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Fitting a wood burning stove in a house

  • 17-12-2011 8:17pm
    #1
    Bodhan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    I currently have a gas fire in the living room, while there's nothing wrong with it I was thinking of putting in a wood burning stove instead of the gas.

    There is currently no chimney in the house.

    Do you think it would be much of a problem to put in a stove and have the gas fire removed?


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  • #2
    Stove Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭Stove Fan


    Bodhan wrote: »
    Hi Guys,

    I currently have a gas fire in the living room, while there's nothing wrong with it I was thinking of putting in a wood burning stove instead of the gas.

    There is currently no chimney in the house.

    Do you think it would be much of a problem to put in a stove and have the gas fire removed?

    Hi:) I take it the gas fire was a balaced flue, ie went out through an external wall with a mesh terminal quard?

    It is possible to fit a twin wall insulated chimney. The options are to go through the wall to the outside and then up the wall to the top.

    Or fit the flue vertically through the floors/ roof of the house.

    Depending on height it can be quite expensive to buy the insulated stainless steel flue pipes. Around £80 a metre:eek: If you have a rough idea of height and route you can cost the pipes and see if its financially affordable.

    See

    http://www.fluesystems.com/shop/Negarra_MD_Plus.html

    There are quite a few twin wall flue manufacturers.


    Stove Fan:)


  • #3
    Billy Bunting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Billy Bunting


    What happened to the dedicated Stoves question and answers topic. :rolleyes:


  • #4
    Bodhan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Bodhan


    Cheers Stove fan.

    I have an idea that by the time I get the gas fire pulled out and made safe, buy a Wood burner and enough chimney for a two story house it would work out about 1500 euro or so.

    Still I would like to get it in just as a back up to the gas boiler and to have a live fire.


  • #5
    Stove Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭Stove Fan


    Bodhan wrote: »
    Cheers Stove fan.

    I have an idea that by the time I get the gas fire pulled out and made safe, buy a Wood burner and enough chimney for a two story house it would work out about 1500 euro or so.

    Still I would like to get it in just as a back up to the gas boiler and to have a live fire.

    I would say it could cost more especially with labour and a reasonable quality stove:(

    Stove Fan:)


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