If you are installing one try to get fresh air the fire needs to be under the fire.
Proper double skined flue is the recomended method for the flue but stainless steel flue liner can be used up a chimney.
As goes for stove pick wisely there is bans coming in with older stoves that dont use secondary air.
Companies are allowed to sell off old stoves just to get rid of them.
Customers can be forced to change them when the ban comes into effect even if a few years old.
I built my own wood stove as I own 2 of them.
Built a downdraft stove like the xeoos, rais bionic and jayline ul200 these are expensive for what they are.
I also have a rocket stove
Both are smokeless soon after lighting
The rocket stove been the better with less wood usage than the downdraft stoves |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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I love them.
There are a couple of building regs to comply with about hearth depth etc which can sometimes but not always get detected on a survey so if you are planning to sell and concerned get a certificate of compliance.
Size it well , small stoves can be very fiddly to fit wood and clean and big ones can provide too much heat for small rooms.
If you burn well dried wood , mostly a few months in winter only you shouldn’t need to sweep more than every few years.
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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"If you are installing one try to get fresh air the fire needs to be under the fire.
Proper double skined flue is the recomended method for the flue but stainless steel flue liner can be used up a chimney.
As goes for stove pick wisely there is bans coming in with older stoves that dont use secondary air.
Companies are allowed to sell off old stoves just to get rid of them.
Customers can be forced to change them when the ban comes into effect even if a few years old.
I built my own wood stove as I own 2 of them.
Built a downdraft stove like the xeoos, rais bionic and jayline ul200 these are expensive for what they are.
I also have a rocket stove
Both are smokeless soon after lighting
The rocket stove been the better with less wood usage than the downdraft stoves"
You sound like you know your stuff on fire!
I just bought a properly with a beautiful cast iron open fireplace. It’s hard to describe without seeing it but for a fireplace it’s not very deep , the firewall in angled forwards then goes into the chimney opening which has a met cover over it. I believe this design is to project more heat into the room as open fires are notoriously inefficient compared to stoves.
What else can I do to increase the heat output ? Any tips on wood type or fire techniques? It’s no way near as good as a stove for heat but far to nice to replace |
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"You sound like you know your stuff on fire!
I just bought a properly with a beautiful cast iron open fireplace. It’s hard to describe without seeing it but for a fireplace it’s not very deep , the firewall in angled forwards then goes into the chimney opening which has a met cover over it. I believe this design is to project more heat into the room as open fires are notoriously inefficient compared to stoves.
What else can I do to increase the heat output ? Any tips on wood type or fire techniques? It’s no way near as good as a stove for heat but far to nice to replace "
There is 2 types of cast fireplace stoves
A show type and a proper inset cast unit inside of the chimney and built with firebricks
showpiece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_aYD-S4i7A
proper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omq244O1WqI
the third type is the fire grate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deRATsBWUD8
the proper answer is no
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remember open fire loose 80% of their heat, log burning stoves only loose 20% heatas regestered fitters would be my goto answer costs but then its fitted right,we had a guy who saved us £800 because our flue was already lined , we didnt know xx |
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The unofficial answer is yes
The proper one and also the fire grate type, Can be created to throw more heat out,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhRG8bqW9Iw
Comes at a cost though loading space an how it looks, safety thing! the item would need to be checked often. |
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Hey Bud,
I've the exact kind in my house, all five. They work grate! Lol, couldn't help it.
Anyways, buy a decent grate, I got a heavy duty chinese one of ebay for 40.
Proper thick for burning coal on and high enough to clear the ash and get plenty of air.
If you want heat, those little buggars love coal. Sooo what I do... is get yourself a bag of 'Red Hot Ovoids' it's remanufactured coal that burns bloody hot. Put a layer even on the bottom, then a small split piece of wood at the front, which I prop the kindling onto, then to more small bits ends close together at the front, open V at the back. More ovoids between the V til it's a nice little pile of ten or twelve? To light the kindling, I use the wood shaving fire lighters under the kindling. You can use BBQ fluid on the kindling, works good, no flare up. Don't use petrol or white spirit.
If you can't get the ovoids, smokeless coal will work, oviods just burn hotter and last longer. 20kg bag is about £25 but it lasts. Buy properly kiln dried wood too, not that cheap shit from the bloke in the pub. |
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"remember open fire loose 80% of their heat, log burning stoves only loose 20% heatas regestered fitters would be my goto answer costs but then its fitted right,we had a guy who saved us £800 because our flue was already lined , we didnt know xx"
Not any more if you fit a front to them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ocYvdQ_1s
But beaware as some only work with wood and some do have secondary air built onto the inserts on an open fire |
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