Wood/solid stove recommendation for Galway area?

inisboffin

We're seriously thinking of scraping the pennies to get a wood/solid stove for the house for winter (a compromise between the lovely open fire, and tossing 80% of heat up the chimney!).
Browsing, they seem pretty expensive, so I would rather go on recommendations. Someone said the smaller suppliers are hard to find listings for (true). Anyone have one of these stoves and buy it here?

Also, wondering if I need a plumber or another specialised person, as it would be to replace the old back boiler with a stove and its own bb.

Useless at this..thanks!

Madame Razz

Murphys in Kinvara are probably your best bet.

Great selection, and I think they offer a fitting and/or plumbing service too.

In the business a very long time aswell, deffo worth a trip out there.

Drive into Kinvara village, turn left at Sextons pub, then keep to your left and it's on your left a bit up the road, you can't miss it really.

klh

Yea I'd recommend Murphy's in Kinvara. Bought a stove about 4 years ago off them. You can control the amount of air going to the fire, and it can be left over night and easy to get going the next morning. I burn wood, briquettes, turf on it. One of the best things we bought when building. It even has a remote control to adjust the amount of air, which in turn will increase the flame.

inisboffin

Thanks folks! Welcome more suggestions too. I don't have a car so would be doing rekkies with pals at first. Heard about someone inInverin - anyone know them?

Sniipe

Coming from a house that has a wood burner stove, an oil stove and from my own house which has a wood pellet stove; I think the wood burner would be at the bottom of my list. The oil burner is soo cheap and so efficient that I highly recommend them. I do love my own wood pellet stove but its fan is a little noisey, but it doesn't annoy me(note none of these stoves have a back boiler to heat the water)

We got our stoves from Murphy's in Kinvara and Galway Gas in briar hill business park

inisboffin

Yeah, looking for one that has a back boiler.

TristanPeter

I bought a lovely, antique stove on E-Bay for about £200. It's one of the best things I ever bought for my house and even with the delivery charge added on, it was still very reasonable. It doesn't have a back-boiler as I didn't need one but it is very efficient. Great heat from it. I burn coal as peat briquettes/wood don't give the same output by a long shot. If you are going for a stove with a backboiler I'd go for a Jotul F3/F4. I did lots of research into it at the time and if I had enough money that's what I would have bought, and I would definitely buy it online. There's one in the NUIG college bar at the back. Having said that, the one I did but is brilliant. I had it fitted directly into the fireplace and I installed my own flue damper.

inisboffin

Thanks TristanPeter, a few people have recommended online. My challenge then is finding someone to install it, flue etc. I would put it in the existing fireplace and I guess a flue would need to be installed inside it?
Recommendations for someone to install would be brill too if anyone has some? I'm a bit confused as to who would do it..a plumber for the back boiler stuff? Surely the flue stuff isn't for a plumber. We can't afford an army!:rolleyes::D

mallett

Peter Murphy in Kinvara. These stoves need to be serviced annually My mom bought one from there years ago and the service backup is still great.She has oil was thinking to changing to solid dont know though for someone her age its a lot of hassle cleaning wise oil is easy.

tom fada

Try Gordon Heating in Kilkerrin (093)45764. I got 2 stoves from them recently and they could not be beaten in price plus they are extremely helpful.