Looking for a good log burning stove

[thompsonbrown]

Hi guys,
Looking at buying a wood burning stove for my kitchen after christmas and would like to here from any recommendations you have.
Cheers Richard.

 

[Norcs]

That's the main reason I didn't use a hetas guy for my own stove install. He'd probably have insisted on a metal flue liner.
That will fail in a few years anyway. And the cost is prohibitive.
bc know nothing about it and that's the way it will stay.

 

[joni os]

A properly installed flue liner would probably improve performance especially if insulated. 904/904 is good for twenty years plus. It would certainly ease sweeping and general maintenance. Without liner, tar staining can appear through upstairs plaster. By all means DIY, but aim for a superior install with the money saved.

 

[Worcester]

I find it astonishing that you guys shutdown every thread and shut out everyone that enquires about their gas boiler - even heating controller questions that require lifting the lid and then brazenly boast about and promote solid fuel DIY installs.

Solid fuel is just as if not more dangerous than gas installations, use a professional (there are others than HETAS) and get competitive quotes from at least 2 ideally three people.

Typically a quality double skinned and insulated flue liner on a two storey property will cost between £900 - £1200 plus VAT to supply and install.

 

[joni os]

Not specifically promoting DIY, just promoting light touch regulation. All regulation bodies result in an additional cost to consumer, in effect an indirect tax. Motor manufacturers would like to with hold repair data, so we would all have to use main dealers. EU law forced them to make data available, at a cost, to independent garages. Not long ago only opticians could sell reading glasses. Regulation should be commensurate with the actual risk, not the theoretical .

 

[SimonG]

Shame people put a price on their safety.

 

[joni os]

Carbon monoxide detectors on new installs became mandatory October 2010. This was brought in by Building Regs. Not hetas. Prior to that many hetas engineers were content to install without even a recommendation regarding CO detectors. The risks were well known. We must all take responsibility for safety.

 

[walterwhite]

Charles Darwin. Natural selection.

 

[Lou]

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