4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Yorkshire Pudding]

..... because I just got a call to say our woodburner (ordered AGES ago) will be fitted tomorrow morning!

 

 

We had all the preparation work done before Christmas - wall removed, flue installed and boxed in, plastering, new flooring laid.

 

Tomorrow is the big day and by collecting-the-kids-from-school time I should have a blaze going

 

Now, where did I put the log man's phone number?

 

 

 

Perhaps I'd better get on with painting the wall and ceiling before they arrive instead of spending all my time on the forum.....

[Egluntyne]

Woo hoo.

 

Can we have before and after pictures please?

[Yorkshire Pudding]

OH took some 'before' pics, I will be taking lots once it's in!

 

 

Can't sit still!

[Cooks]

you wont regret it, mine was one of the best things I hae ever bought. I love it and hae to say will probably not include it when I sell the house I love it that much. (not that I am selling this house for years, before you all think I am moving)

[Yorkshire Pudding]

I know!

We had one in our previous house, it was the only thing I was sad to leave behind, but it sold the house for us - the buyer had always wanted one.

 

This house has waited a year for its woodburner, and it is going to be gorgeous!

[poachedegg]

Lovely and snug in your house tonight.

[Yorkshire Pudding]

...and much smaller gas bills too.

[The Dogmother]

That's fab news Helen - I love mine!

[Trish]

so chuffed for you, I wouldn't be without mine. Especially in the two weeks before Christmas when the central heating went twice

[Blackrocksrock]

What make are you getting in

[Omletina Kyckling]

Excellent, can't wait to see all the photos....not that I'll be at all .....

[Moonie]

*cough* Don't mean to spoil your excitement but i've just had a new woodburner fitted and i wasn't allowed to use if for the first day whilst something dried?!

[Yorkshire Pudding]

What make are you getting in

A Harrie Leenders - it's a Dutch make.

 

this is the one:

*cough*

 

 

Don't mean to spoil your excitement but i've just had a new woodburner fitted and i wasn't allowed to use if for the first day whilst something dried?!

 

 

I had to wait with my previous one, but apparently this one won't need anything to dry. The first few fires will be smaller ones though, to allow the coatings on it to 'cure'. There is no sealant on the flue either because it fits with a rotating collar rather than a normal seal - the stove can turn to face either side.

[Moonie]

That's good then, nothing worse when you've waited for so long!! I luvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv mine soooooooooooo much!!

[Lesley]

Ours is the best thing we've bought - apart from the farm!

 

Have fun today

[Olly]

wow that sounds brilliant (rotating) pics please when it's in!

 

I was going to say the same as Moonie ... it wasn't the stove, it was the plaster around the opening that I had to let dry for 24 hours. It was very frustrating!

[Yorkshire Pudding]

It's here and it's HUGE - the fire window is about the size of a large CRT television!

 

 

And the hole in the ceiling is also huge.... pics later!

wow that sounds brilliant (rotating) pics please when it's in!

 

I was going to say the same as Moonie ... it wasn't the stove, it was the plaster around the opening that I had to let dry for 24 hours. It was very frustrating!

 

 

I'm dead lucky, it's a flue not a chimney so there won't be any plasterwork either - I can hardly contain myself!

[chickencam]

A cosy weekend coming up then. Happy days

 

The best investment we have ever made in our home

 

You get a much nicer heat from a woodburner than from central heating. I think it must be because it circulates the air more, the air never gets dry and dead

[Yorkshire Pudding]

It's in!!!

 

 

But I can't use it yet .

 

Not for any of the reasons that were mentioned above. It seems our roof has an additional layer, about 50cm below the main roof is a secondary layer of boarding and felting. This is not visible from inside the loft, no-one had any idea there was a double skin! So when the flue pipe was measured, it was about 50cm short, and more has had to be ordered (it's not a standard size, unfortunately).

 

 

The pipe will probably arrive next Tuesday, Wednesday has been booked as the 'through the roof' day. I will have to wait for my fire.

 

 

I am trying to post pictures but for some reason Photobucket won't let me have an 'upload' button at the moment.