Using portable wood burning stove in house this winter?

EssexHebridean

I’d suggest that people trying to prevent you from killing yourself and any members of your family unfortunate enough to be in the property was the very opposite of “nasty”?! 

Seriously - have a little Google of carbon monoxide poisoning then consign the whole idea to the scrap heap, please. Even if you do live alone in a detached property, the fire service really don’t need the distress of having to deal with that sort of situation. 

NickH85

Sea_Shell said:

Pointing out it's a bad idea and potentially dangerous isn't "nasty".

But it sounds like you've already made your mind up.

Good luck 🤞.   Let's hope you live in a detached property 😉

I haven't made my mind up at all, just trying to get information. Safety would be my number 1 concern, even above saving money, & it's sounding like it's impossible to implement any kind of safe, temporary wood burning option, which was an answer I was fully prepared for - in fact I was probably expecting it.

Still, if nothing else, here's a thread that other people can refer to if they have similar thoughts & know it's not achievable. If you or anyone else have any other safe alternatives that you can suggest for those of us where simply wearing more clothes isn't sufficient, then please add them.

Thanks

NickH85

EssexHebridean said:

I’d suggest that people trying to prevent you from killing yourself and any members of your family unfortunate enough to be in the property was the very opposite of “nasty”?! 

Seriously - have a little Google of carbon monoxide poisoning then consign the whole idea to the scrap heap, please. Even if you do live alone in a detached property, the fire service really don’t need the distress of having to deal with that sort of situation. 

Hi

Yes, of course the safety concerns are not the 'nasty' element, only the sarcastic follow ups about hoping I live in a detached house. I'm happy to accept it's not a realistic idea to do safely.

Thanks

EssexHebridean

That’s a great relief! 

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I did have a friend who let his house to an African family. When his tenants moved out there was a round circle on kitchen floor and the kitchen ceiling and walls were covered in soot. He reasonably concluded that his tenants had been using a charcoal burner to cook their food. I didn’t believe it until he produced the photographs.

mumf

HETAS is the easy way to get inspected. Council Building Regs are the other. There is NO way to install a stove without proper venting. Also your stove has to be on a proper hearth with appropriate distance from walls and fire risks. Walls have to be fire resistant too. 

FreeBear

mumf said:

HETAS is the easy way to get inspected. Council Building Regs are the other. There is NO way to install a stove without proper venting. Also your stove has to be on a proper hearth with appropriate distance from walls and fire risks. Walls have to be fire resistant too. 

In addition, the flue must terminate a certain distance above the roof - Poking a bit of pipe out of the window just isn't going to be enough.

uk1

Sailbad said:

Are you serious? 

Is this helpful?

jcontest

daveyjp said:

There are small woodburning stoves to be used in tents whuch have a chimney designed to fit through a hole in the tent roof so its not an unfeasible idea.

However, a tent in itself is inherently 'leaky' so using such a stove in a sealed room is probably not a good idea.

Your last statement is really what needs to be taken to heart here.. This is why CO deaths really didn't happen when I grew up, the homes were exchanging air so fast that it was hard to build up anything bad.  What the op is asking has too much risk and should't be done.  Seeing how many of these stoves can be purchased and installed without planning application then I think a few people will end up killing themselves this Winter. 

Our neighbours had one installed a few months ago (they are using it, now, now???, it's not cold) and they are buying wood from Amazon (Not the forest!), ugh...

MattMattMattUK

The whole "free" wood offering is going to run out very quickly in some parts of the country as well. I know people who have wood burners who have stocked up already, their wood stores are overflowing and they have more under tarps as well, enough to get them through a cold winter if they need it. However it is evident now that when businesses near by used to advertise free pallets it would take a week or so for them to all go, now they are gone in a few hours and we are talking hundreds. People turn up with saws and crow bars to break them into bits so that the wood packs down more densely, some of the local woods where I ride my bike through to visit family have been picked pretty clean of fallen wood, the wood piles of felled trees that were created for wildlife have been taken by people storing up fire wood etc. and I expect it is only a matter of time before people start cutting trees down and burning green wood etc.

Anyone who is buying wood is not going to be saving money, especially if they are buying it from Amazon.