Waterford Stanley - Oisin

TopTec

Just bought a couple of these, for a refurb I'm doing, from Archers in Ballina. Got them for Euro399 a piece which is one of the lowest prices I have seen. There are websites selling them for E899:eek:

TT

LowOdour

they have been 399 im mcdonaghs in galway for the last 6 months or more as far as i remember, and on gings.ie too. If that is the same model of course

paddyp

899 is the rrp for the enamelled ones the cheap one is matt black gings have had that price for years.

54kroc

What fuel do they use?

TopTec

Multi Fuel. Turf and wood will be the main fuel for me.

TT

crossvilla

There's a good lad working in Archers in Ballina called Gerard or Gerry who works upstairs, he knew someone to set up my stove aswel .... Well worth doing!

celticbhoy27

crossvilla wrote: »

There's a good lad working in Archers in Ballina called Gerard or Gerry who works upstairs, he knew someone to set up my stove aswel .... Well worth doing!

hi gerry

demanufactured

add on another few hundred for flue pipes and flexi flue liner

TriStar6

demanufactured wrote: »

add on another few hundred for flue pipes and flexi flue liner

I've heard of people getting these made up in metal fabrication places rather than buying the pre made expensive ones from the stove manufacturer. Anyone any experience of this? I'm interested in a stove, but not knowing the additional cost after the stove itself is putting me off.....

ncur

FYI, if anyone's considering purchasing a waterford stanley stove there's this offer coming up at the National Ploughing Championships - link Archers Ballina and Gings Laois (mentioned in other posts in this thread) are authorised dealers and one of the t&c's is that the vouchers must be used in an authorised dealers.

Of course, if anyone gets one of the vouchers and then can't use it, can I have dibs on it?

Kirm2

Hmmmmm I don't know where my post went... anyhooooo, ncur you can have mine, I no longer need it.

ActingDanClark

I'm looking to invest in the next few weeks, if anyone could sort me with one of these vouchers I'd be molto grateful

ncur

have pm'd Kirm2, apologies for delay in follow up!

celticbhoy27

another here looking for a voucher, be greatly appreciated

epopnomis

And myself, looking to get one of these pieces of kit...

south

They had them in a local store in Waterford a few weeks ago. www.morrisdiy.com/ might be worth trying them to see if they've any left. My mother got one and paid 100 on the day for a voucher worth 200.

janeycap

Hi - Is this offer still available, does anybody have any of the vouchers? Thanks

antomack

For anyone in the midland's region, Ganly's in Athlone and Longford are running the promotion where they effectively sell you the voucher in the store and give you €200 off original price.

We didn't have a voucher when going in to buy a Tara but they put the voucher sale of €200 through and then charge you €400 less than the standard price so got the Tara matt for €699, €200 for voucher and €499 for the stove.

tinofapples

How have your Stanley Oisin's been performing ? Was looking at them today with a view to purchasing. €399.

Media999

tinofapples wrote: »

How have your Stanley Oisin's been performing ? Was looking at them today with a view to purchasing. €399.

Go for it. Best 399 i ever spent.

Another 100 for flu also.

tinofapples

Media999 wrote: »

Go for it. Best 399 i ever spent.

Another 100 for flu also.

Sound, thanks for the reply. My missus reckons it won't be big enough becasue I mentioned if a stove we bought was good enough we could open doors into the kitchen/diner and allow heat into there as well as the intended room, the sitting room which is about 4m x 4m. I think it will be plenty good enough for the room and more !!

TopTec

tinofapples wrote: »

How have your Stanley Oisin's been performing ? Was looking at them today with a view to purchasing. €399.

I've had mine in for about 2 months now. After some initial probs with the flue I now run it almost every day. My kitchen, where it is temporarily located, has very high ceilings so it struggles to keep it heated up.

In a smaller room, like a 12 x 12, it will do very well. Operation wise it is very basic. I still have an issue with the glass blacking/sooting up as there is no aitwash system. (No, it is not damp fuel). You need the vent fully open all the time to keep a small area at the bottom of the glass clearish.

It is not the easiest to empty either. The ash pan is smaller than the ash grate so there is a lot of ash that misses the pan. It has a very narrow entry so you need a small brush and shovel to help with the cleaning. I use a large basket of wood/turf each day to keep it running and also have a kettle on the top, which easily boils with the vent fully open.

You have to get used to the smell as well, but that is not just the Oisin that does that. All in all for a budget stove it is pretty good.

Hope this helps.

TT

Media999

tinofapples wrote: »

Sound, thanks for the reply. My missus reckons it won't be big enough becasue I mentioned if a stove we bought was good enough we could open doors into the kitchen/diner and allow heat into there as well as the intended room, the sitting room which is about 4m x 4m. I think it will be plenty good enough for the room and more !!

Large 3 bed semi here and its too warm for it most of the time.

Depends on the layout of the house i suppose.

tinofapples

Thanks folks. Obviously installation will vary on a particular job but what did it cost ye for installation ? Was factoring maybe €200 ?

moodrater

TopTec wrote: »

My kitchen, where it is temporarily located, has very high ceilings so it struggles to keep it heated up.

Sounds odd to me our house is 150m2 detatched in a very exposed location and the oisin keeps the whole house at 19-21C unless we have subzero temperatures in which case we turn on the oil boiler to kick in at 18C on the thermostat. The boilers has been off since February 8th.

Are you burning something with a very low calorific value like turf, or closing the air valve too much, I've also seen several stoves where the 'professional installer :rolleyes:" has just shoved the 5" stove flue up the 8" clay liner with no reducer or register plate this leaves 60% of the area of the flue open to suck the heat out of the room.

Of course maybe your house has a terrible energy rating in which case insulation, glazing and air tighness measures would be a good investment.

moodrater

tinofapples wrote: »

Sound, thanks for the reply. My missus reckons it won't be big enough becasue I mentioned if a stove we bought was good enough we could open doors into the kitchen/diner and allow heat into there as well as the intended room, the sitting room which is about 4m x 4m. I think it will be plenty good enough for the room and more !!

Highly Illogical you can always refer her to the stanley calculator.

http://www.stanleystoves.com/calculator

Or if you look at the radiators in your room an oisin is equivalent to about 3 large (5ft) double radiators.

TopTec

moodrater wrote: »

Are you burning something with a very low calorific value like turf, or closing the air valve too much.

Of course maybe your house has a terrible energy rating in which case insulation, glazing and air tighness measures would be a good investment.

tell me something I don't know. :)

Mine is a temporary fit in a 14 x 14 x 10 feet kitchen, with 200 year old stone walls, thin concrete floor, scattered insulation in the ceiling but new double glazing. I burn coal, at the beginning then a mix of well seasoned wood and turf. I don't expect it to warm the house in these conditions but once refurbed I reckon it will do a average sized room with no probs.

It is fiddly to clean out though.

TT

moodrater

TopTec wrote: »

tell me something I don't know. :)

Mine is a temporary fit in a 14 x 14 x 10 feet kitchen, with 200 year old stone walls, thin concrete floor, scattered insulation in the ceiling but new double glazing. I burn coal, at the beginning then a mix of well seasoned wood and turf. I don't expect it to warm the house in these conditions but once refurbed I reckon it will do a average sized room with no probs.

It is fiddly to clean out though.

TT

Sounds like my parents house, we put 200mm insulation under the slab, 400mm in the attic and new windows, smooth exterior render and its toasty warm. If you're dry lining make sure its done properly vapour getting behind it will cause condensation and mould. Went to look at a renovated house when the work was to a very high standard, overseen by owners architect father. At a later date the fuse board had been replaced, the electrician decided to fit it to the external wall and cut a large hole in the dry lining in the kitchen + a few inches to make life easy for himself. Result 2 years later copious amounts of black mould throughout.