Installing a woodburning stove into a summerhouse

Octagonal summerhouse stove installation

The Summerhouse is that special place at the end of the garden where you can escape from the stress and strain of modern life. A spiritual womb for contemplation, meditation and the odd epithany, if you are lucky. A place to sit and gaze, and then sit and gaze some more. Just you and your kindle.
But when Summer turns to Autumn and then quickly to Winter, the summerhouse by definition is often then abandoned for several months. Worse, it turns into a 'shed' for the storage of summer stuff.
That hallowed space has turned into a skip before your eyes and the stresses and strains are back!!
The remedy for this, the saviour of the summerhouse, is to turn into that spiritual womb all year round! The best way for carbon emissions and the best way for the soul is to bring the primeval attraction of the flickering flame into your den, your cave. Summerhouse becomes summerhomefromhome when you install a woodburning stove.
The summerhouse pictured above is the sanctuary of Mercurius Stone from Devon.
He and his wife have installed a Hobbit stove on a stand with a summerhouse flue kit from Fluekit.com.

www.fluekit.com

The tools required for this stove installation were not overly expensive or difficult to use and the work itself not incredibly tricky if done step by step.
Tools
A plumb bob. - Used by the ancient egyptians to construct the pyramids this tool is the best for determining the position of the flue exit point.

the plumb bob is ancient technology for the 21st century. Picture by Sean Kernan www.photographywest.com

An electric jigsaw. - Most people have one or have a neighbour or friend who could lend you one, especially as it only for cutting one hole ( hopefully!)

electric jigsaw to cut a hole in the roof