The savings can be huge!

A stove can cost varying amounts to buy and install. A recent survey of stove owners taken to establish whether it’s really worth the initial outlay discovered that 64% said their stove saves them money. The cost of a stove can vary wildly, ranging from £400 to more than £2,000, and that’s before you’ve factored in the installation costs.

Stove installation costs

A stove installation will again vary depending on the siting of the new stove, do get professional advice as this could save you money. For example, if you already have a chimney, that will make it cheaper, as one won’t need to be built. However, it might need to be relined to make sure it won’t let any gases escape into your home.

You can also have a freestanding stove, which doesn’t need a chimney. But you will still need to have the flue (effectively acting as the chimney) fed outside somewhere, which will involve construction work on your home.

Savings

Will depend on how efficient the stove is and the fuel you use. Burning wood with 20% or less moisture will minimise pollutants and increase efficiency. Kiln-dried wood has less than 20% moisture, but is more expensive than seasoned logs. Most stove owners burn seasoned logs, and 13% of owners told us they collect free wood.

Just imagine the savings you could make if you could source your own wood to burn free. 

A higher-efficiency stove should save you more and potentially cut pollution. New efficient stoves reduce potentially harmful particle emissions by more than 80%, compared with stoves from 10 years ago, according to the Stove Industry Alliance.

Can we help?

If you are thinking of installing a wood burning stove please contact us and one of our fully qualified advisers will be happy to assist.