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I would look at this as just another service your company supplies, after all landscaping is a very diverse industry. If you do tree work or have contacts with tree surgeons you could also look at supplying the fuel for them. Could be a nice little winter / year round earner for your business. Can't see why you couldn't just adopt it into your existing list of services. Good luck with it.
Check you qualification requirements too - I belive you have to be either HETAS registered, or have a HETAS qualified engineer sign off all your work to legally install wood burning stoves.
David is correct - you need to be HETAS registered, approved and inspected - to put it bluntly, if you aren't and someones house burns down or they get gassed by carbon monoxide, expect to be sued to the moon AND back again.....
I'm doing a heatas course as well I will be going out with a fitter to gain a bit of experience . But after fitting my own stove I think I should be ok, also working as a landscaper I think you come pretty good at working off your own initiative and dealing with most situations.
This all came about after a conversation with the stove supplier in january, when he told me about being let down by his fitters during a spell that I couldn't work because of the snow.
Interesting stuff about the diversifying - Have you thought about pairing it with fuel sales? You can buy cordwood in Yorkshire for about £40 a cubic meter road side in 28cubic loads... Would be a good sideline, and mixing a delivery a day in with your trips out to jobs could be a good sideline.
I personally considered this but a) I burn all my wood b) No storage for such volumes.,
Hi David
I don't think there's any credibility issue at all. The important thing about any job/career is it is done professionally and to the highest standard possible.
It seems you won't have to do any marketing for the woodburning stove side of your work as you are sub-contracting for another firm.
The only caveat I'd offer though is not to get the two businesses too crossed over. A sign written van with 'Oh, and we fit wood burning stoves too' might confuse clients.
Just wondering if there's any potential to create a landscape/horticulture spin-off type business for the dark wet days of winter though?
We once discussed plastic plant pot recycling as a potential business opportunity...I'm convinced an opportunity exists.