My Log Burner...

Lined all the time, I have two wood burners downstairs both are going strong after being installed for over 15 years. Get a Thermometer for your pipe best £15 I have ever spend - I was burning too hot for over 10 years now my Wood pile stays bigger for longer now.
 
Not sure if anyone here can help with a quick question I have? I had a burner put in recently and had a wood beam to put above it. The guy who installed the fire said that the regulation for combustible materials from the fire side is 700mm and going by these regs our beam would be far too high up the wall.

I've looked in the manual and it doesn't actually list a minimum distance from the top of the fire due to the sheer amount of differing setups available.

I don't want to put something up that could be potentially hazardous or contentious if I ever needed to claim on my home insurance you see, is there any clearer guidance information available or should I contact the manufacturer?

Cheers.
 
I've done a few threads on this, but thought I'd give an update in here.

We're in the process of buying a 1930's semi, complete with all 4 original fire places, and our plan is to go as 'off grid' as possible.

We're looking at a log burner with back boiler - Something like the Stovax Stockton 7HBi inset log burner, so we can keep the original fire place - feeding the thermal store upstairs in the loft.

The thermal store will have 4 heating inputs (eventually):

1 - Log burner with Back Boiler
2 - Solar Thermal (Evacuated Tube)
3 - Solar PV Powered Electric Immersion (Only activated by an Immersun device)
4 - Gas Boiler (Backup)

We'll probably use something like the Honeywell EvoHome device to give zoned Central Heating to minimise the C/H requirements, and have a towel rail radiator in the bathroom as a place to dump some of the excess hot water before venting it off. That then gives us nice dry towels all year round in the bathroom.

I'll either post in here, or do my own thread depending on the level of interest.
 
Conanius said:
I've done a few threads on this, but thought I'd give an update in here.

We're in the process of buying a 1930's semi, complete with all 4 original fire places, and our plan is to go as 'off grid' as possible.

We're looking at a log burner with back boiler - Something like the Stovax Stockton 7HBi inset log burner, so we can keep the original fire place - feeding the thermal store upstairs in the loft.

The thermal store will have 4 heating inputs (eventually):

1 - Log burner with Back Boiler
2 - Solar Thermal (Evacuated Tube)
3 - Solar PV Powered Electric Immersion (Only activated by an Immersun device)
4 - Gas Boiler (Backup)

We'll probably use something like the Honeywell EvoHome device to give zoned Central Heating to minimise the C/H requirements, and have a towel rail radiator in the bathroom as a place to dump some of the excess hot water before venting it off. That then gives us nice dry towels all year round in the bathroom.

I'll either post in here, or do my own thread depending on the level of interest.
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Depending on space available, I would be seriously considering a biomass boiler.
 
Just finished installing my wood burner as part of a full renovation of my first house,

From this;

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To this;

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This thread inspired me to return a boring wall mounted gas fire and go with the above.
 
I'm nearly done with renovating my place and I've opened up four fireplaces so far. Will be looking to place a log burner in the lounge over the next few months ready for Winter.

Was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what hearth to go for though? Here's a pic of the room in question

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Ideally I was wanting to keep all four hearths the same.

I did look at getting some dark welsh slate cut to measure for them but that comes out at something silly like £2-250 for each hearth! Has anyone found any cheaper options?

Also, I was thinking of making up the paper blocks to burn in it as well as wood. Does that mean I need a multi-fuel one or can I still go for a wood only stove?
 
Conanius said:
I've done a few threads on this, but thought I'd give an update in here.

We're in the process of buying a 1930's semi, complete with all 4 original fire places, and our plan is to go as 'off grid' as possible.

We're looking at a log burner with back boiler - Something like the Stovax Stockton 7HBi inset log burner, so we can keep the original fire place - feeding the thermal store upstairs in the loft.

The thermal store will have 4 heating inputs (eventually):

1 - Log burner with Back Boiler
2 - Solar Thermal (Evacuated Tube)
3 - Solar PV Powered Electric Immersion (Only activated by an Immersun device)
4 - Gas Boiler (Backup)

We'll probably use something like the Honeywell EvoHome device to give zoned Central Heating to minimise the C/H requirements, and have a towel rail radiator in the bathroom as a place to dump some of the excess hot water before venting it off. That then gives us nice dry towels all year round in the bathroom.

I'll either post in here, or do my own thread depending on the level of interest.
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If you can get a radiator as well as heated towel rail in bathroom then do so - you can't have enough heat in there and come winter you will be thankful you did - Heated towel rails on their own don't throw out enough heat unless you get one like radiator with towel rail above. IMHO.

As regard's chimney in a 30's house I would line it -In my old house I had them lined with expanding tube and cement mix pumped down - was wet and messy but they never sooted up.

My present house is 1970's and clay liners were just being introduced - stove supplier said it would be OK without a flue liner - Yes it would have if builder had put clay liners in right way up - Had to knock out wall above fire to get flue in and wished I had done it first time round as fire burns much better.

Dave
 
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Also, I was thinking of making up the paper blocks to burn in it as well as wood. Does that mean I need a multi-fuel one or can I still go for a wood only stove?
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woodburner would be fine, multifuel allows a different draught, as coal prefers its draught from the grate/upward draught, whereas wood/briquettes prefer a downward draught
 
Just got mine fitted... I'm a stove virgin which should be interesting!!!

We went for a Woodwarm Phonix 5KW, it's quite a large sized stove for a 5KW. I'll update with some pictures once I get it going.

I'm just waiting for the plaster to dry before the first burn.

Here's a sneaky peek.

 
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Reference the above, I am based in Oxfordshire. We recently had a HETAS flue liner (10m length) along with a bird cage installed up top, and slight remodelling (a small amount of brickwork and a new oak mantle) of the fire place itself. Install log burner, make up a chimney plate thing to seal the flue. Testing and plated with a co detector.

Total including materials and a days labour came to £450 + the burner itself.
 
I recently had old (working) sold fuel back boiler removed and I'm thinking about maybe putting a little stove in. Only thing I'm really bothered about is whether I really need a flue liner or not as the chimney was still in use and working right up until the solid fuel back boiler was removed e.g. not some derelict disused for a long time chimney.

Otherwise I can just take board off that is covering fire place up, have it plastered out and get a stove professionally installed.
 
Forgot about this thread, just wanted to say, I wasn't totally happy with the output from my stove. Had a little look at stove fans and decided to have a go, (£150 seemed a little much to spend on a bloody fan)

However it has made such a difference, the overall temperature of the room is about 8 degree Celsius higher, plus the upstairs now gets a lot warmer too (I have an open staircase) It's silent whilst running, allowing you to close the fire right down and still generate good heat.

Would highly recommend one!
 
With a stove fan, do you just sit it on top of the unit?

Our stove has a top exit flue (as most do), where abouts on the unit do you sit the fan?
 
Yes it just sits on top of the stove, will check the brand of mine when I get home. It's similar to this

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For those unfamiliar to stove fans, they use the conductive heat from the stove to drive a motor for the fan, hotter it gets, the faster it spins.
 
Do you just whack it anywhere on top of the burner next to the flue then? Very interesting, i was not aware of these :)
 
All depends on the size of your stove and the space you have, they'll work better towards the back, as there's more heat for them to push forward. Mine sits just in-front of the flue on the right (limited with space) but it works great.
 
You are doing a good job of selling this to me, once it gets a bit colder i think i will do the same :)
 
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