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We're looking at a possible house to move to, still renting, and it has a working fireplace. What I want to know is if it should be feasible to install a wood stove *without* serious building work, perhaps in such a way that we could take it with us when we moved again?

The kind of stove I'm thinking of is something like this:
http://www.belltent.co.uk/bell_tent_stove.htm

Would this work? Is there anything I should think about?

I think you'd be able to take the stove, but the flue (which is a significant part of an installation cost) wouldn't be worth trying to salvage.

if the back plate will fit the existing fireplace and the flue will draw effectively, looks good to me. You can seal the edges with silver flue tape and then throw a smoke capsule inside to make sure it won't leak back into the living area.

I think I'll bookmark that stove for later

If you want a simple solution: Live in the tent. Stove installation seems to be taken care of. For some strange reason though, female partners tend to raise certain objections against such arrangements. And don't even *think* about combining the generous tent offer with a composting toilet!

All you need to do is to fit the stove, and providing the chimney is in reasonable condition, fit 1m of pipe, and then a register plate with an access panel for sweeping. I made my own, which took 2 hours to make and fit into the oddly shaped chimney with small angle iron.

When you move, you just crack the fire cement seal between the 1m of plue pipe and the stove, get someone to hold it up for you, pull the stove out, drop the flue pipe, remove the register plate.

The fireplace will look exactly the same as when you took the place over.

I've done it twice now, with no probs.

Thanks all, thats helpful!
and MacG, I would love to live in the tent in the woods - but I suspect that in the winter time I would change my mind.....!

Thanks guys.

The landlady was a bit weird though, so we don't think we'll take it. Keep looking for another one....

mikepepler wrote:The landlady was a bit weird though

She didn't try to talk to you about all that freaky peak oil stuff, did she . . . ?

No, she did say that we couldn't have the wood stove cos the thatch wood catch on fire....
and we couldn't grow vegetables, as only the gardener is allowed that and we could pay for the stable to lock our bikes, but there is no door on the stable....

need I say more?

... so you wouldn't be able to close the stable door after the bikes were bolted?

sorry... I'll get me coat...

Awesome . . .

Tracy P wrote:...and we couldn't grow vegetables, as only the gardener is allowed ...

This is definitely an area that the government needs to regulate properly. After all, it is very dangerous growing food without proper qualifications.

I guess it's better that you found out she was an "unsuitable" landlady before you signed her up as one.

How come you are moving anyway?

peakprepper wrote:... so you wouldn't be able to close the stable door after the bikes were bolted?

LOL

Tracy P wrote:and we couldn't grow vegetables, as only the gardener is allowed that

I've come a cropper on this one (gardeners dug up the radish and rocket "weeds") and I suspect it's a common issue for people living (in flats) with communal garden space.