Wood burning stove without chimney?

Ben84

This is exactly the situation where gas appliances are perfect. They can be easily installed in most houses with a small vent through an outside wall, saving a lot of money and mess. If you have mains gas at the house it's very likely to be the best option and if you don't, I'd consider some kind of bottled gas.

mildred1978

Ben84 wrote: »

This is exactly the situation where gas appliances are perfect. They can be easily installed in most houses with a small vent through an outside wall, saving a lot of money and mess. If you have mains gas at the house it's very likely to be the best option and if you don't, I'd consider some kind of bottled gas.

That's like suggesting someone has a banana when they really want an apple!

timmmers

All a stove needs is a hole in the wall about the same as a gas appliance would, but that's ALL it would need for the flue pipe, no floor lifting or gas piping or paying expnsive gas fitters, and the fuel for a good stove can be free unlike a gas fire. Last winter my open fire cost me nothing at all to fuel, if you are lucky you can run a stove very cheaply indeed, or at least take advantage of free fuel to save some money. This year I'm upgrading to a stove because they are more efficient and hopefully running the heating and hot water off it too. When I see gas prices rocketing I look at my pile of wood seasoning outside and laugh. It grows on trees you know.

keith969

Talk to these people. They sell woodburners and have a lot of experience of flue design, including external flues etc. - it sounds like you need an externally insulated flue.

http://www.stovesonline.co.uk/fluedesign.html

I have no connection with them, just a happy customer.

Ben84

mildred1978 wrote: »

That's like suggesting someone has a banana when they really want an apple!

Not entirely It's a stove and a heating appliance, just a lot cheaper and easier to install.

Ben84

timmmers wrote: »

All a stove needs is a hole in the wall about the same as a gas appliance would, but that's ALL it would need for the flue pipe, no floor lifting or gas piping or paying expnsive gas fitters, and the fuel for a good stove can be free unlike a gas fire. Last winter my open fire cost me nothing at all to fuel, if you are lucky you can run a stove very cheaply indeed, or at least take advantage of free fuel to save some money. This year I'm upgrading to a stove because they are more efficient and hopefully running the heating and hot water off it too. When I see gas prices rocketing I look at my pile of wood seasoning outside and laugh. It grows on trees you know.

I'm not aware of any direct vent wood burning appliances? I believe a wood burner needs a more expensive flue that runs up through the ceiling and roof. Some modern gas appliances just need a hole drilled in the wall behind them and a short bit of pipe plus terminal to vent them.

Relative benefits of both need to be weighed up, but where there isn't a chimney I would expect the wood burner to be significantly more cost and disruption to install.

Gloomendoom

mildred1978 wrote: »

We're not and the people opposite have just converted their garage into a 2nd sitting room. There's a 12 ft silver flue sticking out of the garage roof on the front side. It looks absolutely ridiculous.

Maybe they want their house to look like a the back of a Chinese takeaway.

DVardysShadow

mildred1978 wrote: »

... We're not and the people opposite have just converted their garage into a 2nd sitting room. There's a 12 ft silver flue sticking out of the garage roof on the front side. It looks absolutely ridiculous.

That's a shame. You can get the flue gear in black quite easily.

mildred1978

DVardysShadow wrote: »

That's a shame. You can get the flue gear in black quite easily.

Not sure how that would be better. It's a yellow brick house!

martinthebandit

Ben84 wrote: »

Not entirely It's a stove and a heating appliance, just a lot cheaper and easier to install.

Although the title of the thread should have been a bit of a clue