DON’T INSTALL A LOG BURNER until you’ve watched this!

[@DR00.00]

I was quoted £4500 a few years back from a big company. I decided to open the chimney, plastered with lime, installed flagstones from a local stone yard. I simply had a small company install the stove and flue all for £1250. That includes a Hamlet HETAS eco stove!. I was very happy. So began trying to do everything myself. Too many companies try ripping you off.❤

[@WestermanT.]

How are they ripping you off, you done the chunk of the work yourself and paid someone to finish it so the costs would obviously be lower than paying a company to do the whole lot.

[@Trekman78]

Good on you mate, everyone out to rob you today they dont deserve business 👍🏼

[@clutterdust]

Did you expect them to work for free?

[@pbmltd9023]

If you have time to spend on all of that good for you, but why should others do it for peanuts? Being in business is a constant expense with money leaking out of your account like a bucket with holes shot through it. If I do not turn over (turn over, not profit) 15k a month I start to slowly go broke and within a few months would be out of business. But it is all so so simple to you, it is simply greed and ripping people off. No one ever mentions how customers try to engage you in fraud against the government by asking for cash prices, oh no, the customer is snow white and full of righteousness! I have to embarrassingly correct them that I do not engage in that sort of stuff and I have to declare everything.

[@pbmltd9023]

Furthermore, if a company and yourself agree to defraud the government together, what does that tell you about their character? (not to mention yours.) It tells you that they would rob you just as quickly if they can and they are more likely to be a cowboy and do sub-standard work which you would have no right to complain about afterwards.

[@bigbobt45]

You done a lovely job, nice to see a confident woman taking on tasks like these, well done you.

[@famousgrouse1966]

The satisfaction of the final look must be included. It really does look superb.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks and agree! I also like the fact that I can only be annoyed with myself over a finish as opposed to nitpicking someone else's work after paying a fortune!

[@blademansw]

This video randomly popped up on my feed, never seen your content before. What a fantastic, informative video 🙂

[@elphabama]

I have so much respect for you doing a great deal of the work yourself. I have been in the building trade all my working life. I can say you done mostly everything right, well done.

[@bermudarailway]

Best thing I ever installed in my house.

[@blower1]

You've done a lovely job on that, looks amazing!

[@simonhinson9367]

Another fantastic video fire and end product looks fantastic. Showing all your costings and pointing out mistakes along the way. A true example of how it should be done saving money and giving people who like DIY the courage to give it a go. A fantastic DIY role model 👍🏻👍🏻

[@davidsteele3037]

When checking the moisture content of the logs, split them first. The exposed ends will always be lower than the centre.

[@philthymiller]

When i bought our 1935 build house i ripped out an old gas fire & opened up the old coal fire. People used to say "I can't be doing with all that mess & cleaning it out" etc etc. Come winter & they stand in front of it warming their arses saying how beautiful & warm it is. From 1990 until 2 years ago i never had the chimney swept & when i did they got hardly anything out of it! I collect logs/branches from local trees, chop them up & store them in the garage all summer. Luckily we live near a defunct coalmine & i regularly bring home a pram full as the coal is just lying around for free. My wife is glad she didn't change it for gas/electric now the energy companies are shafting us big time!

[@VonL1963]

Fantastic result for all your hard work Vikkie. You deserve a well earned gold star! It looks so inviting too. 😊

[@ck008uk]

Great video with quality post production on the script! Very precise on the important parts... saves time of the viewers taking the full advantage of the time!!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Glad it was helpful! ❤️

[@shaun30-3-mg9zs]

Hi Vikkie, Your log burner and fire surround looks amazing, I would love that in my house. Thanks for showing the break down on the costs and every thing involved with this build project, enjoy. Great video, take care

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks so much 😀 hope you can install one very soon! 😍

[@boyscott7193]

Your attention to detail is amazing and it looks great. Thanks for sharing the cost breakdown.

[@willmoore7582]

Enjoyable video to watch as a log burning guy myself. I live in Brittany (France) which is a damp region and cut, split and season my own wood and would like to point out that in order to season your wood effectively you need to do the following; Cut it to size ( interior of burner less a little for ease of loading), split it immediately as green wood is easiest to split with an axe, stack the split logs on a pallet or anything that keeps them from contacting the ground, leave a gap of 1-2" between each log for airflow. The next layer up is laid on the opposite direction (90 degrees to the previous) . Air flow is what dries wood most effectively - not sunshine. If the bark is rotted - remove it as this is protecting the insects and holding moisture in. If the wood is dense (oak etc.) rotate the stack once a year so the wood at the centre becomes the external wood for a season. The smaller the log the fiercer it burns but doesn't last as long however pellet stoves are proving the effectiveness of burning smaller pieces of wood. Hope this helps anyone with a log burner 👍

[@lindaallen78]

Looking good for a cosy Christmas. 😊🤗 Fantastic job.

[@lacyoflittlerobincottage1403]

Out of the three of you, we believe Hans is the happiest ~ We can see his bed being in a permanent pride of place next to the front of the fireplace ~ You should be very proud of yourselves for such a fantastic job and all that you've accomplished ~ Not withstanding the hot tub and gardening installations ~ Sending a round of high fives your way🙌🙌🙌 ~ Lacy, Mike & Hamish🐾 Be well ~

[@davidmarkey4353]

Excellent work on the build. doing it yourself mean you can build it to your own specifications and with the materials you prefer. A builder will use what they can get cheaper but charge you a premium. and unless you know the quality of the builder, you could be left in a right mess. I have been enjoying these videos and learning along with you has been a pleasure. Well done to you both.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thank you and I absolutely agree! I'd much rather be disappointed with my finish than paying a premium for something I'm not happy with and possibly could have done netter myself

[@grootjnr]

I agree, the job you did is way better than an installer. You took more time and used better products. Well done.

[@chrisrand5185]

I went a similar route as you, removing an open fire, enlarging the opening and installing a slate hearth. I then had the 5kw stove installed professionally. That was more than 15 years ago and we have had no issues. We do get it cleaned and swept annually.

[@across8339]

Nicely done Vikki. I imagine the stove is getting a lot of use right now and makes a huge difference to the room. Those little fans are great too.

[@gmanhi5]

Well done that was a huge effort. Looks really good too.

[@Cianan-vw1lb]

You put a lot more into it than a contractor would have. It turned out wonderful!

[@daveturnbull7221]

To be honest most of the jobs you do are way beyond my skill levels but the knowledge you share is invaluable in helping to reduce the chance of getting ripped off.

I was quoted silly money 15 years ago so I got a builder to drop a flue liner down then I looked up the REGS for other things and did it myself. I saved a small fortune. Still to this day I have had zero problems👍

[@billdavis6023]

I would recommend a log splitter as soon as you can! We got one last year and it makes life so much easier and safer wouldn’t do without it now

[@kimstockwell721]

Hi Vikkie, the stove looks brilliant, well done.

[@TomThumb-c3l]

Very well done what a brill job. I like the batten above the lintel idea . I have a multifuel stove but find wood creates more ash :)

[@iamkjb1]

Fantastic job, you should be very proud, not many people would tackle this kind of DIY project. I did mine about 15 years ago and of course things were much cheaper then but it's still there burning away in winter and makes Christmas that little bit more special. Stove prices have tripled in that time, so have commercial fuels. Many people are under the impression a stove will save them money, but that is very unlikely. My daughter has a huge log burner installed that heats the entire house through warm air ducting, but that's on an entirely different scale.

[@Venneradventures]

We use those fire logs. Used to use a whole one each time. But then we cut them into thirds, and they work perfectly. Our burner is larger than yours, so I would defo recommend doing that as would be sure to work for yours too. Makes them last longer, and is better value for money.

[@Alixstair]

Great job! I think you made the right choice of 5kw - easily hot enough. Mine heats whole house🔥

[@NewWorldHoarder]

I agree, smaller stoves burn very efficiently because you don’t have to put a whole tree in to get them combusting correctly. The large ones seem like a good idea, but if you only burn a few splits at a time it’ll just smoke and look awful, or extinguish itself. 👍🏻

[@RD-RD-66]

That looks phenomenal. Love it!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks so much ❤️

[@cindyharrison4191]

It cost me less than £2000 for the wood burning stove, Hart and installation. All I had to do was build a fire surround that I wanted to look antique. It's amazing what you can do with some 2x4 and some trim. I'm loving my stove. It's used to make coffee, toast, fry eggs and I've recently cooked jacket potatoes in the fire. Fantastic investment.

[@NewWorldHoarder]

Don’t tell Starmer you cheated and used wood. He’ll condemn your house and throw you in prison for two years 😅

[@JohnJones-wo1bc]

What a tremendous job.

[@martijnfransen9933]

Love the end result Vikkie !

[@paulicini]

Recently replaced my open fireplace with a multi fuel stove, though I use mostly wood. Total cost £3k.including a very efficient stove from Saltfire. I enlarged the fireplace and rebuilt the hearth myself and got a good local HETAS installer to line the chimney etc. fire-board the internal fireplace and do a bit of plastering. Very pleased with the result.

[@DerekCribbins]

Wow you are a very adventurous young women! That looks like a challenging project. Well done! 😂

[@ryansvideos9651]

Hey Vikki. Amazing job, looks fantastic. Just in the process of starting this project myself and was doing some googling after having rip off quotes thought id do it myself!! Came across your video which already has helped me immensely. Looking forward to watching some of your other videos as a media wall is next on my list and see you have done one of those too. lol Thanks for such detailed and informative videos. Wish you all the best!

[@victorimmature]

i fitted an insert stove Myself , was a lot of work , And i am a Bricklayer. You Done a Great Job , only prob i had was when the Liner sent was wrong diameter , they just said bin the liner and sent the size i ordered , Your Cost figures are pretty spot on , Mine cost £160 .00 to get inspected and passed by local council planning . Great vid . 👍

[@peterzmuda]

Nice job one tip when you’re cutting the tiles with a wet tile cutter stand the other side of the cutter an pull the tiles towards you and you won’t get wet

[@spookybaba]

Good on ya, Girl, doing it yourself. I'd been quoted silly money from a tiler to put heat resistant glass tiles around my fireplace. One guy said he'd do it, then didn't show and blanked my calls. The second guy wasn't available until mid December, and hadn't sounded too confident initially. So, I did it myself. Cut the hardie board with an angle grinder and used a wet saw for the 'infamous for splintering' tiles. I have to say, I've done a great job. Much better than I reckon the tilers were gonna do with all their humming and arring about working with glass. I'm so glad I tried it, as not only do they look amazing, I've saved a ton of cash too.

[@darrendrew8224]

I had a price for a full install of a gas flame fire installer, £8,500 for them to come in and open up the fireplace, close it down to a hole in the wall set up, then install a £600 gas fire. They wanted, and told me I had to have it, £1,800 for an inspection of the work THEY DID, to certify it fit and ready to install the fire. As you can guess, I did the building work myself, had the chimney swept, brought the fire for £600 on line, and had a gas engineer for it for £275 and certify his installation. Shops just think we are mugs and push the price sky high.

[@NewWorldHoarder]

Bunch of bloody rip-off whole HETAS operation. 👍🏻

[@lesn4528]

If anyone is thinking of having a log burner installed they are brilliant but very costly to run. I have a multi fuel burner and now mostly burn coal. I live on a smallholding and have access to plenty of trees but the sheer hard work of cutting them up. Splitting them and then stacking became too much for me as I got older. Always split the logs before stacking as once they have dried out they can be difficult to split. Very nice job of installing the fire.

[@2frogland]

but very low cost if you do process your own wood like we do

[@alyb731]

@@2frogland. Very low cost, we get free logs from local farmer when we let him use our field, it does take time, splitting, storing etc but it’s well worth it.

[@jennywren8937]

We're 80 and 77yrs, health problems, husband has to use tractor mower to get around, but we just love logging. Nothing better on wet days than getting down the barn and splitting logs, a pleasant change from stock fencing which is really hard work. Getting out there as much as we can is what makes life worth living, and the satisfaction of knowing we are independent is priceless.

[@doonthepan1290]

gathering logs should be accomplished before the leaves fall.

Burn un treated pallets mate.👍 most are free and easy to cut. You go through more but it’s worth it for free heat. Iv done it for 20 years 👍

[@Umski]

Nice work! Grabbing a copy of Part J helped me - managed to do ours for just over £500 and £120 of that was for Building Control to "approve" it - fortunately I already had a clay-lined flue so the only costs were the stove (5kW so no air brick needed) and the pipes to go from the outlet and expand out to 8 inches to connect properly to the chimney with the cleaning trap below - the enamel pipework came to almost as much as the stove did...the inspection was basically me sharing some photos to explain what I'd done and the clearances etc, then a spotty teen from the council came and took a photo and it was signed off 😅Been installed for 12 years now (BC was happy with dot and dab plasterboard on the breast, no issues), I sweep it myself and there's minimal tar build up - a stainless and insulated liner would be a nice future addition and relatively easy to do being a bungalow. It seems to be one of the few things that can still be done DIY rather than farmed out to so-called professionals...

[@alanhat5252]

The chimney breast holds a lot of heat so think carefully where you want the insulated parts of flue.

[@wheater5]

I got installation quotes for my wood burner in our bungalow. They seemed outrageously expensive. One installer tried to tell me how difficult these things were. I decided to install it myself. I downloaded the part J regs and made sure everything I did was going to be compliant. The whole installation took me less than a day and the trickiest part was cutting a ceiling joist and boxing back around it to maintain integrity where the flue passed through. I only had to remove one roof tile. The council inspector signed it off without any problems at all.

[@Umski]

@@wheater5 indeed I suspect it’s a “lifestyle” addition for some customers so installers use that as an excuse to see ££££ in their pockets 😳

[@Umski]

@@alanhat5252 indeed, but that is also a cause of potential tar build up as the heat is lost into the chimney breast and subsequently causes the flue temperature to drop and thus condense out the vapours in the exhaust - had my existing clay lining not been relatively new and sound then the only option would be to line and insulate around it as recommended…a bit more heat lost but less chance of tar forming as the hot gases are exhausted properly 👍

[@Brian-ug3cy]

Excellent video, well presented and informative.

[@fraserhardmetal7143]

They are really lovely for a feature addition to a central heating system - to heat a home and provide hot water they are a full time job and need to be a lot bigger than yours. I had a huge cellar based woodburner as a plumbed in addition to a gravity heating system which worked well when needed, I also had access to free hardwood by the tonne - only had to chainsaw it and split it - a couple of weeks in the summer saw 8 tonnes done and stored - 25 years later things are different. Once the novelty wears off, the mess and blowback smoke starts to rankle - I moved to a smaller property and fitted a multifuel stove with backboiler which should have coped with heating and hot water . It did not, unless completely stoked - which then overheated the room it was in. Then the wood source dried up - another thing about wodburners is if you go out for more than a few hours, they have to be re-lit - that was the reason I fitted a multifuel stove - initially this was OK - 25kg of smokeless fuel in the UK was £ 4.50 - fast forward to 2024 and the price is £ 14.50. Not only that , coke is no longer made in the UK - the only fuel available in my area is a molasses bound briquette of questionable content that produces about 50% ash and very little heat. Just fitted a Worcester Bosch 30kw combi - the stove has been taken outside , sanded and re-sprayed with hi-temp anthracite paint, re-installed, a new cowl on the chimney - and best of all a lcd fire effect screen installed in the firebox. A load of hardwood logs arranged around the stove so I can take out the lcd screen and fire it up if I feel like it - best of both worlds.😮

[@iainmac6136]

Years ago i bought an old cast iron stove which after installed i stacked sauna stones either side. After the fire was out it radiated heat for upto four, five hours. Looked a bit rough but saved me a fortune.

[@doonthepan1290]

DONT ALLOW THE STONES TO BE IN CONTACT WITHE SIDES OF THE STOVE. LEAVE AN AIR SPACE BETWEEN OR THE SIDES OF THE STOVES WILL BUCKLE OR FRY.

[@iainmac6136]

​@@doonthepan1290the stones are naturally different shapes and sizes so air flow isn't restricted. Finnish saunas are no different and work just fine.

[@PrangGella]

Another job finished to a top standard

[@brutter602]

Did though research first. Did all the work myself . Three years on, still very pleased.

[@blastingweevil2968]

brings back memorys of being in my grandparents cottage with a proper open wood/coal fire at christmas time snow outside and my sat inside making toast on the fire.... Great times.

[@lesleybrookes5022]

Looks great Vikkie

[@sjfarrell2.0]

The final product looks so nice and cozy, and I am slightly jealous. I am okay with general DIY and mid-level carpentry, but I would not tackle this job. I don't have the time, for starters, or confidence to get it anywhere near you level of finish. You are a talented person.

[@wideyxyz2271]

I put my own stove in back in 1997 before it was a "big thing". I can see how prices have skyrocketed since then. The only work I had done was the builder opening up the fire place which had been closed off for a shitty gas fire. Other than that I did it all myself. Saved me a fortune over the years.

[@frankholehouse6370]

Brilliant video, i had a log burner installed 4 years ago. The installation refused to give us a HETAS certificate, i phoned HETAS up, and they told me that it was not compulsory.

[@denniswray470]

You have done a fabulous job of that fire place and deserve all the praise you are offered.

[@andymarriott8150]

Great video Vikkie this really showcases how much work and effort you put into a beautiful finished project and is inspiring to people to have a go themselves - If you want some lovely heat I recommend coffee logs I brought some for a friend last Christmas and were blown away at how much heat they create and they didn't cost a lot

[@stevenbennett3922]

Did you include your labour in your costs, remembering that a quote from a trade includes their overall business costs as well.

[@StephenOverthrow]

Started watching this and thought you were just prepping the area for a pro to come and do it all! Fair play to you girl, you've done an excellent job there!! We had an old Charnwood multi stove with a back boiler in the kitchen of our old Cotswold stone cottage when we bought it 18 years ago. Took it out to refurb the cottage and wrapped it in plastic bin liners and was in the outhouse for 2 years. There's a massive fireplace in the lounge, so I took the stove apart, stripped and repainted it in heat resistant paint, new glass, re-ropped it and had a liner dropped down the chimney, then all fitted up by a HETAS fitter all for £1250-00. Just lit her now for the first time this winter, bliss!

[@MrMGZT]

Hi Vikkie i said it would good and it does, fantastic job, proud of you having ago with these projects that some could not do, keep it going the house will be beautiful in the end😀

[@voodoomotion5855]

Lovely job well done! Save yourself the annual cleaning costs too by buying the rods and brush. We bought the one you connect to your drill and slowly spin as you push it up the flue. Just make sure to seal off the stove as much as possible because the soot travels a few metres. It's amazing how much heat they output, we only have an 8Kw and it gradually heats an entire 4 bed old stone cottage. Motorised log splitters are great, but we found putting a few into an old tyre and striking them with a splitter maul was faster and sometimes they are too simply big for a splitter. Sourcing, splitting, stacking and burning wood warms you a few times 😂 enjoy the reward of your great efforts!

[@Tonisuperfly]

Nice idea with the tyre to hold logs for splitting. I'm going to try that!

[@voodoomotion5855]

@Tonisuperfly works really well, especially with a larger tyre but don't pack them too tight else the head will get stuck in a log. If you can, try to keep the tallest logs in the center, or if you cant fit many in keep them to the back, basically so the handle doesn't catch on the taller logs as you strike the shorter ones. You can always walk around and strike from different angles. Far easier to pick everything up after, beats it going everywhere 😂

[@janmitchell641]

You did a beautiful job, Vicky!

[@zaxmaxlax]

I simply dismantled the fire place and put the stove straight into the chimney hole on the ceiling. No hearth, no backplate, no tiles, no nothing. Its going absolutely fine for the past 3 years. Laminate flooring with just a BBQ antifire mat. I use it the whole winter too, 12kW stove the only heating in the house.

[@iansilk1836]

To use a wood burner regularly, you will be ordering a few loads of log over the winter. Try to order in the summer months if you have the storage. Also, a multi fuel burner will give you more options for fuel, and save having to load up every hour or so with wood

[@rosieg1603]

Looking really nice Vikkie 💜I would do the same as you.... have a go myself 💜a massive saving on the quote 💜plus you know it was done properly 💜 a nice place for Hans to snuggle up on his bed 😊xx💜xx

[@markevans7269]

Looks a lovely stove done a good job should keep warm 🔥for years

[@keithrobinson1171]

Hi Vicky, you do not need a Hetas installer if you are competent and can do it yourself, I did mine myself and involved building control from the start, I have a certificate issued by building control so all above board. You didn't mention having a CO meter or having the relevent notice plate fixed to the wall in one of the designated positions either, maybe you could add those points in a later episode, keep up the great renovation work. 👍

[@alanhat5252]

11:52 for the CO detector

[@AndyCallaway]

The end result looks great. 👍

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks so much 🥰

[@28318511]

2800 nearly 10 years ago and never looked back. All winter our house stays snug and cozy.

[@alunmurison7421]

Vickie looking at your room layout I’d have gone for the 12KW it’s a beast. Great job.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thankfully we have 2 radiators here too, but we're going to have to see how we get on for a few years and hopefully we don't have to upgrade it! 😅

[@AJBTemplar]

We installed a large fully eco wide screen log burner (on special offer) and a complete new double wall flue for £2,200. I did the work to get through the wall but the did everything else. We were quoted £6,000 by another local supplier who made everything sound like a big deal. The flue is easy to sweep and I can do it myself, or pay £70 a year to have it done. Logs cost us around £200 a year - though we have space to store and season a lot and we buy cheaply from timber fellers. We have an electric splitter that cost £70 and is very good, though the woodsmen usually deliver them ready split by the lorry load. Good value all round and very effective.

[@ianbeck5897]

Excellent job - very well done. We had to have two flues relined, a multifuel transferred from one room to another and a new multifuel installed (both were 5KW), two new registration plates, and the top of a chimney rebuilt (with scaffolding). I didn't feel that I could do the job myself and would certainly have needed an engineer to commission everything. The breast of one was covered in horrible plaster, which I removed by hand to expose beautiful victorian stone work (which I cleaned, restored and repointed myself). The other breast, an inglenook, we were simply able to use as it was. I think we ended up paying about eight thousand for everything. This is in the centre of Devon. I didn't feel ripped off, everything was done properly and the new fire was a very decent make. One thing I noticed, and I may have missed it : we had both of our flue liners insulated as we were told that it would improve efficiency. Were yours insulated? One recommendation regarding the logs: we harvest wood from our land in a similar fashion to yourself. I'm pretty handy (and careful) with our chainsaws but cutting branches and trunks safely can be problematic and slow. Whipping is a particular problem with irregular shaped branches , as is cutting the wood to the correct length consistently so that it fits in the fire. We bought one of these www.truncator.co.uk/product/4-fold-chainsaw-sawhorse/ . It is utterly brilliant and so, so much safer. I have no affiliation to the company, so there is nothing in it for me. Regarding log splitters, yes they make a massive difference. It would be hard to make a recommendation as we have a hydraulic one which we connect to the aux spool on our tractor. A decent electric one which can be set to a given depth of plunge and then just used with what comes off the truncator would make short work of log splitting. We now have approximately three years worth of logs stacked and drying for use - all free of charge - once the cost of the equipment has been recovered.

[@JohnJohnson-mt9yt]

Did it all myself except pushing the new spiral flue liner down the chimney - I got the wife to do that, she’s better on roofs in high winds than I am

[@rockyrowlands3652]

Nice job.

[@garywinterbottom]

My advise split the logs when in the round then test for moisture they'll dry much quicker that way.😊

[@iansanders9327]

A really good and thorough job. I did a similar thing 10 years ago for 1600 including the stove, but I wasn't tiling much and used the original victorian hearth so saved a lot there. I got an ex-demo stove too, which saved me about 600 quid! Your installation is clearly correct and part J compliant, but you don't mention getting building regs signoff? I did this direct with local building control officer, but I understand you can also use an independent inspector. Mine cost 300 or so, and that means you can complete the obligatory boiler plate which needs to be kept with the stove in the alcove or in the electricity meter cupboard. Best tip I had for the whole job was: find a paint tin just slightly bigger than your flue diameter, then lower it down the chimney to check the flue will pass before you spend 400 quid on a stainless flue!!

[@dilligaf2386]

Im impressed i used to fit burners you done well. The company i worked for used to buy the chimney liner for £150 and sell it to the customer for £1,000

[@JamesMills-w1j]

Love the tiles, they look great!

[@andreacrashe9894]

*Vikkie, a great break down overall for the cost factor, in your neck of the woods in England.🙂 You &MCD both did an amazing job and your fireplace looks absolutely amazing.🙂 Plus you also have heaps of wood around your property to last you a very long time.🙂 RE: Log splitter will you look at a big one or look at getting the genuine NZ invented and made by a kiwi teenager Ayla Hutchinson, 'Kindling cracker'. Originally all made in NZ,. Sadly others are copying and selling it cheaper... but not of the same great quality..🙂nz*

[@alanhat5252]

it looks like an ordinary splitting maul requires less effort than her club hammer

[@curiouscandy4148]

Excellent and useful video 🤗

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Glad it helped!

[@OriginalRaveParty]

Personally I wouldn't tackle anything like that, but I also wouldn't spend that much on one area of the house decor either. I spent £12,000 modernising the entire house. Anything that wasn't possible with cheap materials was ruled out from the start. That said, homes are personal, and we all think differently about what we want and are prepared to spend. Looks lovely 👍

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks for your honesty. If I was doing this to sell the house, I definitely wouldn't have spent this. Just basic render and plaster finish 😀

[@NewWorldHoarder]

A fellow skinflint! Cheers 🥂 😂

[@Hog-g2z]

Good morning 🌅, very nice job, 👍🏻, I live France, I installed my log burner myself, free standing in the room, 18 Kw , I think it was few years ago, it heats my lounge dinner and kitchen, 7X12 Mt , I am in the process of insulating my walls and ceilings and floors, Pity you couldn’t remove the whole of your chimney stack , and install a modern wood burner play very nice feature for decor, Good luck with your future projects , and yes a log splitter is very well worth the money, I’ve got a quite large electric one, I can’t remember if it’s eight or nine ton, ❤ from France.

[@cliffthompson9515]

Good Job VIKKIE ❤️❤️ 👍

[@tilerman]

If i may add my tuppence worth! I've lived with wood burners most of my life and i think a lot of people under estimate the cost and work involved feeding these beasts. If anyone thinks they are cheap to run, think again, the cost of seasoned hardwood has rocketed in recent years because of the rise in popularity of these burners. Do the maths, gas most of the time believe it or not is cheaper. I collect my wood throughout the year from where ever i can get it free. I work in the building trade and 2 years ago gutted a 250 year old cottage that was full of huge oak timbers and that will last me 3 seasons easily. 10 years ago i brought a whole oak tree that had been felled due to rot, that tree lasted me 6 seasons! For free.. And, wood takes up a lot of space, a lot, and is hard work to cut up and stack. Great work by the way, i'm a tiler and very familiar with those tiles and they are not the easiest to work with. Enjoy your burner, and the dust!

[@michaelp998]

We have one with a back boiler and it does all our underfloor heating too via a hot water cylinder

[@BenWharfe-vr1pn]

I got a dik geurts Ivor 8 installed earlier this year, it’s fantastic. The Yorkshire flu specialist did it, I’m in Slaithwaite. Good price, nice clean job and sound advice, I recommend them👍🏻👍🏻

[@hamishlovesit4731]

Second hand Jotel 602 , grate polish flue ... 400 nicker job done

[@Lord-Brett-Sinclair]

You could look at a recoheat system, well worth adding at some point.

[@mizzuzie3338]

It's gorgeous! We have a log burner in our holiday home here in Sweden. At first we had planned to build it in like this until we started collecting quotes. Finally we had a free standing one, that can double as a stove, installed by a proffessional. My father built the foundation, tiled the surrounding walls and constrcted a rather nifty wood storage from mostly recycled materials. Total cost was roughly £800 when we had it done 10 years ago.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Wow, that is an absolute bargain and sounds lovely 😍

[@mizzuzie3338]

@TheCarpentersDaughterUK My brother reminded me that we installed a cover-thingie above the chimney as well for an additional £200 a few years later after the chimney sweeper recomended it.

[@craighirst5631]

I love your confidence, Are you properly in the building trade ?

[@ICanSeeClearlyNow]

You will be surprised how quickly you get through logs, start planting some trees for the future. Great job on the fire place. price for 12kw fire looked a good price TBH. That's a lot of heat BTW, 5kw is more than enough if you want to sit in the room, even on the coldest days we have to have all the doors in the living room open.

[@peterhelon3815]

Worth it and if you do a proper job it looks so much better, our hearth is a one piece slate and it was heavy but looks great

[@bigv1682]

Hi Vicky absolutely well done. If you had a look through you tube clips on granite kitchen tops you would find it is also possible to cut and finish granite to a fully acceptable standard at home, though it is heavy and requires patience.

[@rocksy71]

Created an Inglenook fireplace Stone clad with wooden lintel all in excluding fire fitting but including cost of new fire Just under £4000 whilst I was Building a new fireplace I took a feed from the 240 V electrics and put a spare inside the top of the fireplace which I now use to plug-in ambient Mood lighting. All in all looks absolutely amazing and far better from the 1970s fireplace that was Here when we moved in

[@captainjack-ash7818]

Great video Vikkie, very informative 😊 Seen as your KZbin name is ‘the carpenters daughter’, have you thought about doing some merch that say "a chippie off the old block’?! 😅

[@Incaensio]

Great work. Came out so nice.

[@alcg3981]

Awesome job all around and your whole fireplace setup looks great! Elegant, classy and seems to be an efficient burn! I noticed that when we started using wood that had been kiln-dried, the smoke going up the flue reduced to virtually nothing. Is that a fan to displace the heat?

[@johnjohn7732]

Great work ( as always ) Vickie 👍

[@Simpleboneguy]

Beautiful job

[@janh6639]

Bloody well done you 😊

[@steverushaw8761]

Always buy the best stove you can afford. fitted our Clearview 650 34 years ago never needed any maintenance used 24/7 throughout the winter months the best £800 I have ever spent.. it’s a brilliant piece of kit and keeps the whole house warm.

[@anneb211]

Brilliant info yet again. Thankyou.