Wood-burning stove and the Daveys' devis

Well the guy up the road phoned to say his devis (quotation) was ready and if I wanted I could pop in and get it. So we popped in yesterday on the way home from school. I thought "Bonjour, ça va, comment va votre père, voici l'enveloppe, bonne journée, au revoir". 5 minutes tops and we're out.

Think again.

Anyway, the kids got a good chance to fiddle round with the various inserts on display. Then Aurélien was ready, got the devis ready and talked us through it. First the sketch showing the two different kinds of stone, the one pinkish, the other yellowish, and the extra-powerful insert 887 he'd specified, and the placement in the existing chimney, together with the grills to pump the hot air out. The thing is powerful enough to heat a 140m² room, so it'd heat all our house and a bit of next-door.

Then the price. The LeroyMerlin man had said it'd come to about 2000 €, so I guessed this fellow would be about 4000.

Wrong. 5000.

But it's lovely stone. And in 2008 the government will refund us 800€.

We still await the devis from LeroyMerlin.

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