Source
https://www.consumer.org.nz/products/woodburners/guide — original source (opens in a new tab; the file is not redistributed)
Context: ni · Feeds D01 (household wood-stove CapEx anchor)
Summary
Consumer NZ’s woodburner buying guide (an independent, member-funded consumer-testing organisation; guide updated April 2026) states the appliance purchase price and flags installation plus building consent as an additional cost. It is ingested as the independent anchor for the D01 household wood-stove CapEx cell, which the model had been carrying on a compiled-research figure (CR_031, ~$6k/dwelling installed) with no retrievable primary behind it. Consumer NZ pins the appliance unit price; the installed all-in figure stays a flagged interim, matching how NZ installed pricing works (quote-based, so no single authoritative “installed” number exists, the same situation as the dairy-gear RT_387 gap and the dam-CapEx interim).
Key claims
- claim: "WOODBURNER APPLIANCE PRICE plus install adder, the D01 wood-stove CapEx anchor. Verbatim: 'Woodburners range in price from $1,000 to more than $5,000. You should also factor in the cost of installation and building consents (usually several hundred dollars more) when buying one.' So the appliance unit price is $1,000 to more than $5,000, with installation plus building consent adding to that. [verified verbatim against the captured raw]"
source_location: "'Price' section of the buying guide (consumer.org.nz/products/woodburners/guide, updated April 2026)."Model use
- Anchors the household wood-stove CapEx interim in D01. Consumer NZ gives the independent appliance unit price (
1,000 to more than5,000). Combined with NZ installer breakdowns (flue, hearth, labour, mandatory building consent, inspection), a standard freestanding install lands at roughly4,500–8,000 all-in**, supporting the model's flagged **~5,000–6,000/dwelling installed interim (5,000 the conservative floor, ~6,000 the central estimate). The installed figure stays grey and interim (quote-based); the unit-price leg is now sourced. URL_034
Retrieval provenance
- Upstream source: consumer.org.nz/products/woodburners/guide (Consumer NZ, “How to buy the best woodburner”, updated April 2026).
- Prepared by: WebFetch on 2026-07-26.
- Prompt: “Quote VERBATIM every sentence that states a price or cost for a woodburner or its installation, the purchase price range, and any statement about installation and building consent costs. Give the exact wording and the section heading each quote sits under. Also give the page title and any visible publish/update date.”
- Verification: the Price quote is reproduced verbatim from the WebFetch capture, held in the raw at source_path. Consumer NZ full reviews are member-paywalled, so the raw is the public Price section only, not a full-page download. The appliance unit price is the verified claim; the installed all-in range is grey corroboration from NZ installer guides, not from this source.
Notes
- Why ingested. The D01 wood-stove CapEx cell rested on CR_031 (compiled research) alone; this gives it a retrievable, independent citation for the appliance unit price.
- Scope boundary. This source supports the unit price only. The installed ~$4,500–8,000 all-in is corroborated by NZ installer guides (grey) and stays a flagged model interim, not a sourced constant.
- No RT opened. Quote-based installed pricing means a firm sourced “installed” figure is not retrievable (same as the RT_387 dairy-gear gap); the interim treatment is the correct end state.
Connections
Links to
EDT domains (1): D01: Renewable Energy & Storage Systems
Sources (1): CR_031
Referenced by
EDT domains (1): D01: Renewable Energy & Storage Systems