Guesstimate on boiler type multi fuel stove

squalshy

Hi All,

Have a quick query on stoves. I'm looking to put in a multi fuel boiler stove to heat up to about 12 rads. The stove will be in the dining room and will not be fitted into an existing chimney space so will need the insulated flue I believe.

I've been given a quote which I think is very expensive in that the fittings worked out more expensive than the stove. I dont have enough experience to know whether this is right out not. My first impression was that it just didn't seem right.

I'm wondering if anyone has bought something similar and can give me a rough estimate of what I could realisticaly expect to pay for the fittings to install the stove.

Appreciate any advise.

Thanks

Carlow52

First piece of advice is think long and hard about putting a big stove like this in a dining room unless u are into nudist entertaining or you live in a castle.:)

At a guess the stove is between 18 and 25kw and costing up to 1700 euro

If the stove is 18kW, 6+ will always come into room: you cant control it:)

On the cost : A double flue stainless chimney and installation through a 2 storey house could be 3000, depending on the work involved

So quote seems balanced.

squalshy

Hi and thanks a million!

The dining room is quite a large and mostly freezing cold room (particularly in winter!!) and I suppose we want the stove primarliy not to have to depend on oil central heating. We have a wood available all year round where we live and it would really save us quite a bit on fuel.

Also I should have said - we are in a bungalow. Does that make a differance to the cost of the fittings required and the installation?

Appreciate the help!

Carlow52

This link might help with your calculations.
http://www.multi-fuelstoves.eu/heat-loss-calculater.html?ifrm_4=room-loss-calculator2.html

The single story flue will not cost much less than the double.

One think you need to consider is the life of the flue.

The longest life will be based on regular cleaning and no smokey fires:)

What life are they yelling you?

I am not a fan of the double skin flues and there are many modern light weight lego type chimneys around that cost about the same as the SS but have a 60 year life.

As I cant post names here PM me if interested.

ps I would address the cold in the room as it will give you the best value for money

squalshy

Hi - thanks

I haven't been quoted any life span on the flue but have been told that basically the clearner the fire the longer it'll last. I'm very lucky in that I have a very plentiful supply of timber - just need to make sure it is well seasoned!

I'm going to go to 3 places this weekend to see what they have and what they quote with a better idea of what to ask and what to expect on it. If there isn't a massive difference in the flue costs either way then I'll be looking for the lightweight!

Fingers crossed!

thanks a million for the help