wood burning stove ideas in a victorian terrace

8 years ago

hi there, one of the first jobs we want to do is put a wood burner in. it's a large Victorian terrace and it's going into an existing chimney breast. currently we're torn between a modern, European design (tall and thin like morso, hwam etc) and slightly more traditional though still contemporary. the main issue with the tall one is how they would look and fit in the chimney breast in this style of house. I'd love to get your thoughts or advice if you've had similar projects or have a preference.. I've attached a few pics to show what I mean.. we're restricted slightly in the stove as we need at least 7.5kw and defra approval so fairly big.. I can't find any pics of the more modern style in chimney breasts so maybe this is for a reason? many thanks! Greg

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8 years ago

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Pic attached if that helps.

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mrsmcee74
8 years ago
Hi there we went for something which is a mix of traditional and contemporary in the hope it won't date. It's a Charnwood cove and they do different styles within that range to suit your space, we've got the version with the log space below but see pics, there are a few variations. My husband was particularly liked the riddle system so you can burn either wood or coal efficiently. We fitted ours 7 years ago now and it's been great, kicks out a lot of heat.
mrsmcee74
8 years ago
http://www.charnwood.com/range/cove.aspx. The Cove 2 is big enough in terms of output for your needs.
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The brickwork for the current TV stand is tied into the chimney, removing it would need some remedial work which will be noticeable. The salvaged bricks from removing the TV stand can be used to replace the side bricks in the chimney and to tie them back in. Once the TV cabinet is removed I doubt there would be neat brickwork behind it. It would really need the alcoves plasterboarding and skimming then which seems a shame. Brickwork can be saved on the chimney if fitting an inset stove into the existing builders opening. If wanting to open it up the only way would be to cut down the bond in the bricks and open it up. There would be a fair bit of work in it to make it look neat and finished. Without seeing it though it is hard to give 100% accurate advice.
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The fireplace is Yorkshire stone - the patterned wallpaper on chimney breast is grey/white, remaining walls white with a hint of grey. I agree re a plain sofa Jonathan but just a bit stumped re colour. I suppose a cream or beige would match curtains but thats the colour of the sofa I’m dumping after 16 years.
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mrsmcee74
8 years ago
http://www.charnwood.com/defra-exemption.aspx
Greg Penn
Original Author
8 years ago
That's great - thank you! We have seen the charnwood stoves and like them. Do you find it efficient and burns well? Thanks
Rob
8 years ago
We went with a Westfire in our Victorian terrace which is a modern Danish design BUT the previous owners had ripped out the chimney breasts (downstairs only) so we could get a way with a tall stove and simply plugged the flu into the ceiling where it found the old chimney breast upstairs.

Don't read too much into the Kw requirements. We went with a 6 and its so hot we have to open windows sometimes, if its not your sole source of heating and its a terrace you can get away with a smaller one i think.
Greg Penn
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks Rob - do you mind me asking what size your room is (width, depth and height) and how well insulated? It'll give me a bit of a gauge as to the output etc!

I really like the look of the Westfires - it's just whether I could get it to work within a chimney breast. I have thought about putting in a new lintel further up to accommodate though that would mean not having a surround and I rather like the idea of a traditional surround juxtaposed with a modern stove.

does it go through a lot of wood?
Thanks
mrsmcee74
8 years ago
Yes the Charnwood is very efficient and it's easy to get a fire going and is very hot. We have the smallest version which is up to 5kw as it was a small room when we installed it but we have since knocked two rooms together and it still gets hot. However we live in a 1960s property so don't have the high ceilings and maybe we're insulated better but we are detached so would lose heat. Room is 7.5m x 3.8m ceiling height is 2.4m.
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Jane Bateman
8 years ago
We have now had 2 Clearview Pioneer 400's in 2 houses. Absolutely love them.
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Rob
8 years ago
Greg

Aprox the living room is 4m x 4m with 3m high ceilings but its open to the dining room which is about 3.5 x 4 x 3m. It doesn't get through a lot of wood compared to a traditional stove if you adjust the dampers properly and use well seasoned wood, a ton and a half lasts a winter we find. The insulation is literally appalling ... floorboards exposed, crap double glazed aluminium to the bay window at the front although new dining room external door is pretty decent. The new stoves really do chuck the heat out but you can usually adjust them to get them hotter if you want and if you want really hot you can use smokeless coal in London.
Greg Penn
Original Author
8 years ago
Hi Rob - a beautiful stove - it's just trying to work out how it would look within the chimney breast. Have you got the dimensions of the room?

Mrs Mcee - I'd have thought given you've a 5kw in your room then an 8kw would be about right.

Jane - the clearview stoves look great - I've heard lots of very good things about them - but we were wondering whether something a little more modern would suit the room better - at the other end (other room but we're knocking throug) we're going to put in a resonably sleek, modern kitchen so hoped the stove might mirror slightly but then with the original features shining through too with the mantel.

Man thanks for everyones help so far!
Rob
8 years ago
Aprox the living room is 4m x 4m with 3m high ceilings but its open to the dining room which is about 3.5 x 4 x 3m.
Victoria
8 years ago
You might find it difficult to fit a stove that big into a chimney breast/fire place due to building regs about flammable materials near fires and stoves.

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADJ_2010.pdf

Depends on what the surround is made of.
It will need to meet regs to get a HETAS sign off.
Greg Penn
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks Victoria - we went to the property last night and measured the chimney breast - it's very wide (7ft) but quite shallow (14 inches)... Our plan is to not have any combustible material anywhere near the stove - the surroud, if we have one would be slate, and the opening lined in cement particle board. We're getting building control to sign off rather than Hetas as we've struggled to find a hetas engineer that would sign off work they haven't done which is fair enough.
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Node Architecture
8 years ago
Hi Greg,

I think mixing contemporary styling with original features works wonderfully. My personal favourite wood burners are the morso stoves (for example the s50). Of course you need to choose one that meets your heating requirements, but the supplier should be able to help with that. If that one (that has the right output) doesn't legally fit in the existing opening, then you have a problem. You could remove the existing fire surround and enlarge the opening, with maybe a contemporary floating shelf above the new opening, or you could choose a smaller stove and then provide supplementary heating through other means. Is there central heating already in the building? If so then a discrete flush panel radiator should be easy to locate somewhere out of the way. Alternatively you could put in an industrial style radiator below the windows (where they are normally most needed):

http://www.bisque.co.uk/products/general-radiators/flow-form

If you don't have central heating, you could use a black-body infra-red radiator to top up the heating, which is run on electrics, is energy efficient and has other health benefits. For example:

http://www.theecostore.co.uk/eco-store/buy-german-herschel-infrared-heating-panel-mirror/

Hope this helps,

Kind regards,

Erica.
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Greg Penn
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8 years ago
Thanks Erica, some interesting ideas! It's not our only source of heating but, once it's on we hope that it means we turn the central heating off! I think we'll need to wait and see what size the builders opening is before we can make any further decisions so we can go from there!

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