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ixwood

Thanks. I'm considering this:-

http://www.stovesareus.co.uk/catalog/town-and-country-runswick-inset-stove-p-180.html
http://www.townandcountryfires.co.uk/MultifuelStoves/Runswick/tabid/68/language/en-US/Default.aspx

It has air vents to suck in air from the sides and convect it out the top. I'm hoping as it's designed to be inset, then it'll still work well regardless (though, as I'll have no liner, some heat in the chimney wouldn't be a bad idea anyway to minimise tar condensing).

Its claims 4 KW. Surely, it actually has to give out 4kw in that case? If that assumption is correct, I think that should be plenty. Normal small stoves are only 5KW and I don't want anything too hungry or producing furniture warping heat. Does 4kw of heat sound reasonable for localised room heating?

The main reasons I'm considering that one is because it supposed to be easy to fit and the claimed 80% efficiency should be a lot better than the current open fire. It also looks quite nice I think.

ixwood

While I'm here, a quick warning to any new/future stoves owners with cats. The top of stoves get very hot and can be used to cook or boil a kettle on. If a cat jumps on top, it will be very painful.

hermanmunster_3

ixwood wrote: »

I'd be interested in any feedback too. I'm considering an inset stove.

Hi - we went for an inset stove and found ou choice distinctly limited by the fact that we live in a smokeless zone - not a big city but in a market town, we were surprised that this was the case but glad we found out before we bought the wrong sort....
Plenty of people would quote us for other stoves and said that no one usually bothers... tricky but the council building is just around the corner!!

We have a stockton inset 7 convector and it seems fine both with logs and smokeless fuel (v hot with this). Chimney was lined up as far as soot box which was installed. all seems to be working OK.

nadin001

I can strongly recommend the Clearview inset stove. Have one of these for over 2 months now and have been very impressed. It stays clean, is very easy to light and produces just the right amount of output for our 21' by 12' living room.

navig8r

roaljoho wrote: »

I regularly burn wood with nails in it my woodburner. I use a magnet to easily remove the nails from the ash when I clean it out.

A trick I have been using for donkeys years,when using a magnet for picking small iron bits, place it inside a plasitc bag before using, then to get rid of the bits,especially rust particles,hold it over the bin and withdraw the magnet from the bag..the nails will fall away and leave a nice clean magnet!
This is very usefull for iron filings or a tipped tin of pins or nails.
dave

ixwood

hermanmunster wrote: »

Hi - we went for an inset stove and found ou choice distinctly limited by the fact that we live in a smokeless zone - not a big city but in a market town, we were surprised that this was the case but glad we found out before we bought the wrong sort....
Plenty of people would quote us for other stoves and said that no one usually bothers... tricky but the council building is just around the corner!!

We have a stockton inset 7 convector and it seems fine both with logs and smokeless fuel (v hot with this). Chimney was lined up as far as soot box which was installed. all seems to be working OK.

It's good to know there are happy inset stove owners out there. I've been struggling to find much information. What KW is that?

Do I need a soot box and liner too? Does anyone know how would the chimney be swept with the stove above?

ixwood

nadin001 wrote: »

I can strongly recommend the Clearview inset stove. Have one of these for over 2 months now and have been very impressed. It stays clean, is very easy to light and produces just the right amount of output for our 21' by 12' living room.

I know Clearview are highly regarded, but I didn't know they did an inset one.

I've just had a look and the Clearview looks lovely. How much was involved in fitting it?

SailorSam

I have a double glazing place just down the road from me, they've always got a skip outside full of old window and door frames, i thought if i were to get a woodburner that would be the ideal free fuel, no doubt they'd be glad to get rid of it,
But earlier in this thread a couple of posters said this type of wood, because it has been painted or varnished would be no good.
Some have said they use old pallets, but what about old windows?

navig8r

Its not good to burn anything that contains paints and resins, Ist there could be fumes and 2nd,they burn much hotter than the temp recommend by the stove manufacturer and could invalidate the warrenty.
dave

make_life_easier

As a matter of interest how many logs do you put in your stoves fire each day? I know it all depends on the wood you use but was just wondering on average

I have been to look at an inset stove in a local showroom which I quite like, it's called the ft4, has anyone got any info on this fire?