Tinkering with multifuel burner to become woodburner

hugh3s

Has anybody ever done or got any thoughts on simply removing the grate to their multifuel stove to essentially convert it into a dedicated woodburner?

As woodburners are more efficient, would I benefit from the increased efficiency? At the very least there would be the bigger firebox. I burn wood 90% of the time, hence the reason for asking.

The stove is the firefox 8 (cast iron), there are woodburning conversion kits available at £60, but the kit is just some cast iron firebricks that the original bricks sit on anyway.

alleycat`

Don't exactly know the answer to the question but could you not just put a piece of vermiculite board in the base of the stoves (rather than taking it apart?).

It'd act as bed for the ash to sit on (which is the effect you are after?)

I don't know the stove so i have assumed it has the correct controls to allow airflow over the wood (rather than from underneath as you would burn smokeless fuels?)

martinthebandit

Wouldn't keeping the bottom vents shut work just as well?