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  • Two main front rooms (dining & lounge) 36 square metrets + 48 square metres - what size stove, I was thinking a 10-12kw - this is planned to go mid-wall in the larger room . . .
    Radiators are no good, as soon as they go off the house drops into coldness - I have my back door open now as it makes the house warmer, ridiculous :)
    Richard
  • alleycat`
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    Two main front rooms (dining & lounge) 36 square metrets + 48 square metres - what size stove, I was thinking a 10-12kw - this is planned to go mid-wall in the larger room . . .
    Radiators are no good, as soon as they go off the house drops into coldness - I have my back door open now as it makes the house warmer, ridiculous :)
    Richard

    Something like this will give you a rough idea:-

    http://www.stovesonline.co.uk/calculator.asp

    It doesn't really take into account levels of insulation, constructions, etc. so some caution is needed but as a rough and ready guide it should put you in the ball park.

    You can get "double sided" stoves assuming there is a knock through between the two rooms.
    I'm taking that as what you mean by mid-wall?
  • I'm on my third wood stove as we've had an old one upgraded in the last week. Our first stove was a Morso Owl - a really good stove. 2 big mistakes I made however - 1. not lining the chimney and 2. burning wood from the beach - don't be tempted!
    Why line the chimney? well it improves efficiency dramatically. Trust me after 13 yrs with an unlined chimney and now a week with the difference is immense. The problem is that the chimney void needs heating before the stove efficiency starts improving. With a liner the void is dramatically reduced so the heat comes into the room rather than dissipating into the chimney space (a big problem with an older house which has large chimney volumes). Plus 'they' reckon its safer with the fumes / smoke etc with older porous brickwork!?
    Beach wood is full of salt which causes havoc with the fire insides!
    My new fire is a Contura 52 which is 81% efficient. Its a nice fire which burns clean, slow and very warm. So the wood lasts and my wood collecting efforts are rewarded!
    Good luck to all, enjoy. Nothing nicer (trust me) on a cold, damp evening than sitting in front of a lovely warm *real* fire:)
  • Leif
    Leif Posts: 3,727 Forumite
    My new fire is a Contura 52 which is 81% efficient.

    Is that 81% of the energy in wood is converted into heat energy, or 81% of the energy in wood is released into the house?
    Warning: This forum may contain nuts.
  • Having taken the plunge and parted with my hard earned cash I have finally bought a 5kw woodburning stove. Having done some research I have read that they require breaking in to prelong their lives. Can anyone advise me on this practice?

    Thanks

    Brad
  • suisidevw
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    Just start with a few small fires rather than get it roaring, so night one, just a little one, two slightly bigger, three maybe al ittle bigger, four, ROARING!
  • I have a small living room about 5x4 Metres square. Directly above is my main bedroom with the continued chimney breast making up half of one wall. It's a small bedroom in a small terraced house. Would had a log burner downstairs heat my bedroom because of the layout of my house?
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    I have a small living room about 5x4 Metres square. Directly above is my main bedroom with the continued chimney breast making up half of one wall. It's a small bedroom in a small terraced house. Would had a log burner downstairs heat my bedroom because of the layout of my house?

    It will warm the bedroom up to some extent, but it will heat the living room a lot more. So then you go upstairs from the living room to the bedroom, it will feel cold by comparison.

    Leaving all the doors open will help to spread the heat.
    If it sticks, force it.
    If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.
  • suki1964
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    Ectophile wrote: »
    It will warm the bedroom up to some extent, but it will heat the living room a lot more. So then you go upstairs from the living room to the bedroom, it will feel cold by comparison.

    Leaving all the doors open will help to spread the heat.


    As above

    What I tend to do is keep doors shut until the living room is warm enough, then open the doors into other rooms. I don't heat bedrooms any other way then the excess heat from my stove
  • Nonieg
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    Very interesting. I'm considering installing a multi fuel boiler stove to heat the whole house (9 radiators) all small rooms with low ceilings and thick stone walls. We currently have a very dated heating system of expensive storage and panel heaters. I'm overwhelmed with the choice of stoves and if this is a good idea!
    Any ideas/advice most welcome...
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