Wood burning stove

[Paperboy]

Morning golf monthly

Think we have almost the same burner Tashy old chap!

 

[robinthehood]

On hazy mornings you can see the brown band of wpoluution wood burning fires create.
It's only a mtter of time before they're banned.

Certainly tougher regulation . Doubt they'll be banned

 

[User62651]

On hazy mornings you can see the brown band of wpoluution wood burning fires create.
It's only a mtter of time before they're banned.

They forget the 100 years the growing trees have been fixing atmospheric carbon as part of cellulose production, the major component of wood. When you burn wood that offsets much of the gains made from the tree growing but overall it is a fairly carbon neutral process.
Compare that to 'clean' electric where the generation of electric is still largely fossil fuel burning driven in power stations near towns and cities, the renewables and nuclear energy sectors only account for a small part. Burning wood is not the same as burning coal as coal isn't renewable or sustainable the rate we use it up, whereas wood is, as you replace what you take through replanting, a legal condition of felling normally.
Should be encouraging it. Loads of schools and hospitals are running on wood pellet heating systems because of their greener credentials.

 

[Tashyboy]

Think we have almost the same burner Tashy old chap!

Charnwood countryman Mk4, a thing of English bayuwty.👍

 

[Paperboy]

Charnwood countryman Mk4, a thing of English bayuwty.👍

Mines actually the Charnwood C-5 just had a look at the invoice

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I've fitted a few, the installation costs are expensive due to a number of things.

The cost of materials, especially 5"/7" flue liners, its a 2 man job due to the nature of the job. If you want a registered HETAS installer (which i'd recommend you use) thats cost the installer £2k alone to get that certification.

Installation costs are relatively high but running costs are low.

 

[Grant85]

We got one when we moved into an old Victorian property (just the ground floor).

The expensive bit was defiantly the chimney / flue. From memory, this was around £2,000 plus the cost of the stove. Although we also got an old fire removed and a nice bit of slate put in for the stove to sit on.

I'd say purely from a financial point of view, it is marginal. If you have free wood, then it helps and you can burn it day and night in the winter, should you wish. But 1 stove in a 3 bedroom house is only going to make a marginal difference, and you will still need the heating on in other rooms.

If you have access to wood (which is probably easier than you think) and can be bothered logging it yourself and have somewhere to store it and a part of your garden that will often be a mess... then go for it.

However, even if you're not worried about the finances, it still makes a room very comfortable and cosy and I would hate to move somewhere that we couldn't have one.

That said, there is no substitute for a good central heating system, and if it is either / or, then definitely get the heating upgraded. It's amazing what a new heating system will feel like in a house, even a big drafty one with no double glazing.

 

[Beezerk]

Just on a slight tangent, the new argon filled glass units for upvc windows are also worth the upgrade for warming a cold house. I’ve seen the data against normal air filled glass units and the difference in heat retention is quite staggering.

 

[rulefan]

It is more environmentally friendly to use a modern wood burner than heat your house with electricity from old coal fueled power stations.

 

[robinthehood]

It is more environmentally friendly to use a modern wood burner than heat your house with electricity from old coal fueled power stations.

People aren't heating their homes with them . Most are additional to central heating and will just add more pollution to our already dirty air.

 

[Waitforme]

Shade over 5k 4 years ago.
Maybe could have got it a bit cheaper but didn't shop about.
Amazing bit of kit.