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Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 1:25 pm Post subject:
Think about getting a cast iron stove in there as well, an open fire will do a very good job of heating the sky!

moggins

Joined: 24 Feb 2005
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Location: Gloucester

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 1:30 pm Post subject:
JB, I have been giving one of those very serious consideration, they have some beauties in a shop round the corner from us, any suggestions on fitting one?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 1:31 pm Post subject:
You can get some pipework to extract heat from your chimney for water heating, had a brief hunt around last week but couldn't find much on it.

sean
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 1:40 pm Post subject:

moggins wrote:

JB, I have been giving one of those very serious consideration, they have some beauties in a shop round the corner from us, any suggestions on fitting one?

We've got one and it's lovely. Ours is made by Clearview. IIRC you'll have to have your chimney lined to meet building regulations. You can also fit a boiler to them which will provide hot water (and central heating if your burner is big enough).

Bugs

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 1:43 pm Post subject:
Sean is shyly not recommending his introduction to woodburners, so I will, have a look here: https://www.downsizer.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=44

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 1:48 pm Post subject:
We are fitting a charnwood country 15b to our house which can heat 12 radiators. www.charnwood.com

moggins

Joined: 24 Feb 2005
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Location: Gloucester

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 1:53 pm Post subject:
So how would I go about finding out if I need my chimney lined and who can do it for me, can any builder do this kind of thing?

sean
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 1:55 pm Post subject:
There's a link at the end of my article to the building regs site. Usually the people who sell and install the stoves will do the lining as well. Ours were very entertaining because they cut the liner a metre short.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 2:24 pm Post subject:
We had to have the chimney relined when we put in a new gas fire and the installer (Gas by the way) did the job. Very straightforward and suprisingly little mess.

Alchemist

Joined: 02 Mar 2005
Posts: 123
Location: Aberdeenshire

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 3:09 pm Post subject:

I want to get a wood-burning stove for my living room. Have any of you guys got any specific recommendations/horror stories about any of the manufacturers. Sean's note in his article about buying the best one can afford is pretty good advice I think and echoed by pretty much everyone I've spoken to (friends, family, and anyone else I can bend the ear of!), but there seems to be little concensus on anything else. Any recommendations?

Northern_Lad

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 3:22 pm Post subject:
I've got a Dovre - lovely big door to watch things burn throught mwah, mwah, mwahhahaha!!!! Some advise I was given was to go for cast iron rather than anything else as that's more forgiving of spills and knocks.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 3:28 pm Post subject:
Can you leave any of the doors open to enjoy an open fire?

Northern_Lad

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 3:31 pm Post subject:
You can indeed - if fact, I did so on Sunday and cooked my mother, sister and BIL by doing so. It runs nicely, but it burns more fuel that way.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 3:32 pm Post subject:
We have a Jotul something or other, and at our old house we had a Hunter Herald. Both worked fine. Whatever type of woodburner you go for, make sure you buy one with a pull-out ash pan. Lots of the new woodburners don't have them, which just seems like a recipe for dust generation to me. And go for the largest flat expanse on top that you can so you can cook on it if you need to.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 3:32 pm Post subject:

Northern_Lad wrote:

You can indeed - if fact, I did so on Sunday and cooked my mother, sister and BIL by doing so. It runs nicely, but it burns more fuel that way.

I think you're meant to cook for your mother not cook her on mothering sunday.

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