Wood Burning Stove Heat Question

Zola.

We have a 25 square meter room that we converted from two square rooms 3.5 meters each.

We use this as the main lounge area. We fitted a Morso 04 5KW, which we love.

Some nights the heat can be just lovely, other nights its just ok....does anyone else experience this with their stove? We have only burned softwood thus far. I have a thermometer that says we are burning mostly around 350-400oC, good big flames etc, no problem there.

I hear people saying "oh our stove gives off so much heat we have to open the doors" etc....... we certainly don't!

The only time when I have been too warm is when we have had people over and the radiators were on for an hour also.

The Morso 04 model is supposed to heat up a room of 40 square meters, that I am not sure about to be honest!

poppasmurf_bewdley

I think you need to get a supply of logs from different providers to see how you go with their logs.

I'm currently using logs from two different sources, and both have logs which give off differing amounts of heat. From what I have read, Larch gives off the least heat.

Trial and error seems to be the best way to go to find which logs suit your logburner and yourself best.

missbiggles1

What's the temperature in your room?

saverbuyer

I burn smokeless and oak logs to give the best heat.


Zola try a bag of logs from woodcall and some smokeless from capper trading. My stove is 6kw and my room around 35sq meters and the heat is amazing.


http://www.woodcall.com/dry-seasoned-kiln-dried.html

Zola.

How can you tell what the logs are?

Does smokeless coal burn longer and hotter?

missbiggles1 wrote: »

What's the temperature in your room?

Not sure to be honest, I will have to get a room thermometer to check.

saverbuyer

Zola. wrote: »

How can you tell what the logs are?

Does smokeless coal burn longer and hotter?




Not sure to be honest, I will have to get a room thermometer to check.

You order different logs. They also look different and burn differently.


I'm in Belfast so can only burn smokeless. I've also been told that smokeless is better for the flue.


I buy stove glow eggs


http://www.cappertrading.com/coal?p=2

Zola.

I am also based in NI.

Do glow eggs give off a flame? Also, do you just fill the bottom and light it.... how long does that last? You must go through those quicker than logs?

hans_2

Zola. wrote: »

The Morso 04 model is supposed to heat up a room of 40 square meters,

Think it is around 46 cubic metres

Hoof_Hearted

In my experience, softwood gives of plenty of heat but burns quickly. Are you putting enough fuel on? We pack the stove to start it up and then, with a layer of glowing embers. we put on one or two logs at a time.

tony6403

Recommend the type of fan below - very impressed with mine.
http://www.navitron.org.uk/ecofan-800-black?gclid=CLLBhbfF0skCFcgSwwodb4AAhg

Ectophile

It's a log thing. Some burn really well, and others just don't. The bad ones start off OK, but then reduce to a smoulder, and you have to keep chucking smaller stuff in around them to burn them through (which isn't always easy in a small 5kW stove).

Make sure the logs are properly seasoned. I buy logs in the spring, so that they have another summer to season before I use them. Many logs sold as seasoned may only be a year old, or may have been stored somewhere damp. Unless they have been kiln dried, logs really need to be at least two years old.

Another fuel to try are the "heat logs", available from many places (I just bought a packet at Tesco). They aren't particularly cheap when bought by the packet, but burn really well once they have got going. They are made from compressed waste sawdust. Look for ones that are dark brown, as if they have been varnished. These ones are more compressed, and hold together better in the stove. The lighter ones tend to just expand and then crumble. Make sure they are dry when you buy them, and then store them in the dry. If they get wet, they just turn back into a pile of sawdust.

A 5kW stove that's burning properly can put out a really fierce heat, and heat a surprisingly large volume.