cost of adding a very small stove to sunroom

mashedbanana

We are thinking of putting in a very small stove to the sunroom. it's a small sunroom, so would only need a small stove (6kw) non boiler. With the flue going out through the wall, instead of adding a chimney etc.

Any idea of cost please?

kkelliher

mashedbanana wrote: »

We are thinking of putting in a very small stove to the sunroom. it's a small sunroom, so would only need a small stove (6kw) non boiler. With the flue going out through the wall, instead of adding a chimney etc.

Any idea of cost please?

The question is a bit like asking for the cost of a washing machine. the main cost will be your stove itself and given the number available the cost will vary wildly across the range of brands and manufacturers. Take a trip into your local fireplace/builders merchants and they should be able to confirm a cost for you there and then

Markcheese

You'll pick up a stove from about 3 or 4 hundred up .... You'll need some class of a hearth , (not going to put it on wood , or carpet ) reckon the expensive bit would or could be the flue... I'm guessing it'll have to be a twin wall stainless steel one , check with a pro , they'll tell you how high you have to go with it,

mashedbanana

Thanks guys. I was told that the flue could be almost as expensive as the stove it self (saw one on sale for 399 euro) so I suppose I could double that, for an overall rough cost. Thanks again.

jiggerypokery

Your flue needs to 4.5 metres high - twin wall costs around 90-100 euro per metre plus bends, brackets. you can get a glass or granite hearth for around 100 euro plus stove plus fitting.

Reader1937

What fuel is to be used? Gas for a twinwall no bother. The flue height has to bring the terminal above any possible downdraft - mostly wind coming off roofs - which is why you see all chimneys at the top of buildings. Bungalows will have less of a flue height and someone living beside a tower block or at the base of a cliff have no chance at all, type of thing. Your positioning needs to have the flue exit through a block wall for pref - it can take the heat and is easier sealed than a vertical exit.

mashedbanana

I will probably be multifuel, or what ever type of stove is on sale. If it's just wood burning then that's okay too as I'm not to fussy about the type of fuel. I read on someone else's thread that it wasn't always a good idea to have a multifuel stove as the coal burns the wood down too fast.... making the wood ineffective to a point...and creating too much carbon monoxide which in turn erodes away at the stove prematurely.. ( as ya'll can see, I'm still learning here!)

Thanks!

Reader1937

Doo look at the type of flue needed (re cleaning) for multifuel. Some work, some don't.