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Thinking of having a clearview 500 8kw. Looking to keep it traditional to keep in keeping with the rest of the house. Trouble is when the extention was put on the chimney was lost, so we'll have to have a twin wall system. Has any body run theirs boxed in inside the house to try and heat the upstairs?
Going to put a fake chimney breast where the mirror is, roughly same width
Last edited by pcressie; 20 March 2016 at 12:14 PM.
Do as much research as you can, and get loads of quotes.
There's rogues out there.
Continental stoves are usually beter than UK ones...ours in France is a Hunter, and useless...every time I open the door to load it, bits of the fire fall out
The twin-wall stuff is very expensive. Think of a hearth for it to stand on.
And lastly, can you source decent wood at a decent price and have somewhere decent to store it? You can't just burn anything on one.......
Get a professional in, the stove will need to be fitted correctly as will the flue and liners etc.
You should check if you are in a smoke free zone too as that will change what you can go for with a stove, we are and we have a 5kW multifuel (can burn certain coals and wood).
It'll need sweeping once a year but I would check as some require a 6 months or sooner sweep depending on what is being burnt / used.
It's not a job to have a cowboy do or do yourself as if done wrong you could die from carbon monoxide poisoning. (they should also fit a detector)
Yeah don't worry it's not something I'd tackle. Got a good freind who fits them for a living. We're in smoke free zone. Some nice looking stoves. I take it its like everything in life you get what you pay for with burners. My other concern was that even though the room is long at 26 foot, at roughly 12 foot wide your going to be sat pretty close on the three seater settee. The hope is that the heat will go out of the French doors and into the dining room and heat that room as well
Last edited by pcressie; 20 March 2016 at 09:21 PM.
And here is a 13kw burner in the shed.(much cheaper than the other but not used much yet so not sure how long it will last)
To be used as a bit of a patio heater on cooler summer evenings.(yes most of them !).
Will leave doors open and use a fan to blow warm air out.
Hi Hodgy,
Cheers,
very easy to fit. Just sit each piece on top of each other and close the fixing clip to keep them tight together.
Double skinned but still gets a bit hot on the outside skin which allows some of the heat to be kept in the room as a bit of extra "bonus" heat..!
Closing plate at the top neatens up the exit through the shed roof. All nice and tidy.
Bought the granite from a local supplier to make the hearth.
Simples..
yes, I like the sound of that hot(ish) flew radiating all the heat
A trick my brother did in his house in Italy was to give his burner a cold air feed from outside, - so it draws cold air directly from outside
this means it does not suck the cold air through the room - makes a difference
Yep makes a lot of sense...
I put a vent in ,but to be honest 13kw in a 5m x 3.5m x 2.3m shed means I welcome the cool air being drawn in.
Otherwise im sat there in my undercrackers...!! Not good for the neighbours.
I did insulate the roof and floor so it holds the heat well.
I've got a long running thread on Detailing World forums for log burners .
Mine is a Contura 51L, rated 3-7kw. As you can see it's a modern/contemporary design which suits my house. A few months ago I bought an ecofan airmax and a temperature gauge for the flu pipe. The fan and gauge combined are a fantastic investment and they're a must-have accessory for any log burner user. They really help you get the most from your burner.
I season and split all my own wood. Only a small pile at the moment but I've got 6 50ft conifers and 1 giant oak tree that will be coming down this summer so I'm going to have a huge amount of wood later.
Nice set up LSherratt.
Do you use a log splitter.
Saves a great deal of work.
I source all my own wood as well, as there's no point putting one in(wood burner) then buying your fuel !
Ive given up burning "free" wood with ours, by the time you collect, cut with a petrol chainsaw, using chains, 2 stroke and petrol, taking time, then split with an axe or log splitter, using more fuel and time. then sore somewhere and tidy up the mess it makes (sawdust etc) it is far easier to have a few 50kg bags of smokeless coal delievered for £17 a bag, the coal lasts hours and hours on a fill (not like most wood).
I just sold my home built splitter because of this.
I don't purposely light my burner and think to myself "I wonder how much oil I'm saving" because I know it's hardly worth it. The burner is just a very nice accessory to have. There's no way it could heat the whole house (downstairs and up) by itself. Of course it will save a bit as it certainly heats the living room, big hallway, and slightly the kitchen and stairs. In fact, I ordered 500L of oil at 0.27p this morning .
If I wanted to rely completely on wood, I'd defiantly need another burner in the kitchen/diner which is 7x6m and then think how much wood, maintained and hassle you would spend to keep them going.
I use my fiskars x27 axe to split wood and it's very satisfying! I don't have any intention of buying a hydraulic splitter.
Hodgy, I've got an old car tyre screwed onto my stump now, that's just a slightly older picture as I don't have a recent one with the tyre attached.
I did start off with an axe and a grenade (metal diamond shape you knock into wood to split it) but in new wood it kept sticking and I spent more time rawling around with a lump stuck on the end of the axe.
The splitter splits this new wood no probs then I can leave it to dry.
Nothing better than sitting in front of the real fire smug as owt thinking its costing me nothing, other than a bit of hard work now and then.
(another desk jockey who needs some exercise.)
Our little burner, a dual door villager 5kw is more than enough to heat our whole downstairs. Being a builder I get enough free wood through the year to last us each winter.
Last edited by stipete75; 27 March 2016 at 01:47 AM.
20 March 2016, 12:09 PM
Log burners, let's see them
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