Just need the stove now.[/QUOTE]

I got my Morsø near you in Shepton Mallet at the old factory, red brick, Victorian stack place. Good knowledgable people. Matched internet prices.

Mendip stoves was dreadful. The owner was like a slimy, 70s porn star. My skin crawled.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

It's no hassle and once you have experienced the warmth and ventilation the stove gives, you don't mind 5 minutes a day of cleaning and re-laying.

As much as that? I take some of the ash out once a week (Rais say leave a bed to burn on). That's it - seriously, in a modern stove fed dry hardwood it really couldn't be easier.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I got my Morsø near you in Shepton Mallet at the old factory, red brick, Victorian stack place. Good knowledgable people. Matched internet prices.

Mendip stoves was dreadful. The owner was like a slimy, 70s porn star. My skin crawled.

Worth a speculative call to Matthew here: http://bicestertilesandfireplaces.co.uk/index.html

He cut us an excellent (better than web) deal on ours

 

[Julia9054]

I get the feeling wood burners come from the same camp as stone cladding, laminate floors and decking. All the rage for a relatively short time before estate agents start advising sellers "You need to get rid of that to get a sale".

They seem a lot more hassle than they're worth.

Cleaner than an open real fire, gas or electric fires are just naff, room without any fireplace = soul less.

 

[summerdays]

We have used trees we have had cut down in the garden. Then we have left them a year or two to season! Greenhouse seemed to be quite good at this we found by accident!

 

[Globalti]

Gas fires are a disaster as they make a room stuffy and humid. A stove or open fire sucks huge volumes of air out of the room so you never feel it's stuffy.

 

[Drago]

We have used trees we have had cut down in the garden. Then we have left them a year or two to season! Greenhouse seemed to be quite good at this we found by accident!

I bought a green house in a fit of healthy hippyness. That feeling lasted about 12 seconds longer than it took to assemble, so it became my wood store also. I keep a smaller second store in the integral garage so I can refuel without getting cold, wet, or blown away by a tornado etc.

 

[PaulSB]

Oh one other thing. You need to live with drafts if you have a wood burner as they constantly suck air out of the room.

 

[Globalti]

No you don't. Just fit an inlet grille in the same wall some distance to the side of the stove and the drafts won't come through the door or windows. The air in the room will always be warm dry and fresh. You'll only get drafts if you leave the door open so the warm air goes upstairs and cool air comes down to replace it.

I am married to a female human draft-detector so I know this to be true.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Oh one other thing. You need to live with drafts if you have a wood burner as they constantly suck air out of the room.

Yes agreed. And a vent to the outside of the house as per the legal reg stuff. These regs were more fiddly that fitting the burner itself. The steel plate above the burner especially. It's little wonder diy builds miss out the safety stuff. But they are there for a reason.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Blimey, some of you live in some right posh gaffs. Did you shoot that stag yourself @glasgowcyclist?

Ha! I can happily say no, I didn't. The photo is from a Charnwood seller's site.

 

[PaulSB]

No you don't. Just fit an inlet grille in the same wall some distance to the side of the stove and the drafts won't come through the door or windows. The air in the room will always be warm dry and fresh. You'll only get drafts if you leave the door open so the warm air goes upstairs and cool air comes down to replace it.

I am married to a female human draft-detector so I know this to be true.

Yes I certainly get that. My stove was fitted around 25 years ago when regs were different plus I have 24" random stone walls!!!