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Hey,
We're moving into a house, we have a studio/garage as a separate dwelling - it has no heating.
We're looking at options for heating. It's insulated to current building standards, and we'd need to heat two small'ish rooms - the size of single bedrooms. Both are at the top of the building
We've no flue, I've contacted a few stove installers - but... has anyone had a stove fitted recently? And if so... how much did it cost you?
Thanks!
Scott
It depends on the installation but you will be looking at around £800 to £1,500 for a flue fitting (and all ancillaries) and anything north of £500 for the stove.
Ours cost £2,250 full fitted 4 years ago (Parkray Aspect 4, hearth and a flue)
We had one fitted a couple of years ago (4kw from memory) and it was 3K.
That included the stove, widening the fireplace, lining with fireproof boarding and making plaster good, fitting flue and cowling and fitting a granite hearth.
Wow. That's cheaper than I thought. I was expecting upwards of 6-7k.
I do need to work out how to heat both rooms, by having ideally the one burner.
You can get double sided burners, a neighbour has one between kitchen and lounge, it looks awesome. Have no idea of the cost but it looks pretty expensive...
A tunnel stove will cost around £17,000.
TBH your best option would be a small electric panel radiator in each room. They warm up fast and are fully controllable.
We are a bit limited with electric, we were looking at fitting PV cells to the roof - but looking at planning permission I don't think we'll get it (it's a rural and idyllic location).
We are looking at new types of storage heaters on Economy 7, and ground source heat pumps too.
We have no gas mains, so that's out. And the oil doesn't reach the studio.
We don't have issues of air pollution, as our neighbors are all about 1/2 km away.
Ours was £3K to install, but they did have to drill a ~1 ft hole through our very thick exterior wall.
Go for the best / most efficient wood burner you can, and don't go too big, some friends of our got one that's far too big and when it's going they have to open the patio doors and front door, even when it's freezing outside.
Contura i5 special deal from Contura £480, boss gave me £100 towards it, liner + sundries £120 fitted myself, £500 all in 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I do need to work out how to heat both rooms, by having ideally the one burner.
My Dad has one of these; https://www.jotul.co.uk/products/wood/wood-burning-stoves/jotul-f-118
...which straddles in between two rooms via a hole in the wall. Would fry you instantly in two small rooms, but can be done and not sure why it would cost £17k!
I think ours was the best part of £5k all in. For that we had.
Old fireplace chisselled out (it was set in with concrete) - no idea why!
Firplace opening widened, new lintel installed.
Fireplace rendered and painted to match room
Stovax Stockton 5 multi-fuel stove
Stainless flue and register plate fitted
New slate hearth flooring
New solid oak mantlepiece as old one was part of the Victorian fireplace.
+ Cambridge / SE tax (everything costs more down South)
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Are the two rooms back to back? If so then this style of burner is well worth the effort. I will say though, I did all the work myself, all the materials came to around £2500, flu was the original one.
that looks great what model is it?
We did pretty much the same as fettlin above. Ours is a Hunter Hawk double sided double depth. About £1100 for the stove from memory.
Bingo! Hunter hawk 4 double double HERE . was a bit of a challenge for a diy job but I took my time and didn't do anything I wasn't comfortable with, knocking out the other side of the original fireplace was the hardest bit*!
*Acro-props were used in the making of this fireplace!
The problem we would have is the two rooms are adjacent, but they need to not be open to each other. They'll be two separate offices, we both run workshops, and need our own quiet spaces!
One of the inset style double stoves may work though.
It'll be run probably every day for 6 months of the year, so definitely be getting some use!
It’ll be run probably every day for 6 months of the year,
Highly unlikely if it's insulated to current building standards.
I dunno, rural Scotland! We have 300 days of winter, and only 65 of not-winter 🙂
I'm well aware of rural Scottish winter (at 57 deg north on too of a hill)
But modern building standards insulation is a fair chunk.
Tbf, As much as a stove would be nice, if it is insulated to latest regs I'd be looking at some efficient oil filled radiators.
No hassle, timer/thermostatically controlled and significantly less cash than getting a stove fitted. Running costs should be minimal if the insulation is as good as you say. If it isn't, improve your insulation!
Footflaps - that's bought a tear to my eye....our boy was same colouring and used to do the same when he was with us.
OP - hope you get it sorted!
From memory, the stove was £125 from a salvage place (firebelly fb1)
New glass, seals and fire bricks £150 or so
Off cut of Westmorland slate fro the hearth £80
Liner, cap and collars £350ish
Sign off from a bloke £100
The cost of stove installation is an absolute racket.
Semi skilled work, charging £500 a day is ridiculous.
The whole HETAS thing is another rip off.
Whats in the workshops/rooms? Only ask as my study gets heated by 2 screens and PC! Even in the depths of winter I can't recall needing supplementary heating during the day (evenings yes it has a radiator).
How about using the house heating? Divert valve, extra pump, long buried (well insulated) pipes to the workshop and a couple of rads?
Or if your really want a stove could you get one with a back boiler to heat a water tank and run a couple of rads from that?
Agreed.
Short and curlies with the legal aspect, though.
Also, not all HETAS installers are equal.
Footflaps – that’s bought a tear to my eye….our boy was same colouring and used to do the same when he was with us.
He loves the fire and has learnt to recognise the words 'Bertie, Fire'. When I shout it he appears and runs straight for the fireplace...
Agreed.
Short and curlies with the legal aspect, though.
There is a way around it.
A few years back I got a stove installed by the builder who was doing a load of other work on my house.
It was free standing and used a twin wall flue up through the roof.
I checked the regs and made sure everything was in spec, flue was supplied from a specialist who design from the measurements given, to ensure compliance.
Intended to get the local building officer out to sign off but he refused. So no certification.
Sold the house a few years later and it cost me £150 in indemnity insurance. Cheaper than what the building officer would of cost me and a fraction of paying a HETAS installer.