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Heating and cooling: Woodburner Advice - and wood valuation?

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    I've just sold my house for a fair price but I intend not to leave the woodburner (Dovre 425) as I could get get around £600 for it but I intend to take it to my new house.

    I'm thinking of purchasing a cheap woodburner to leave behind as a gesture. Any recommendations?

    Or failing that, just leave the woodburner and get myself a newer one. Again any good value woodburners?
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    And how much roughly do you think this wood and wood stores are worth as I did intend taking it?

    But I could just buy in a few pallets of seasoned wood if it means the house sale goes through
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    • CommentAuthorowlman
    • CommentTimeOct 5th 2014
     
    I assume your purchasers have visited the place prior to buying and if so will have seen the stove in situ.
    Unless you've told them you intend taking it with you, or have made some other arrangement with them; to rip it out and replace with a cheapo model would IMO be very rude at the least, and downright breach of contract at worst. For what it's worth I'd leave the stove there, unless the new owners don't want it. You really have to discuss it with them.
    Wood and store; about £75-100.
    • CommentAuthordb8000
    • CommentTimeOct 5th 2014
     
    If you are in a smoke control area then you'll also need an approved stove and a HETAS engineer to fit the replacement.

    I would say a wood burning stove is a fixture and therefore part of the property. It'll be a breach of contract to remove it.
    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeOct 5th 2014
     
    Leave it without one!
    • CommentAuthorbillt
    • CommentTimeOct 5th 2014 edited
     
    Posted By: db8000
    I would say a wood burning stove is a fixture and therefore part of the property. It'll be a breach of contract to remove it.


    If if was in the house during viewings and it wasn't made clear to prospective purchasers that it would be removed then maybe.

    However, there are a few stages between viewing a property and completion. As long as it's made clear before exchange of contracts that it will be removed, then it won't be breach of contract.

    These days, buyers conveyancers tend to produce an enormous list of things that you are asked to confirm will be kept or removed (e.g. light fittings!), just add it to the list if you must remove it.
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeOct 5th 2014 edited
     
    Posted By: tonyLeave it without one!
    My feeling too.
    The timber should be priced at the kWh price plus the CO2 price.
    Assuming it is dry, then about 6.5p/kWh + 1p/(kgCo2.kWh) (for every kg of timber burnt you produce 1.67 kg CO2)
    If the energy content is 4.3 kWh.kg
    Then about 32.25p/kg
    • CommentAuthorBeau
    • CommentTimeOct 5th 2014
     
    Leave the wood burner and get a new one.

    They seem to be getting more efficient and cleaner burning as time goes on presuming you stick with a quality manufacturer. Sizing of a stove to room demands is important so may find you need a different sized model anyway.


    As for wood value the going rate for dry firewood is £80-£100 for a loose cubic meter of dry hardwood.
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeOct 5th 2014
     
    Posted By: BeauAs for wood value the going rate for dry firewood is £80-£100 for a loose cubic meter of dry hardwood.
    So if that is about 300 kg, then that is about 1,300 kWh, 13p/kWh.
    Not really worth running a WBS as a cost effective way of space heating.

    I got a magazine from Tesco called 'How to reduce your home energy bills. I think some of the figures they use are a bit wayward. But they do stress that they are only correct at the time of publication and on the prices they get.
    Not a bad read considering the target audience. Not sure if it is worth £8.
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    The stove is 80% efficient if I recall, one of the most efficient at present time. The buyer is a mate and I did advise that I was intending to take the wood and stove prior to going up with the estate agent. This sale is out of estate agents

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