Log burners and wood burning stoves in Devon, fitted properly
Choosing a stove is the fun part. Getting it fitted, lined, certified and legal is the bit that matters. Tell us about the room and the chimney once, and one HETAS-registered installer comes out, looks, and quotes. No ring-around, no sales calls from six firms.
- One installer, registered with HETAS
- Work signed off with a Certificate of Compliance
- Free, and you're not committed to anything
What kind of job is it?
Already picked your stove? The installer fits the one you want. Still choosing? They will tell you what suits the room and the chimney when they visit.
A new stove
Into an existing fireplace and chimney, normally with a fresh flue liner.
Costs and what's involved →No chimney
A twin-wall flue through the wall or roof usually does the job.
How that works →Replacing an old one
Swap for a current Ecodesign model. An old metal liner usually goes too.
What changes →Lining a chimney
A leaking or oversized flue relined so the stove draws and smoke stays put.
Chimneys and flues →Get a quote
Two minutes. One HETAS-registered installer receives this and gets in touch. Starred fields are required.
What happens after you press Send
- You fill in the form
Postcode, type of home, what you want. Two minutes, tops.
- One installer gets it
A HETAS-registered Devon business. Not a panel, not a list. Your number isn't handed round.
- They come and look
Chimney, hearth, flue route, room size. Then a written quote.
- Fitted and certified
Go ahead and a HETAS installer signs the work off, so you get a Certificate of Compliance for your house file.
Any installer can be checked on the HETAS register. This service runs independently of the installer. How it works.
Roughly what it costs
Typical UK prices for stove plus fitting, VAT included, from tradespeople's quotes collected by MyJobQuote. National figures, not Devon-specific, and not a quote for your house.
Budget stove up to premium.
Sweep, check, new liner.
Flue out through a wall or the roof.
Source: MyJobQuote, log burner installation cost (updated 10 September 2026).
Four rules worth knowing before you buy
It's notifiable work
Fitting a stove counts as building work the council must be told about. A HETAS-registered installer can self-certify it, and you get a certificate.
The certificateA CO alarm goes in the same room
Approved Document J asks for one whenever a new or replacement solid-fuel stove is installed.
Alarm rulesEcodesign and dry wood
Stoves sold since 1 January 2022 must meet Ecodesign limits. Small loads of firewood must be certified dry.
Stove and fuel rulesSmoke control areas
Parts of Exeter are covered. Plymouth has none. Inside one, wood can only go in a Defra-exempt stove.
Devon's zonesAcross the county
Enquiries from these towns and the villages around them. Each has its own council and its own smoke-control position.
Quick answers
Do I need building control for a log burner?
In England, fitting a solid-fuel or wood-burning stove is notifiable. Use a HETAS-registered installer and they self-certify instead of you applying to the council, and you receive a Certificate of Compliance. More
Source: HETAS, regulations.
Will my chimney need a liner?
Sometimes. Approved Document J allows faulty flues to be relined, and says a flue may need lining to bring it down to the right size for the stove, since an oversized flue can be unsafe. The installer decides after seeing it. Chimneys and flues
Is my address in a smoke control area?
Parts of Exeter, yes. Plymouth City Council says there are none in Plymouth. Defra's map shows no others in Devon, with the caveat that the map is only a guide, so ask your council. Devon detail
Are you the installer?
No. We hand your enquiry to one HETAS-registered installer, who quotes and does the work. How it works
Ready for a quote?
Describe the job in about two minutes. It reaches one HETAS-registered installer, who gets in touch to arrange a look at the job. Costs you nothing, commits you to nothing.