Sizing multi fuel stove - Dunsley Highlander

nande2000

Hi, I'm looking for a replacement multi fuel stove for a kitchen dining area that is about 100 Metres cubed in volume. All the calculators i've seen are pointing to a 7kw stove is needed. Should i take away the ratings of the central heating rads from this to get the actual size needed ?


The stove i'm looking at is the Dunsley Highlander, either the 5kw or 7kw model. One supplier is telling me to go for the smaller model and just burn it hot all the time and it should be fine.


Any advice, anyone got a Highlander ?

Robwiz

The usual rule of thumb is to divide the room volume by 14 so 7 kW is consistent with that.

You could deduct your CH rad ratings if you wanted but wouldn't that leave you with zero kW requirement from the stove? I sized my stove without allowing for the radiators because I thought it worth having the resilience in the event of a power cut or boiler/pump failure.

nande2000

Actually just rechecked my measurements and its actually 79 Sqm, so 5kw is perfect.

Dunsley are a good quality make aren't they?

A._Badger

nande2000 wrote: »

Actually just rechecked my measurements and its actually 79 Sqm, so 5kw is perfect.

Dunsley are a good quality make aren't they?

One of the best makes around. If they'd made a large enough stove the last time I bought one, I;d have had a Dunsley from choice.

nande2000

After all that I've bought an Aarrow Ecoburn 5 plus. I know its more of a mid-range stove, but managed to get quite a good deal on it and it will take slightly bigger logs than the Dunsley. Reviews seem to be good as Aarrow stoves seem to be improving. Hopefully I wont regret it :os

nande2000

Actually that leads me to another question. The stove has a 5 inch flue collar and my chimney lining is 6 inch. Should i convert 5 to 6 inches at the stove (collar adaptor) or go 5 inches until the flue lining and convert at the register plate ? Or does it make no difference ?