insert stove 5 or 6k options?

positivenote

HI all,
as mentioned in another thread we are looking to replace the gas fire we have installed in our main living room with an insert room heater stove. The room is approx 19ft x 11ft and 8ft height. There are double doors separating the room from a bigger kitchen area, and the room has a bay window with double glazed windows. we were looking at what sized insert stove would suffice to be used as a room heater?
I had priced a foxhunter 5k insert stove at 390€ or a Heritage 5k insert at 460€, but was told by a chap who fits them that he could not fit an insert stove bigger than 4k due to our mantle piece being wooden.
Can anyone give me advice on whether this is true and what my options may be regarding getting an insert stove fitted that would heat the room sufficiently.
All advice, recommendations are welcomed as we are hoping to get this all done as soon as possible.
Thanks

Sanchez83

You will need to know the distance to combustibles allowed for each stove.
This then needs to be the gap to the wooden mantelpiece.
In theory a 4kw should be less but not always depending on the stoves design.
There should be a few stoves on the market with a low combustible distance but I am not aware of exact examples.
Alternatively some kind of heat shielding plate under the mantelpiece may be an option.
Or of course,change the timber mantelpiece to a cast iron or granite etc.

therealmccoy

Yes, it is true regarding a timber surround and an inset stove. You need a minimum of 300mm distance from a stove to a combustible surface. So you'd need to change that fireplace surround to Granite/Cast Iron etc.

For the size of the room you have and the fact that there is a room off of it (albeit with double doors), I would be recommending a stove with 6-7kw capability. You'd be much better off having a larger capacity stove and having the option to light a smaller fire on milder days than having a smaller capacity stove and being screwed on the extra cold winter days.

positivenote wrote: »

HI all,
as mentioned in another thread we are looking to replace the gas fire we have installed in our main living room with an insert room heater stove. The room is approx 19ft x 11ft and 8ft height. There are double doors separating the room from a bigger kitchen area, and the room has a bay window with double glazed windows. we were looking at what sized insert stove would suffice to be used as a room heater?
I had priced a foxhunter 5k insert stove at 390€ or a Heritage 5k insert at 460€, but was told by a chap who fits them that he could not fit an insert stove bigger than 4k due to our mantle piece being wooden.
Can anyone give me advice on whether this is true and what my options may be regarding getting an insert stove fitted that would heat the room sufficiently.
All advice, recommendations are welcomed as we are hoping to get this all done as soon as possible.
Thanks