Woodburning Stoves

[Hamish]

Does anyone have a woodburning stove?

Looking at getting something similar to this, but still tossing up whether to get Wood/Gas/Coal/Multi.
At the moment I'm leaning towards a wood DEFRA approved stove (I'm in a smoke controlled zone) but wondering if in future I'll get fed up of clearing it out and lighting it all the time, although I suppose I'll always have central heating too. Always used to love having a coal fire to stoke when I was a kid!

Also where do people get their wood from? There seems to be quite a few companies who will drop a pallet at your door, or are there better places?

 

[Hamish]

Log burners don't create much ash, we have an open fire and only really clean it out every 4th fire

Logs we buy 5 bags for 160 and that lasts a winter, beware the smaller the burner the smaller the logs, you might end up having to buy sized bags which is incredibly expensive although you can burn chestnut in a log burner and not on an open fire as they spit.

The cost of the burner above is only the start if you need your flue lining and surrounding with vermiculite and a new pot

If I were fitting one I'd go for one with a heat exchanger and link it to my heating as I've put a couple in on new builds that link up with heating and under floor heating a d they work really well

Cheers,
yep I'll get a sweep over to do a smokebomb test and tell me if I need my flue lining, hoping it will be ok as it will save a lot of cost and hassle if I don't!
Didn't think about log sizes! I'll have to keep that in mind when buying.