I live in a 1960s bungalow would a wood-burning stove look okay in my
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Comments (64)The log burner is in the heart of our home, in a open plan living / dining / cooking space, the warmth reflects on the floorboards and i can drag a chair in front of it to curl up and cosy. I would love to ask any advice on the best type of slow burning logs to buy?...See MoreIdeas to spruce up a 1960s house
Comments (35)Ha! an idea...one of our houses, the bungalow, is up for sale with Verity Frearson estate agents in harrogate & may give you an idea of what I have done to it. Its been up for sale for 3 weeks & we have 3 buyers in waiting (with houses to sell.) Its on their website & is 18 leadhall drive. When we bought it, it had upvc doors, & caravan windows at the front for privacy. At the back it had a utility room & a warren of little rooms with small windows commanding the best views of the south facing garden. The green in the bedroom photo isn't qyite as vile as it may look in the photo. If i did it again I would probably use steel/ aluminium windows at the back. I also love just one large picture window too. the doors internally, where they are not glass double doors, are the dordogne doors from Howdens which are very reasonable & add seem to suit many styles of houses rather than the usual panelled door. Mine are painted but they can be left wooden. we have another house, a victorian town house, but this is our favourite as it is like being on holiday each morning even in winter....See Morewood burning stove ideas in a victorian terrace
Comments (17)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....See MoreWood Burning Stoves
Comments (19)Hi there.. Yes they are bought by the size of the area you need to heat... We lived in the Shetland isles.for 5 years, and was an old craft house. And mostly to heat the hole house.. When it was hot,, it was hit and such a warm and welcoming feature on our most chilly and windy days... But the things is it can also be hard work.. Maybe not as much if you are in a warmer area. We could freely get pallets which helped immensely... And we tried to remove as many nails as we could see.. Otherwise these got caught in the grate at the bottom... But I would still say hard work . We got coal about £10 a bag, peat was the best for heat, but that started to get a little dearer to. All in all we paid about £2500 with the fire and fitting. About 3 years ago now. Didn't regret it at all. But would think twice about having one now.. I ain't getting any younger.....See MoreMary Lund
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