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Fireplaces and Stoves!

  • 31-07-2014 8:41am
    #1
    SuzieBSuzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi, need some advice please! I'm looking to get a multi-fuel stove. I have a standard 16" wide, 22" height fireplace so on looking through loads of websites, the Stockton 3 seems to be the one that should fit easy enough (hopefully!). My question for anyone that might know is...... will I need any structural work done on the fireplace (apart from taking the fire back out)?? Is it a big job? Also, I would like to get a new fireplace surround and hearth...should this be done BEFORE the stove is done or AFTER? Does it even matter?

    I would appreciate any guidance, thanks!


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  • #2
    therealmccoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭therealmccoy


    Hi SuzieBSuzie,

    Ideally, you'd get both fitted at the same time as it would be the most convenient for the installer, but if that's not an option then you'd be best to get the fireplace installed before the stove. (The new hearth would have to be in before the stove).

    Your fireplace is the standard size so most inset stoves should fit. It wouldn't be advisable to try get a free standing stove to recess back into that opening, as you ideally need 4-6" of free space all around the stove for the heat to get out.

    How big is the room that you are looking to heat?
    SuzieBSuzie wrote: »
    Hi, need some advice please! I'm looking to get a multi-fuel stove. I have a standard 16" wide, 22" height fireplace so on looking through loads of websites, the Stockton 3 seems to be the one that should fit easy enough (hopefully!). My question for anyone that might know is...... will I need any structural work done on the fireplace (apart from taking the fire back out)?? Is it a big job? Also, I would like to get a new fireplace surround and hearth...should this be done BEFORE the stove is done or AFTER? Does it even matter?

    I would appreciate any guidance, thanks!


  • #3
    SuzieBSuzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭SuzieBSuzie


    Hey,
    Thanks for the advice! Would I still need 4-6" all around even with a stove that's designed to fit a standard fireplace? Does that mean blocks around the fireplace would have to come out? Oh god!

    Our sitting room is about 17ft x 12ft so its not that big....

    Are insert stoves as good as the freestanding ones? As in for output? If that's the best option for me, then I would consider it as I don't want any major structural work done.


  • #4
    therealmccoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭therealmccoy


    An inset stove would be grand to fit into 16" x 22" opening without the need to remove brickwork. For example, a Henley Achill 6.6kw Stove will fit that opening and would heat the room for you without the need to remove brickwork.

    And yes, inset stoves are the same as freestanding ones as long as you compare like-for-like in terms of heat output (6kw vs 6kw), they'll both give you 6kw of heat, but just in a different way. Inset stove use convectional heat while Freestanding stoves work off of a radial heat.

    For your room, you'd be best advised to for something no less than 5kw and no bigger than 7kw max.
    SuzieBSuzie wrote: »
    Hey,
    Thanks for the advice! Would I still need 4-6" all around even with a stove that's designed to fit a standard fireplace? Does that mean blocks around the fireplace would have to come out? Oh god!

    Our sitting room is about 17ft x 12ft so its not that big....

    Are insert stoves as good as the freestanding ones? As in for output? If that's the best option for me, then I would consider it as I don't want any major structural work done.


  • #5
    SuzieBSuzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭SuzieBSuzie


    Thanks very much for your help, appreciate it.....I'm baffled from it all!


  • #6
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    We have an open firplace/coal fire, and we want a new surround/mantlepiece.

    Where do we look in the greater Dublin area?


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  • #7
    Dolly-Lu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭Dolly-Lu


    Hello there,

    I could get your opinion/advice on a stove that we had installed by another company last November. To make a long story short, they didn't do a great job. The stove is not level. This was only noticed after the builder cladded the chimney in vermiculite brick effect fire boards.The stove not being level is even more obvious now. The builder also didn't do a wonderful job on installing the fire boards..as he didn't use corner bricks on the corners and the joints between the boards are cracking from the heat.
    To be honest, I just want to get the stove and chimney breast sorted.

    We would like to get the stove level and also sort out the chimney breast in some way. We had a problem with the plaster board cracking on the chimney breast before the fire boards were installed. We wanted a seamless flush crack free chimney breast surround around the stove.If this cannot be achieved, what options would we have with regards to cladding the chimney breast in some way.

    Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. If you know anyone that you could recommend that could help, please PM me.

    Thank you.


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