Installation process

In most cases, having a wood burning stove installed in your home is a multi-step process. We have created this page so as a customer you can easily understand the steps taken from our initial visit to the first lighting of your new stove.

At any point during this process (before the installation) you can choose your stove.

However in most cases we do advise that choosing a stove waits until we have prepared the recess.

Some recesses are tall and narrow, others short and wide - finding a stove that matches the dimensions of your recess will usually give you the best aesthetic.

1. Quote

You've contacted us and we have arranged a time to visit for your free quotation.

During the quotation we will be able to assess the current condition of your fireplace and discuss with you what needs to be done along with what you'd like the final product to be.

We will give you an estimate there and then.

2. Demolition and Sweeping

Sweeping a flue prior to the installation of a liner is extremely important as that will be the last time the masonry flue can be swept. We will either do this on the first day or our recommended sweep is Todd, TEL: 07717873571.

Demolitions take you from an open fire or inset gas fire to the original square opening. There is no standard size of opening, but if you find it’s smaller than you’d like, widening and / or raising may well be possible. If you have a gas fire that is still live, the gas must be capped outside of the fireplace before we can remove it. Our recommended gas safe engineer is Dan, TEL: 07789963969.

Depending on what the current state of your fireplace is like, a demolition can be relatively light to large in its undertaking.

If your fireplace is already opened up, obviously you will not require any demolition work.

DEMOLITIONS CAN BE VERY DUSTY

We take every care to mitigate the dust with dust sheets and plastic coverings for your furniture but some objects can be hard to cover.

For this reason we highly recommend that you remove the majority of smaller objects (i.e children's toys, books, ornaments) and televisions & electrical equipment from the room prior to our visit. You should expect there to be dust in the air that hasn’t yet settled after we leave.

We remove all rubble from the demolition and clean up after ourselves so don't worry about your house becoming a building site.

3. Hearth

Most hearths will be done on the day of the demolition depending on your requirements.

We offer custom riven slate hearths. You can find prices for these on our pricing page.

If you’d prefer a different kind of hearth stone such as honed granite or marble we can recommend other suppliers.

Once your demolition and/or hearth has been done, the next step is plastering and rendering of the prepared recess.

4. Plastering and Rendering

Once the previous step is done we will give you contact details for our recommended plasterer who prioritises our work and leaves an excellent finish.

If you have a plasterer yourself you can always go with them, we don't require you to stick with our recommended plasterer.

The process takes up to 7 days of drying before we will be able to install your stove, so once you have the plasterer booked in you can call us for the booking of your installation.

5. Installation

Your recess is prepared, chimney swept, and you've chosen your stove.

The installation process is a one day job and relatively clean so you can leave the room as you would like it to be.

In 99% of cases we will use ladders to access your chimney stack for the installation of the liner but if you do need scaffolding we will tell you before this step.

Please note: installing liners on roofs is dangerous work and as such is weather dependent. Rain, ice or strong winds may mean the installation has to be postponed until the weather improves.

The installation process follows these steps:

1. Installation of a HETAS approved 316 steel liner down your chimney. (Secured with a cowl at the top.)

2. Fabrication and installation of a steel closure plate. (Also known as a register plate.)

3. Connection of liner to stove.

4. Fitting of a CO alarm and HETAS notice plate. 

5. Testing of stove to make sure it functions correctly & safely.

6. HETAS certification, handover of relevant documents.

7. Explanation of the function of the stove and important information.