New build - woodburner help needed
Hi everyone, some help needed please for the wood burner in our new build (which now finally has foundations and the ground floor block work is going in!).
Initially the wood burner was going to be double-sided and form almost a room divider between the family room and the dining/kitchen area (as shown in the mockup images below). We have decided against this as the flue went straight up into our daughter's bedroom above, creating an unsightly boxed section in the middle of her wall.
So now we're thinking of a 3 sided wood burner (example images shown below) which can still serve both spaces, with the flue exiting the external wall. As you can see the family room is stepped down from the dining/kitchen area so I just wanted to ask for your thoughts on how best to achieve a good balance between the two areas. Should we expand the opening and stretch the steps all the way across? And if so should the wood burner go on the dining/kitchen floor level? Would that feel too disconnected from the family room? We're planning on engineered wood for the family room and grey stone effect porcelain tiles for the dining/kitchen area. Many thanks for any help, much appreciated! (unchanged floor plan included too)
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Colleen Finn
2 years ago
Juliet Docherty
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoI love the idea of a low wall as a room divider, with a slab of wood on the top (like a pony wall), I wouldn't however have a log burner in it, it looks as if it would be far too near the sofa. I would be more inclined to build a low wall along the space where the proposed tv unit is and have a sit on log burner (or equaivalent) on there in the TV area.
In fact you could have a lovely feature floor to ceiling room divider there to make the space feel slightly separated.
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Corrine Brice
2 years ago🙄 woodburner everytime over electric fires!
I perhaps wouldn’t have it right next to your sofa plus its nice to look at the flames whilst sitting so have you considered the opposite wall? i know that’s messing with your tv area a bit but ours is close with no problems (excuse my daughters ’house’ in the photo!). plus you can get the rotating stoves that turn to point depending on which room you’re sitting in. i also love the slatted wood room
divider idea or we have a crittal style panel.
Jonathan
2 years agoColleen Finn
2 years agoColleen Finn
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoHi again, hubby has pointed out that we have to have a wood burner for building control purposes. We are hoping to find a wood burner which can have the flue going straight out the wall, which will then take away the danger and potential eyesore of a prominent flue. Our plan is to visit a stove company this weekend to ask their thoughts. The architect updated our building reg plans and has placed the wood burner in the sitting room area, which we think might restrict the space next to the sofa. Any further thoughts?
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoJen
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