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pinkmami

We're in the process of installing a stove & the inglenook gets bigger by the day & so far we may need a 12KW stove to heat the huge room & the nook. The specialists asked is if we were interesten in conecting the radiators etc as the stove will be big. not sure though.

A._Badger

pinkmami wrote: »

We're in the process of installing a stove & the inglenook gets bigger by the day & so far we may need a 12KW stove to heat the huge room & the nook. The specialists asked is if we were interesten in conecting the radiators etc as the stove will be big. not sure though.

Bear in mind that you don't get something for nothing. Heat that goes to make hot water doesn't heat your inglenook or your room - and inglenooks take a lot of heating.

The previous owner of my current house had the stove connected to the water system and went to the trouble of having it removed, as it left the room too cold.

Another word of caution (born of bitter experience, this!) don't automatically assume heating companies get their sums right. Every house is individual and the formula that works fine for a modern, insulated house may not work so well for a draughty cottage. Get several opinions, at least one from someone who has experience with your kind of installation.

Hope that's some help.

Unity

kate83 wrote: »

Can any stove owners do me a quick favour please.
I want a stove but my local stove company seem to think my chimneys a bit small for most of them at 115cm (45") wide.
Can anyone measure their chimney breasts and the width of stove they've got in for me pretty please.

Width of chimney breast 62 inches (157.5cm), width of multi-fuel burning stove 17.5 inches (44 cm) Aarrow Nouveau - can be seen here: http://www.oilstoves.co.uk/webdocs/technical/Aarrow/AARROW_Nouveau_Multifuel.pdf

We love the Art Nouveau styling on the doors of this particular model, that we've had for around eight years now. The heat is amazing and we find that when we go to bed at night, if we leave the living room door ajar - it takes the chill off the whole house (3 bed semi) without having to have the gas central heating on. We are particularly well insulated and although this fire isn't linked to our heating/hot water system - our next house, which will be an eco-build will include this - can't wait .

pinkmami

Well I've been invited to the specialists house this evening to see his inglenook & the stove. We've decided earlier that we're knocking the plaster off the wall so we'll also have bare walls - thus making the room colder!! But the masonary is fab & a shame not to open it up so the sandblaster is coming tomorrow to hack it off & begin blasting!

But I've decided against the connection to the water system. I'll stick to the stove warming the room & gas from a tank to heat the radiators (it'll only be the bedrooms & bathrooms).

AGBAGB

Good choice Pinkmami, keep it simple. You might also be pleasantly surprised how much heat you can distribute around the house from just the stove. Just leave the doors open and you can get a fair amount of heat upstairs.

pinkmami

AGBAGB wrote: »

Good choice Pinkmami, keep it simple. You might also be pleasantly surprised how much heat you can distribute around the house from just the stove. Just leave the doors open and you can get a fair amount of heat upstairs.

Its a bungalow! So not sure about the heat distribution as hot air rises. We'll see. Not moving for a few yrs cos the extension hasn't been built. We though it'd be best to get the mucky job done 1st! Its a really old cotage (about 400 yrs old) so you can imagine the depth of the walls - I hope that will keep some heat in.

I've also had good news about the beam - totally safe & the blaster will deal with taking a layer off & deal with the woodworm! Woohooo!!!!!:j

PennyForThem_2

robj_brum wrote: »

Has anyone used the morso stoves, any good?
Cheers Rob

I got a Morso and I love it. Simple to light, got a riddle for getting ash into ashcan and ash can pulls out like a draw for depositing the ash.

Removable handle means never going to burn your fingers (if you make sure you remove it) but they provide a black Morso oven glove to protect.

Clean and simple lines.

crphillips

Most stove shops tell you its not worth connecting to the hot water because they'll not have a reliable plumber with the knowledge of solid fuel heating. They're few and far between!

It's true that you'll be amazed how far the heat goes from a single 'dry' stove.

If your wanting to live a greener, more self-sufficient lifestyle then hooking up a 'wet' stove would be the way to go.

If you simply want something for ambiance and to put out plenty of heat to your main sitting room and surroundign areas then a 'dry' stove will be spot on.

If your in a bungalow then costs for hooking up to the hot water will e fairly cheap as all the pipes head up into the loft and it's a doddle to route any new pipework.

If you have a combi boiler then expect costs to be around £2.5k to modify your system to accept the input from the solid fuel stove. this is because you'll require a vented system with a new boiler, water cylinder, header tank in loft and necessary pipework.

If it's already a vented system and you have a water cylinder and header tank then the costs to connect a solid fuel stove up will be around £1k.

AGBAGB

Pinkmami, That single floored my suggestion. Fan assisted convection might help spread the heat about. It depends on layout, door to ceiling heights, heat losses etc.

Crphillips, does the £1K ish include adding a gravity feed to loose heat through a radiator to prevent the water boiling, in the event of running with no pump?

crphillips

Yeah well if there's already a water cylinder installed and it's a vented system then the work to change it to solid fuel is minimal. 28mm copper pipe to the cylinder will be around £150. Then you've got a bit of pipwork to connect it in to the central heating.....a days labour and a Dunsley Neutralizer or Esse Centralizer which costs about £300. I reckon 1k should sort it......don't forget thats for a bungalow though.......there's a lot more work involved in a 2 storey house!