Post your stove pics here...

werdnareklaw

peterpan567 wrote: »

look at this futuristic stove guys:-) its quite nice actually:-)

Can't see that getting HETAS approval

Anyway, don't like the windows behind it

werdnareklaw

pinkmami wrote: »

LOL!! There is a void to the left where the logs sit - its about 2 feet wide & 4 feet high & 2 feet deep. I guess its where granny once sat in her rocking chair! I now have 2 log baskets to the side to fill it up. We were very shocked to see the size when it was knocked through!!

Must have been a very small granny

Just out of interest, how old is the property? In our first home I ripped out an old fireplace, a dreadful tiled creation, to reveal a huge brick built hole into which I installed a nice multi-fuelled stove!

bernithebiker

1st of 3 holiday houses.

Not so easy to see it, but this is an Charnwood Island 2.

Will try to find a better picture.

bernithebiker

This fire is a Focus (French make).

Looks great, totally crap as a woodburner though, as;

a) it leaks air like a seive, impossible to get a really slow burn.

b) no baffle, so flames go straight up the chimney.

Does heat up the place nicely though, as the the conduit goes right through the middle of the house.

Very expensive, not recommended.....

bernithebiker

Again, not the best pic, but this little woodburner is great.

We have another one in our own house. Only 350 Euros, it's 8kW, all cast iron and works a treat. 2 air controls, nice and controllable.

shegar

mark_j wrote: »

Aarrow Ecoburn 9KW = Fantastic !



Picture taken just after i put the christmas tree together, looks alot better now with presents under it.

9kw, is that why you havnt lit it..!!:D

pinkmami

werdnareklaw wrote: »

Must have been a very small granny

Just out of interest, how old is the property? In our first home I ripped out an old fireplace, a dreadful tiled creation, to reveal a huge brick built hole into which I installed a nice multi-fuelled stove!

The deeds have a date of 1837 - I suspect its a bit older than that. It was very very small back then 1 inglenook, 1 living area & 1 bedroom & a cowshed next door. DH's aunt passed away & he inherited the cottage. His granny lived there & so did his mum so we're the 3rd & 4th generation (our kids) to live there. But we've extended it quite a bit now to accommodate the 5 of us!

Have a look at this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snowdonia1890/archive.shtml

we took the kids there (we live about 4 miles from it) & it was such an inspiration so see how our cottage may have once looked like.

werdnareklaw

pinkmami wrote: »

The deeds have a date of 1837 - I suspect its a bit older than that. It was very very small back then 1 inglenook, 1 living area & 1 bedroom & a cowshed next door. DH's aunt passed away & he inherited the cottage. His granny lived there & so did his mum so we're the 3rd & 4th generation (our kids) to live there. But we've extended it quite a bit now to accommodate the 5 of us!

Have a look at this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snowdonia1890/archive.shtml

we took the kids there (we live about 4 miles from it) & it was such an inspiration so see how our cottage may have once looked like.

Fascinating thanks very much!! We honeymooned in a remote cottage at Trefriw near Llanwrst. At the time it had no electricity, no mains water (just from a stream) and was absolute bliss!! There was a coal fire with a back boiler that literally boiled the water in the hot tank!

I think this is it http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/222313 but now enlarged with 'modern amenities'.

Our first home was early 20th Century and not built very well

Leon_W

A well used Villager A Flat. 14KW of oversized madness. We keep the windows open to keep the room temperature bearable.

shegar

Leon_W wrote: »

A well used Villager A Flat. 14KW of oversized madness. We keep the windows open to keep the room temperature bearable.

Why not open inside doors so the heat can go around the house, rather than wasting it by going outside?.....:)