Woodstove, I want BIG, installer says I'll melt, thoughts?
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Hi all, info first - I've got a new freestanding woodstove going in next week, the house is relatively small but open plan with 15 ft cathedral ceilings and zero insulation or double glazing (that's coming later when I renovate). It's freezing in here in Winter, I can maybe get up to 18 degrees tops with the current (old and rubbish) inbuilt woodfire roaring its head off, in the mornings it's between 6 and 10 degrees in the living room/kitchen - the hallway and bathroom get down to around 2 degrees.
I want the 'mothership' 26kw woodstove but my installer reckons I'll melt, I said I'd just open doors to the hallway, bedroom and bathroom (although I can't imagine it getting that hot), he says it's still too big. I'm conscious that if I install something smaller I'll struggle to heat the place. Can't I just turn the big one down? Surely too much heat heat beats too little?
Any constructive input would be appreciated chaps.
Living room pic here, new stove being installed where the telly is:
I want the 'mothership' 26kw woodstove but my installer reckons I'll melt, I said I'd just open doors to the hallway, bedroom and bathroom (although I can't imagine it getting that hot), he says it's still too big. I'm conscious that if I install something smaller I'll struggle to heat the place. Can't I just turn the big one down? Surely too much heat heat beats too little?
Any constructive input would be appreciated chaps.
Living room pic here, new stove being installed where the telly is:
Mmmmm......
Ok, thankyou, I'm hearing you - a little more info first.
Above the ceilings there is tin, just corrugated tin, you can hear small birds walking on it, the walls have nothing in them and they're 'thin', the floors are wood and there's no underfloor insulation plus I'm remote, exposed and at about 300 metres elevation. In the past 2 winters I've run the heat pump and wood stove simultaneously to try and heat the place but they only just manage it, that's with all curtains closed and any adjoining doors closed plus towels at the bottom of the doors to stop the draughts. It's cold in here, I've owned old garages with better thermal efficiency.
Ok, thankyou, I'm hearing you - a little more info first.
Above the ceilings there is tin, just corrugated tin, you can hear small birds walking on it, the walls have nothing in them and they're 'thin', the floors are wood and there's no underfloor insulation plus I'm remote, exposed and at about 300 metres elevation. In the past 2 winters I've run the heat pump and wood stove simultaneously to try and heat the place but they only just manage it, that's with all curtains closed and any adjoining doors closed plus towels at the bottom of the doors to stop the draughts. It's cold in here, I've owned old garages with better thermal efficiency.
frank hovis said:
This my woodburner with obligatory hairy beast in front of it
It's a 6kw multi fuel in a room that approx 6m x4.5m
Even with doors open to the kitchen and un heated hallway it's so warm we sit in t shirts
A 24k is mental ! And would go through horrendous amounts of wood per hour
singlecoil said:
Main issue is how big are your logs, you need to chose a stove that has a door that is big enough.
I agree, saves a lot of effort if you process your own.We have a 13kw one with poor insulation, if it gets too hot we open the windows to blow the heat around. You can just put less wood on.
Father recently had a 5kw one fitted and struggles to get enough heat.
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