Wood burning stoves

The couple from darn Sarf sent in contractors, they basically kept the brand new roof and the four main walls (The idea was to make a lot of money with a Scottish residence for gentle folk Which during the build was thwarted, as it was is a listed building)

Well twenty years time was a bad assumption on my behalf, as I know nothing of your circumstances, you may have retired in luxury at thirty five or 60 on a state pension
Both entirely different scenarios

What I meant was think ahead of will you still be able to collect wood, and make a fire every day later in life
(Meaning in MY circumstances, after a to me big spend on a wood burner, would mean I was stuck with it for life, as there would be no more pennies to replace it)

Regards Jack McH

 

Well, how about retiring at 59 with a just about OK pension?
But yes, I can spend some money on the house if I wish but not sure if I should be planning to move instead.
It's a question of how much should I spend to make my home a nicer place for the time I will live in it - 5 years? Only God knows!
The chances are I will live here for that much longer - I need to still obtain casual work and this is a good place to do it.

 

Wood burners are great IF you've got a source of cheap or free wood. We had one but could get regular free supplies of off-cuts from the coffin factory in the village and I'd a pal in the Forestry Comission who let me gather stuff.
As mentioned above, tar deposits can be a problem unless wood is very well dried.

 

my mother would use the ashes to fertilize the garden, look here:
http://voices.yahoo.com/wood-ashes-improve-garden-3-ways-as-fertilizer-soil-2803696.html?cat=32

 

Update on this. I've had some quotes from Hetas engineers. Both are similar, about £600+ for the actual stove, £400 - £600 for the chimney liner and £500+ for prepping the site and sundries. So quite a bit more than I thought.
Both guys said they were willing to fit stoves that had been sourced elsewhere but questioned whether it actually saved much. They said i could get away with having a wood-only liner fitted for £400 as long as I only occasionally burned solid fuel it wouldn't be a problem.

So, looking like 2 grand for the job rather than 1.

Anybody got any comments on the wood chimney/solid fuel chimney issue?

 

Madahhlia, would it be worth enquiring about wood-pellet burning stoves? Not sure whether they exist in the UK but over here, where wood-burners are almost compulsory, they are becoming very popular. The pellets are a by-product of the timber industry, reasonably priced and light and clean to handle and stock.