Where should I put a fireplace/wood burning stove

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I am in the process of buying a new build end terrace however it is still at the foundation stage so plenty of time to add to it. It unfortunately does not come with a fire/fireplace, only a wall mounted electric fire. I have asked to see if a fireplace/stove could be added and they confirmed that they could do it (at a price of course), however I am not sure where I would want it to be placed.



I was thinking maybe to put the stove in the top right corner of living room, as directly across from the bay window would need the chimney to pass through where the master bedroom door is, unless the flue can be put at an angle to go further down the bedroom and behind the door

The ground floor living room has a alleyway to allow the next door neighbour access to the rear of their house with a part of their bedrooms above this so i'm not sure if the topmost wall would be a location to look at as it would encroach in the middle of the wall in the bedroom and maybe look terrible

Are there any other options i'm overlooking?
 
Pretty sure you can put the flue at an angle to outside and then up? No way would I bother if it had to go through the master bedroom!
 
Right in the corner between the two windows and have a flue (not chimney) going 45 degrees out the wall.
 
Make sure you get a really small stove too in a new build, we've got a small one (4.7KW) in our open plan kitchen/diner/living room which is also open to our stairs and that's more than hot enough to be in a t shirt when it's 0c outside
 
PiKe said:
Right in the corner between the two windows and have a flue (not chimney) going 45 degrees out the wall.
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Never even thought about that, will have to do a few 3D sketch-ups to see how it would look thanks.
sovietspybob said:
Make sure you get a really small stove too in a new build, we've got a small one (4.7KW) in our open plan kitchen/diner/living room which is also open to our stairs and that's more than hot enough to be in a t shirt when it's 0c outside
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Yes wouldn't want to be going too big, however if I could manage to get one with a boiler for the hot water and rads for the same price they are quoting it would be great. I still don't know where they are planning on putting the rads either. Suppose that will be another thing I will may to consider
 
Have you got room to store the wood?
In a new build I really wouldn't bother, if you like the looks of flames have a look at some of the stovax ones, gas burners that genuinely look right, had a client that used three, two gas and one woodburner in their Victorian mansion and they never light the wood because it's too much hassle. But the stoves are identical!
 
We use our log burner in our new build most days through the winter, it's ideal as it heats the whole house up with just a few logs being so well insulated.

You are right about the logs though you need to dedicate a fair bit of storage outside to get a decent size log store or two built as it's surprising how many logs you go through in a season and you'll need to store them for a year ideally before you burn them.
 
the_r_sole said:
Have you got room to store the wood?
In a new build I really wouldn't bother, if you like the looks of flames have a look at some of the stovax ones, gas burners that genuinely look right, had a client that used three, two gas and one woodburner in their Victorian mansion and they never light the wood because it's too much hassle. But the stoves are identical!
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Thinking about it now I would actually need to check as it may be in a smokeless zone and a multi-fuel option would probably be preferable in any case.
 
Skiddley said:
Most areas are not smokeless.

Another reason for going sub-5KW is to avoid the need for a direct air feed, or air brick.
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Unfortunately just checked with council, it is indeed in a smoke control area. Will probably stick with the wall mounted option now, or look at a gas equivalent stove. Cheers all
 
I'm sure our log burner was fine for use in smoke controlled areas, it usually just means you can't close one of the vents all the way in so the fire always has some feed of air so it doesn't sit and smolder making loads of smoke.
 
Most stoves are now suitable for smoke-controlled areas, as long as its defra approved its fine (sometimes manufacturers also call it smoke exempt).
 
We have a Stockton 5, totally approved for a smoke control area, simply means the slider can't fully close, stops people who like to slumber the fire to keep it going overnight (which creates a boatload of smoke!)

Everything else is identical to a none smoke control burner.

I'd have it in the middle of wall as a focal point, flues can have a decent bend in them if needed so it won't go through the bedroom above
 
Developer wishing to put in top left hand corner with a full height breast so they can place flue outside which is fair enough, however they are looking at 6k. I would have thought if i done this after the build is complete it shouldnt cost anywhere near that.
 
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