Wood burning stove/central heating

Man_Overboard_2

A._Badger wrote: »

This is another aspect of the business that worries me. When Joe Public buys a stove, he is (more or less) forced to have it fitted (and most probably supplied) by a HETAS member.

It's they who specify the liners and most, as we know, insist on fitting one. What does a customer know about stainless steel grades? Come to that, how much do some installers? We have seen increasing reports of liner failures being blamed on the high sulphur content of some smokeless fuel and others on consumers mixing wood and smokeless (a practise, incidentally, which my own NACS sweep.and HETAS installer reckons is fine). But who do you believe?

Frankly, the market looks like a mess and I feel sorry for any newcomer who finds himself bewildered by all the conflicting opinions from people supposed to be experts.

I guess it would be technically possible to design a portable stove which would serve as a garden barbecue in the summer, and a woodburning lounge fire in the winter. Jetmaster Stoves used to offer a BBQ kit to fit inside their fireboxes, but that was many years ago.

Any venture capitalists out there, please get in touch

A._Badger

Man_Overboard wrote: »

I guess it would be technically possible to design a portable stove which would serve as a garden barbecue in the summer, and a woodburning lounge fire in the winter. Jetmaster Stoves used to offer a BBQ kit to fit inside their fireboxes, but that was many years ago.

Any venture capitalists out there, please get in touch

Don't - you'll get me started on the joys of portable paraffin stoves, next!

Man_Overboard_2

A._Badger wrote: »

Don't - you'll get me started on the joys of portable paraffin stoves, next!

I remember them well!