Wullz 408 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 I fitted mine myself, blagged some slate off a builder mate and bought the stove, pipework and register plate off a stove place in Hamilton. We had an existing chimney, so there was no need to line it. Got a granny fitted and it draws like fekk, absolutely brilliant way to go. I reckon with the new re-claimed wood mantlepiece stove etc I did it all for under £500. If you are handy with a grinder/polisher and dont mind some heavy lifting....just follow the published regs and have a bash yourself! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,282 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Plumber reckons 1500 euro labour for fitting, thats 9 or 10 rads. Woodburner im not sure on yet but 1200 euro, plus the rads which he has calculated the sizes (just gonna get budget ones, they all look similarish!) plus the copper. After that the fuel is free apart from my time & petrol for the chainsaw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wasp 218 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Just fitted a rayburn myself. I have followed the regulations as well Got 4 radiators and two towel rails running from it and it works a treat. Its a different house now with central heating. There are several things to consider when designing a central heating system for a wood burner. For instance what happens when you have an power cut? You need to be able to dump heat somewhere. My system works on a thermalsyphon prinicpal. With a new solar hot water tank in the loft. The heat from the rayburn gravitates towards the cylinder and warms the tank. When the tank is at temp, the central heating pump comes on. If there is a power cut, there are two copper header tanks with copper ball valves in the loft for both the heating loop and the hot water cylinder which can both handle steam and both have an overflow to outside. Here is how my system is designed: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
herdwick 52 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Getting woodburner and rad system putting in the new house, bloke fitting it recommends Charnwood, cant get to a place that sells them for a couple of weeks. They look good though. How much wood do you get through each winter? & does it do your hot water? If so how do you heat water come summer? I had a rayburn in the kitchen for hot water so didn't connect the woodburner into the hot water system, although I have no doubt it could have been done. Had solar panels on the roof for hot water in the summer and an immersion heater in the hot water tank for when the solar heating didn't work. As for wood use, it depends on who is filling it up. Was much more economical if I was putting the logs in, rather than ex wife or the kids. Mine is a multi fuel one so can use coal if I want to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mark@mbb 31 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 If you are local to me we have a very big wood burner which needs some tlc in our workshop and we could fit your flu liner with on of our cherry pickers for a small fee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markja 51 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 got this in my allotment shed it gets very warm 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weasle 1,119 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 If your fitting a dry stove,cost to fit is minimal,as long as the chimney has a clay liner you don't need to line it. Don't have it to big if it's dry. Enamelled are much easer to keep clean. Inserts can be awkward enough to flue. Make sure you get a c02 alarm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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