Home renovation advice needed.

Shaz4

Hi all. Hoping someone can lend a bit of help. So I’m currently in the middle of renovating. My biggest dilemma and ugliest thing I need getting rid of is the old style cream Stanley range in my kitchen which stands out like a sore thumb on a wall all by itself. Apart from its unsightly appearance it heats all my rads, the house is always warm and we have constant steaming water but I cant tolerate it much longer. It’s a pig on solid fuel and I long for a nice modern kitchen I don’t detest. I’m wondering is it possible to put one of those nice modern inset stoves in its place using the same pipe fittings and back boiler etc and do the same job as my standby is? It would have to heat 12 rads atm downstairs (upstairs getting done next year). I don’t have the house drilled for oil yet so would need to be as sufficient as the range. Is this possible and if so what price am I looking at? I’m clueless about all this so all advice greatly appreciated.

eusap

we replaced a range with a Henley Druid 30kw, it is a great stove and suits the way we live. We light it in the afternoon and by 6pm the house is warm and hot water available.

Things to consider:
You can't use it like a range, each morning fire needs to go out for cleaning the ash.
We use turf so a lot of ash
We have run it on Timber and is much better for heat and no ash, depends on your fuel.
Don't underestimate the number of refuelling's to get real heat, 1 per hour
For a 30kw stove you need a big room, because it throws out a lot of heat to the room, we have a large open plan Kitchen, dining, seating area and we have to leave internal doors open or it gets too hot.
Once house is warm you can really turn it down and keep the house ticking over

Shaz4

eusap wrote: »

we replaced a range with a Henley Druid 30kw, it is a great stove and suits the way we live. We light it in the afternoon and by 6pm the house is warm and hot water available.

Things to consider:
You can't use it like a range, each morning fire needs to go out for cleaning the ash.
We use turf so a lot of ash
We have run it on Timber and is much better for heat and no ash, depends on your fuel.
Don't underestimate the number of refuelling's to get real heat, 1 per hour
For a 30kw stove you need a big room, because it throws out a lot of heat to the room, we have a large open plan Kitchen, dining, seating area and we have to leave internal doors open or it gets too hot.
Once house is warm you can really turn it down and keep the house ticking over

Thanks for your reply. So is the Henley a free standing stove? Were you able to use the wall fittings that were already there from range?

We also use turf and some coal mix in winter. It’s a full time job in itself having to be refuelled about 3/4 times an hour. Somethings gotta change haha.

eusap

we took the opportunity to change the hot water tank and run new pipes back, best to call a plumber and ask him for advice regarding the fitting.

Has the range been serviced, 3/4 times an hour seems like a lot, neighbours use there 24/7 and fill every 90 mins when fully opened and can close it down for 8 hours at a time