Wood burners

[Donegal john]

Nice one DJ i would love mine to be a water heater but i can imagine the work to put one in would be a nightmare.

Thankfully I worked with a small contractor and trained as a heating engineer on top of me being a spark and I was able to install it myself. I set it up to work along with the oil heating but it’s that efficient I have never used the oil since it went in 10 years ago. In the depths of winter we keep it burning 24/7 and the house is always fairly warm and the water is always scalding.

 

[MrJay83]

That stuff is pointless in a stove to be honest. The heat output is poor and the mess is terrible. Never mind cutting , footing and bagging the stuff.
Air polluting calco for me can’t beat it. Only thing is we use a grate a year

Yeah it's not the best but it's something I've always loved on the fire. I usually put it on towards the end of the night when the room is already warm. Wouldn't use it all night.

 

[Donegal john]

Yeah it's not the best but it's something I've always loved on the fire. I usually put it on towards the end of the night when the room is already warm. Wouldn't use it all night.

It’s the smell and the nostalgia. Can’t beat it with a nice peaty glass of whiskey on a winters night.

 

[MrJay83]

It’s the smell and the nostalgia. Can’t beat it with a nice peaty glass of whiskey on a winters night.

Exactly

 

[Donegal john]

Exactly

At Christmas I have hot whiskeys with the water heated on top of the stove. It’s a Christmas night tradition in my house

 

[MrJay83]

I'll have to try that one

 

[LeeH]

I feel robbed now . Mine (5kW) was the same price all in. Just wish I had more glass on mine.

2.5k just for the burner, also:

Hearth
Huge oak lintel
Flue kit
Chimney

 

[MrJay83]

I feel robbed now . Mine (5kW) was the same price all in. Just wish I had more glass on mine.

2.5k just for the burner, also:

Hearth
Huge oak lintel
Flue kit
Chimney

Ah okay. Don't feel so bad now. The stove I got was only £650. Still wish I pushed the boat out a bit further now.

 

[LeeH]

only 8kw? I would have thought something that looks that big would have been a 12-15kw. but size can be decieving without something to scale.

11kW. My error, plus 1 cat for scale purposes.

 

[Clint]

Mission accomplished!

 

[MrJay83]

I've only had mine for a couple of months and just noticed a crack in the fire board behind it and I've never overloaded it. Could this be dangerous?

 

[Clint]

Could it just be in the plaster as the plaster could crack if you've fired up the stove before it was fully dried out?

 

[Nicks90]

Your fire is very close to the board. It's supposed to be 150mm from the sides and rear.
I would be concerned personally

 

[MrJay83]

It's only 50mm and there is a spacer thing further down that is almost on the wall. That doesn't look right.

 

[Agentgonzo]

The fire board will work just as effectively to reduce heat penetration to whatever is behind it, whether it has a crack in it or not.

However, if the crack gets bigger and chunks start coming off it, then it's performance will be reduced. Especially given how close it is to your burner.

Maybe seek the opinion of someone more qualified than homebrewers on the internet!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

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[MrJay83]

The fire board will work just as effectively to reduce heat penetration to whatever is behind it, whether it has a crack in it or not.
However, if the crack gets bigger and chunks start coming off it, then it's performance will be reduced. Especially given how close it is to your burner.
Maybe seek the opinion of someone more qualified than homebrewers on the internet!

I'll be ringing the installer first thing in the morning. I just remembered this thread and thought I'd ask the question. It will be driving me nuts until I can call them.
The building regs L says the stove needs to be "150 mm or to a suitably heat resistant wall". It's fire board dubbed onto brick so hopefully just a dodgy board they'll need to replace.

 

[Clint]

If the wall is non combustible.. ie. brick,stone it can,I think.be as close as 50mm.

 

[Clint]

Butter the cat taking advantage of the facilities...

 

[Clint]

Having had a discrepancy involving the axe and my thumb I have used the money from the sale of my electric fire I removed recently to buy myself a Kindling Cracker for splitting some of the fatter logs and making some ...kindling.