Sandstone Cottage - Woodburner Install

[hippytyre]

Thanks for the tips. I'm picking up my angle iron tomorrow 30mm x 30mm x3mm and I'll get some flat bar too as this will do for the mounting tabs and the ring. Did you do mitre cuts or cope the angles? All I have is a grinder here so hopefully I can be accurate enough.
I've bought one of those 45 degree magnetic clamps though so I can just fill any imperfections with weld

 

[marklamond]

I just coped the corners as the register plate covers everything.

Laid it out on a flat bench, squared it up and tacked, check again and weld each corner checking after each one because the heat will cause it to distort slightly.

 

[hippytyre]

Almost done with my install now, I've got the stove in place just to see if everything is going to fit correctly.

Tomorrow the fireplace is getting scratch coated before its final smooth finish in cement as plaster would crack due to the heat.
I still need to find a way to bend the ring before I weld it onto the register plate.

 

[kidstardust]

To Marklamond,
I know this post was sometime ago but if you're still there can you tell me how the Morso stove is in your cottage. Size of room, insulation etc. My room is 44m3. 1930's house, double glazing but no cavity wall insulation. Thanks.

 

[marklamond]

No probs, always happy to help.

My room is 33 cubic meteres and the place was built 1880-1900 ish. 24" thick stone rubble walls (18" in some places) with studwork and plasterboard but no wall insulation just some old loft insulation.

It's pretty draughty in the cavity between the plasterboard and stonework (no bad thing in an old house). Double glazing but the draughts & lack of insulation counteract any possible benefit LOL. I'm still planning what to do about sorting it, other projects on the go at the moment.

I run the stove at 200c which is in the middle of it's "happy" zone, refuelling about every 50mins. I can run it harder if i needed to.

This winter has not been particularly hard, it's not dropped much below minus 8c yet the stove keeps the room at 25c no problem. Very cosy.

That's with me keeping the living room door open to help the heat circulate. I get enough heat from it to keep the chill off the other rooms no problem. If i close the living room door i'll get tropical in no time and start pushing 28c.

The draw on my chimney is fantastic (the stove roars like a little furnace when in full flame) and it works even better when it's cold outside of course. And the place is warmer than with the central heating.

The stove costs me about £24 a fortnight to run, i could reduce that further buying fuel in bulk.

Quite simply it's the best thing i've ever done. It's great to come back to during the long winter nights.