PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
[QUOTE 4837650, member: 45"]We're about to order a wood burning stove. We don't need more than 5kw.
What experiences do you have? We're looking in the sub £750 price range and while there are some that give pretty good reviews I know that you don't get all the twiddly bits for that price and I don't know what's worth it and what isn't (multi-fuel, grates etc). So any experiences/advice appreciated....[/QUOTE]
There's been very little mention of the amount of wood you will need. I've no idea where you live but if you don't have access to free, scavenged wood your fuel will be expensive.
I live in a small village of 36 houses many of which have wood burners or multi-fuel stoves. Whenever a tree comes down, is felled or branches drop a small army appears armed with chainsaws in the race to get the timber!!! It's like a carcas being stripped by scavenging insects of some sort. Fun though.
You're going to need a decent chainsaw, £300+, I use a battery powered one, log splitter, access to timber and a log store large enough to store 12 months fuel - today you need next year's fuel cut, stored and drying out. You'll be surprised how quickly what looks like a large store of logs disappears. All this takes time!
In my area, Lancashire, a bulk bag of wood - the size gravel, sand etc is packed in by builders' merchants - is £55 - £65. It won't last five minutes if you use the stove as a source of heat. If your burner is simply to enjoy the occasional wood fire it's less of a problem.
What experiences do you have? We're looking in the sub £750 price range and while there are some that give pretty good reviews I know that you don't get all the twiddly bits for that price and I don't know what's worth it and what isn't (multi-fuel, grates etc). So any experiences/advice appreciated....[/QUOTE]
There's been very little mention of the amount of wood you will need. I've no idea where you live but if you don't have access to free, scavenged wood your fuel will be expensive.
I live in a small village of 36 houses many of which have wood burners or multi-fuel stoves. Whenever a tree comes down, is felled or branches drop a small army appears armed with chainsaws in the race to get the timber!!! It's like a carcas being stripped by scavenging insects of some sort. Fun though.
You're going to need a decent chainsaw, £300+, I use a battery powered one, log splitter, access to timber and a log store large enough to store 12 months fuel - today you need next year's fuel cut, stored and drying out. You'll be surprised how quickly what looks like a large store of logs disappears. All this takes time!
In my area, Lancashire, a bulk bag of wood - the size gravel, sand etc is packed in by builders' merchants - is £55 - £65. It won't last five minutes if you use the stove as a source of heat. If your burner is simply to enjoy the occasional wood fire it's less of a problem.
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