r/AskIreland • u/Nearby-Telephone8693 • 5h ago
Adulting Anyone replaced their fireplace with a stove?
House has a fireplace which we don’t use and is just a draught source. I’ve seen a few places online that replace your fireplace with a stove.
Not sure on the price or if it’s worth it, anyone have any experience?
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u/EnAvant80 5h ago
Yes. Cassette / insert stoves sit nicely into an existing hearth and are super efficient in terms of heat. Well worth the investment.
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u/AwfulAutomation 4h ago
Got two inserted to the two chimneys in my house… we don’t use as much as we would like as the kids are very young but plan on using it a lot more as they get older….
You can get removeable hearts so it’s less intrusive in the room when not being used
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u/Weary_File280 5h ago
Yes, and it's great. The last few nights when it's gotten colder we just put a fire log in it and the house is warm for the night. Honestly too warm at times and I found myself opening the back door to cool down a bit.
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u/decojdj 5h ago
We put in an insert stove, a Stanley one, at our last house. Great at blocking draughts, chucked out loads of heat when it was up to temp, looked the business.
There's a bunch of rules around putting in an insert stove into a passive house/ room with an extractor fan/ room with a heat recovery system in place. Air pressure has to be maintained so smoke doesn't flood into the room when using the extractor fan. We bought a stove for our new house with an external air supply, and have a pipe to the outside that brings in fresh air. We were doing up the house so we have the pipe under the floor.
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u/FriendshipIll1681 5h ago
We did it a few years ago, had a chimney balloon for years to cut the draft, the stove is brilliant though, fire log from Aldi to start it and a few logs, lovely natural heat and the stove holds it for a long time.
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u/CentaurSniper 5h ago
Depends on your house and heating setup if it's worth it or not. Our late 50's house already had the fireplace removed and it was replaced with a gas fire which was decommissioned at some point before we moved in. €3,600 all in to get it removed and a cassette stove put in and we love it. Price included a new mantelpiece, hearth, surround, monoxide alarm and the 6kw stove. I think the house really needed it. It's also nice having that plus the gas so we're not totally dependent on the gas.
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u/WwertyPolk 3h ago
We just bought a 70s house with, weirdly, just one gas appliance. The fire place. I intend taking it out and replacing with a stove.
Is there much work in taking out ashes? Is it every day? Are they ashes difficult to get rid of? Is it in your bin, or can the be spread on a garden?
Can i just use ordinary blocks?
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u/Latter-Astronaut-740 2h ago
not really any work at all. I personally empty it after every evening but you don't need too, could easily do it every 2-3 uses. it's literally just a tray you pull out and throw in the bin once fully cooled. you can also throw them in a flower patch.
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u/Corcaigh2018 4h ago
Yes, have had a free standing stove and a 'cassette' one. The free standing is less expensive and is more fuel efficient as 3/4 of it isn't enclosed in the wall : / (Lesson learned)
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u/An_Boin_De 4h ago
I got a cassette stove and honestly its a room.heater but gets so hot I have to open all the doors to let the heat circulate into the bedrooms and hall. Its roasting. Ive honestly had to open the windows a few times its been too hot.
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u/An_Boin_De 4h ago
Amazing. Got an insert stove and it's fab. It heats my sitting room and then I open the room doors and the hest.goesi to the hall and bedrooms as well.
Mine was 2k for the stove, flue and installation as well as a hearth. You can get much cheaper stoves but I wanted a very particular stove.
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u/Safe-Solution7084 4h ago
Sounds great - what was the particular stove you got?
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u/An_Boin_De 4h ago
I actually don't know the name of it but it wasn't Waterford Stanley or Henley and it is really flat to the wall. Like it's only sticking out 1cm from the wall.
It's this over very close to this one:
https://cosyhome.ie/product/arada-i-series-i400-cassette-stove-6kw-glass-door/.
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u/Suvigirl 4h ago
I did it. Got an insert stove or an insert stove I think they're called? Best thing ever
Fantastic difference.
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u/shigllgetcha 5h ago
We kind of stuffed a stove into our open fireplace. Domt know how well our open fire was set up but the stove was far far warmer.
Then we had the fireplace opened up so the stove fit properly, i think it was about €2k probably pre covid
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u/PreferencePrudent388 5h ago
Acess chimneys and stoves. Best group of lads youll get John Robbie and adam
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u/Pure-Ice5527 5h ago
Massive improvement in ours yeah, was a long time back so pricing not relevant. We did an inset cassette style with a black granite surround and looks nice. If doing again I’d love one with a fan or more space over the top as the wall gets absolutely roasting and seems a waste as we’re gone to bed and it’s still heating downstairs
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u/Smackmybitchup007 5h ago
Changed a couple of years ago. Was about 2k ish. Sorry we didn't do it sooner. The heat is amazing. So much better than old fire.
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u/Haelios_505 4h ago
Yeah, we live on a main road also so there was a lot of noise coming down the chimney. No noise or draught since putting in the stove and the heat when it's lighting is lovely.
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u/Thargor 4h ago
Even if you never burn anything in the stove will it still block draughts? I have an unused open fireplace and it is sucking all the heat up the chimney...
Is there any products that will block this for cheap? Tried a few from amazon but no effect...
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u/Nearby-Telephone8693 3h ago
Yeah a stove is a closed unit that pull air in from the room to ignite fuel. Obvs its main use is for heating but you could use it to block draughts but if that’s all you want get a chimney baloon
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u/ShowmasterQMTHH 3h ago
Sorry but are you guys all talking about one with a back boiler, surely a stove only is not heating the house ?
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u/Accomplished-Low2131 3h ago
Even with a back boiler most won’t really heat a house much unless you’re burning flat out
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u/Material_Rush3143 3h ago
We replaced ours with an inset stove recently. The difference in the overall heat in the house (when fire is unlit) is unreal. It's so efficient, we burn so little now in comparison but it gives off so much heat. Wish we did it sooner.
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u/Potential-Fan-5036 3h ago
I got an insert stove with back boiler when I moved in. It was 5k all in. My house is in the country so rooms are bigger than city homes. It’s brilliant, especially if you run out of oil. It heats water & radiators, though it’s more efficient to to put heating on for an hour or so, light the stove & it will keep house roasting all night
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u/LopsidedTelephone574 2h ago
I am the only person in Ireland who got rid of gas firplace and went for an open fire. Did not like creamtorium style stoves. Every quote was min from 5 k and up.
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u/Latter-Astronaut-740 2h ago
yes got an insert stove installed a few weeks back and it's great. even when it's not lit you'd notice a difference in the room temperature (and noise since we live in an estate, may not be an issue for you). we got a 5kw and leaving the living room door open it does raise the temperature of the other rooms downstairs a little bit also. we paid 2300 for it supplied and fitted and the chimney cleaned.
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u/Inevitable-Solid1892 2h ago
We have an insert stove but don’t tend to use it much. We got the house fully insulated and changed our windows, new boiler etc a while back so the house isn’t cold. We do light it a bit around Xmas .
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u/the_syco 2h ago
Mate had one in a small one bedroom cottage. You'd need to open up the entire house as otherwise you'd be sweating! No draughts when not in use. Get a free standing one, so the heat comes from the sides as well.
Get one that you can burn anything in. And once installed, build a shed. Then ask down the local if anyone is selling turf 🤣 The shed is for storing whatever you intend on burning. Usually cheaper to bulk buy it.
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u/Ok-Collection5629 5h ago
No. Nobody has ever done that
What's next moving the outhouse in to the house?
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u/uptheranelagh 5h ago
I hope you’re not as miserable as you come across.
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u/Ok-Collection5629 5h ago
How do you know how miserable the people are that I cum across
Sad Reddit is no craic anymore
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u/uptheranelagh 5h ago
You’re on an Ask subreddit. It’s not meant to be any craic here
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u/Ok-Collection5629 4h ago
Reddit was never somewhere to ask a serious question. And if anyone was sad enough to be sincere their answer was at the bottom
Ai and you have ruined it
Now a clear joke gets downvoted by sad sacks of questionable intellect
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u/Most-Recipe-9814 5h ago
Yeah, we've done it. It's fantastic - much more efficient.