The best person to install a woodburning stove is a Hetas Registered Installer who is trained and can issue the required Hetas Certificate of Compliance. However, if you wish to fit it yourself, or have a trusted, but unregistered, builder do the job, you can do so just as long as you follow the correct procedure:

For an unregistered person to install a woodburning stove, flue liner, hearth, flue system or anything between and including hearth and chimney pot, plans have to be submitted to, and passed by, your Local Council's Building Control Department.

When the work has been completed, Building Control have to pass off the job as satisfactory and then issue the Hetas Certificate. Councils charge for this. Costs vary and can run into hundreds of pounds.

You will also need to supply and fix a Data Plate specifying the work done and any limitations of use. This is a legal requirement. Sample Data Plates can be found on the in Building Regulation Document J.

Either way you must obtain the Hetas Certificate of Compliance for your Home Information Pack. Your insurance company, also, is increasingly likely to require it in the event of a fire claim.