The stove-man came
Great fun.
He measured up and pondered. Then he said that we can't fit a foyer fermé.
OK.
But we could fit an insert. The one he would recommend would have two fans built in to blow hot air out of grills in the chimney, and would be 15KW in power. To do it means taking away the existing chimneybreast and constructing a new one.
The cost - about 2000 euros.
OK.
Or we could put in a stove. That would cost about 1000 euros less, but may be less powerful, depending on what stove he has quoted for.
When the quotation comes we'll have to weigh it up. 15KW is a lot. People say that with an insert like that it heats the whole house. You just leave all the doors open for the heat to circulate!
There's a place up the road that does them as well. When I have been there before it all seemed very expensive, but maybe their prices are prices fitted. If so they may be about the same. I'll go up again this morning and talk to them.
He measured up and pondered. Then he said that we can't fit a foyer fermé.
OK.
But we could fit an insert. The one he would recommend would have two fans built in to blow hot air out of grills in the chimney, and would be 15KW in power. To do it means taking away the existing chimneybreast and constructing a new one.
The cost - about 2000 euros.
OK.
Or we could put in a stove. That would cost about 1000 euros less, but may be less powerful, depending on what stove he has quoted for.
When the quotation comes we'll have to weigh it up. 15KW is a lot. People say that with an insert like that it heats the whole house. You just leave all the doors open for the heat to circulate!
There's a place up the road that does them as well. When I have been there before it all seemed very expensive, but maybe their prices are prices fitted. If so they may be about the same. I'll go up again this morning and talk to them.
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