What to look for in a multifuel stove

theballboy

alleycat` wrote: »

Ouch, £2,600+ is a load, i can see why your upset about it.
I don't know much about Oil consumption but it sounds high to me, unless your houses are a darn site bigger than mine

The worry with that wood is have you got somewhere to store it?
Is the supply reliable all year around or are you going to need to store a metric shedload for winter if/when he can't get to you?

Yeah I have 2 sheds. I large one for tools and working in and a smallish garden shed that's free for storing the wood.

theballboy

Greenfires wrote: »

I think I'd probably be tempted to look into wood pellet boilers rather than a "display" stove with a back boiler myself - along with any options for improving the existing insulation.

Many people get a bit of a surprise when they get themselves a stove as they have no idea how much wood it will get through. Many think the log stores on ebay and the like are just the ticket - and they are - for about a week! Feeding something between 16 and 21kW would be like chucking buns to an elephant I'd say!
We actually had a complaint last year about our briquettes as the chap disagreed with what we'd said about a pallet full lasting most average customers all winter. A bit of further digging revelaed he was running something like a 16kW stove - and obviously expected it to use the same amount of fuel as a 5 - 6kW one! (which is the generally accepted average size)
The trailer you mentioned is likely to be smaller than you guessed - 9 feet wide would certainly be illegal over here. Which of course means even more trailer loads to keep you in heat.

Yeah your prob right about trailer size but i have a friend who gets it and it does him all winter. Now not to be niave about this i alaays overestimate so as not to be dissapointed. I had budgeted for 2 loa over winter period which would still be a substantial saving on the oil as it is currently

But I take your point entirely about the 16kw size

theballboy

Am gonna have a look at the wood pellet ones now methinks

muckybutt

alleycat` wrote: »

I think Mucky has a boiler stove but it is only for a couple of Rads (might be wrong about that?).

Edit:- I think this is Muckys stove?

Someone mention my name ?

It is indeed my stove, it runs 6 rads to the extent you cant touch em when she in full throttle

Have a great supplier of hardwood now for stuff we season and an even better supplier from a bespoke furnitur manufacturer who only uses oak - ash - birch etc all of which is completely dry as a bone and burns easily as hot as coal - a builders dumpy bag cost £50 and lasts about two month - three and half if we mix it with the stuff we seasoned from last year.

We are also doing a self build on the back of our place at the moment and are really considering putting a pellet stove in there for the heating specifically in there, just the stove though no wet system as we have in the main house. Having said that though we are also considering zoning the heating extension and existing house and getting an external pellet boiler and linking it into the existing wet system so its all combined.

Forgot to add our Charnwood is 11Kw for wood or 16Kw anthracite, so as we use wood its 4Kw to room heat and 7Kw to water.

Vicky_Carter

theballboy wrote: »

Ok, Thanks everyone for taking the time to read this post and even more if you respond

Basically, We are going down the multifuel stove route and I have seen a massive variation in prices of stoves ranging from £600 (13kw) to £1600 (13kw). This leads me to believe that either some people are ripping the bag outta selling these or there exists major specification differences.


So my question is this -


What are the main things to look for in a stove?
ie - KW or BTU?
What its made of?
ie. steel or cast iron?
Quality of make - are there stinkers out there?
Do warrnties operate well in this envirnoment


Cheers

Hey, the ball boy,
According to your post, you want to buy a multi-fuel stove and its heat output is 13 Kw, don't you?
I believe all the things have different prices, even if they are totally same, but they still have different prices. For me, I just need to choose a trusted brand and then get one from it. For me, I trust Sunrain, high efficiency, good quality and they are much cheaper than Esse and Amesti ( I also trust them, but their price is too expensive). For example, the Sunrain JA031 is nice and just cost you £439.99 from Astove .
About the materials, I found most of stoves are made from cast iron, cast iron make them need some time to heat up and won't cool down immediately when you extinguish the fire completely in your stove. So it is better to get a cast iron stove.
That's all I offer you, hope it can help you！

Williwoodburner

Vicky_Carter wrote: »

Hey, the ball boy,
According to your post, you want to buy a multi-fuel stove and its heat output is 13 Kw, don't you?
I believe all the things have different prices, even if they are totally same, but they still have different prices. For me, I just need to choose a trusted brand and then get one from it. For me, I trust Sunrain, high efficiency, good quality and they are much cheaper than Esse and Amesti ( I also trust them, but their price is too expensive). For example, the Sunrain JA031 is nice and just cost you £439.99 from Astove .
About the materials, I found most of stoves are made from cast iron, cast iron make them need some time to heat up and won't cool down immediately when you extinguish the fire completely in your stove. So it is better to get a cast iron stove.
That's all I offer you, hope it can help you！

Dont look at this website - astove, it is some sort of scam and last time someone put a post on here about it it !!!!!!d my pc up.

hethmar

Yes, I did wonder about the enthusiasm of a new poster complete with exact price of the stove they recommended! and dubious english plus a "trusted brand" Ive never heard of.

Spam alert I think.