Installing a wood-burning stove? Here’s why you need to contact a competent installer

Installing a wood-burning stove

If you’re thinking of buying a wood-burning stove from Gr8Fires, you’ll also be considering how to install it once it arrives.

We’re experts in the workings and features of wood-burning stoves, but even we don’t get involved in installations at all. There are specialist installers and we think the job is best left to them.

So, when customers contact us to ask for advice on installing a stove themselves or on recommendations for a suitable installer, our advice is always the same: get in touch with an installer from a competent person scheme.

Competent person schemes are Government-recognised body for – among other things – the registration of competent installers and servicing businesses for biomass and solid fuel domestic heating appliances.

Just like you’d always consult the official registers of approved businesses for your gas or plumbing work you should be doing exactly the same for wood-burning stoves.

The temptation to indulge in a spot of DIY might be there, but you ought to resist. And here’s why:

  1. You’re dealing with poisonous gases. It isn’t just a case of a shelf falling down or something similarly trivial as in other DIY jobs. If you get your stove installation wrong, people could die.
  2. You need to meet building regulations. Installers from competent person schemes can supply a certificate of compliance on the day. With an unapproved installer – or when doing the job yourself – you’ll have to pay for a building control officer to inspect the work. If you’ve paid a cowboy to do the job and it doesn’t meet building regulations, you’ll be faced with a battle to get your money back.
  3. You’re liable to make a mess of it. There are lots of things to consider when installing a wood-burning stove. And there are even more internet horror stories of when people have neglected to consider one or more of these things.
  4. You’ll pick up some useful tips. Installers from competent person schemes are experts. They’ll be able to advise you on the most efficient way to operate your stove and answer any other questions you have.

All in all, it’s likely to be cheaper, easier and safer for you to use an installer from a competent person scheme. Find your perfect stove at Gr8Fires and then get in touch with competent installer near you.

8 thoughts on “Installing a wood-burning stove? Here’s why you need to contact a competent installer

  1. am instead in a woodburner and the cost, also can you please advise if a Hetas fitter lives/work in the Fife area

  2. I am thinking of having a wood burner in my caravan and having it installed prof done I on ly need a small stove what would the cost be.around.

    • Hi Rita

      Best to call out a couple of installers from competent person schemes to quote for removing the Rayburn.

      Thanks,

      Gr8Fires

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