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We live out in the sticks and our central heating (which we rarely
turn on nowadays) runs on locally stored gas which is becoming
steadily more expensive.

We have a large multi-fuel stove which we keep alight through the
coldest weather and we have a good supply of wood for that.

We *were* thinking of adding a small solid fuel stove at the other end
of the house in the breakfast room where we do spend quite a lot of
our time but the costs are just silly - like £6000 for a fairly small
installation (it does include some hot water with the space heating,
but that's all).

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I don't think you are comparing like for like.
I would be interested to know where the £6,000 goes.
You should be able to get a small (4-5Kw) multi fuel stove for under £500.
Assuming you have a chimney then a liner should not cost more than £1,000.
If so, the whole shooting match including refurbishing a hearth should come
in around £2,000 - possibly less if you are lucky.

This would then be directly comparable with a storage heater or two.

You don't get the hot water side with a storage heater, obviously, so
presumably you might be thinking of an overnight immersion heater to go with
the storage heater(s)?
If so, you can still do this with the multi-fuel stove.

The main issue will be the running costs, coupled with flexibility.
If you have a reasonable budget supply of solid fuel then this could cost in
against the electrcity over the years.
However the low up front installation cost for the storage heater must be
tempting.

Cheers

Dave R

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