Woodstove, I want BIG, installer says I'll melt, thoughts?
Discussion
Eleven said:
Simpo Two said:
It would be ironic if they couldn't deliver your pocket nuclear reactor because there was too much snow 
I still cannot read this thread and not think of Chernobyl.forest07 said:
Eleven said:
Simpo Two said:
It would be ironic if they couldn't deliver your pocket nuclear reactor because there was too much snow
I still cannot read this thread and not think of Chernobyl.
forest07 said:
I've had 35 years in the heating industry and this just shouts waste of money both on the appliance & running costs!
I know it looks that way forest but spend a cold week in Winter in my house and you might understand my reasons.If I leave my 8kw heatpump on all night set at 20 degrees with fan on medium then I might see morning temps of 10 to 12 degrees in the living room and the bathroom/toilet/hallway are around 2 degrees. My electricity costs in winter have been £250 a month and this is in a single occupancy house of 100sqm.
Off to chop more wood........
To be fair I think there may be some kind of inverse square law going on as well (as with light). So you can double the power and only see 1/8 change... or something like that.
Sadly by the time you get this behemoth ready to roll it will be Spring, so we'll have to wait until next winter to see how you get on!
Sadly by the time you get this behemoth ready to roll it will be Spring, so we'll have to wait until next winter to see how you get on!
Simpo Two said:
NZ! You lucky lucky b
d... and your Forest:Person ratio is rather better than the craphole you came from 
Mmmm, the forest/person ration isn't quite as good as you might think Simpo, over the last 800 years we've either felled or burnt 75% of our trees.d... and your Forest:Person ratio is rather better than the craphole you came from Last years big storm bought down over a million trees local to me, so firewood is now free as long as you're willing to do the graft, otherwise it's £50 a cubic metre.
This one came down in my neighours garden, just missing his insured garage, insured house and insured outbuilding but nailing his uninsured car:
cheddar said:
Mmmm, the forest/person ration isn't quite as good as you might think Simpo, over the last 800 years we've either felled or burnt 75% of our trees.
Last years big storm bought down over a million trees local to me, so firewood is now free as long as you're willing to do the graft, otherwise it's £50 a cubic metre.
This one came down in my neighours garden, just missing his insured garage, insured house and insured outbuilding but nailing his uninsured car:
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ?Last years big storm bought down over a million trees local to me, so firewood is now free as long as you're willing to do the graft, otherwise it's £50 a cubic metre.
This one came down in my neighours garden, just missing his insured garage, insured house and insured outbuilding but nailing his uninsured car:
wolfracesonic said:
OP, when the beasts up and running, can you measure the temperature at say 10ft away when it's running flat out: I'm sure I'm not the only one who's curious to see what it's capable of.
Yes, the infrared thermometer gun thing has arrived and I'll take indoor readings from my weather station. A flue thermometer is being sent in two days along with the stove top fan 
We went for a 5kw and it does the job, it can get pretty warm but in hindsight I wish we had gone 1 or 2 kw more, not another 19 !
I reckon you will be sat there and smell cooking pork and realise it is your legs.
My thinking that with log burners, you can sort of control the heat but they have a fairly narrow operating range, I dont think you can operate a 24 kw stove at any point between 1 and 24 kw, it needs to be going at a certain rate to keep going, sort of like a plane needs a certain forward speed so it doesnt stall.
Best of luck with it, look forward to hear your findings, pity the weather has warmed up !
I reckon you will be sat there and smell cooking pork and realise it is your legs.
My thinking that with log burners, you can sort of control the heat but they have a fairly narrow operating range, I dont think you can operate a 24 kw stove at any point between 1 and 24 kw, it needs to be going at a certain rate to keep going, sort of like a plane needs a certain forward speed so it doesnt stall.
Best of luck with it, look forward to hear your findings, pity the weather has warmed up !
Tuna said:
singlecoil said:
So, how well does it run at lower outputs?
OK. The door tars up very quicklymosstrooper said:
cheddar said:
Mmmm, the forest/person ration isn't quite as good as you might think Simpo, over the last 800 years we've either felled or burnt 75% of our trees.
Last years big storm bought down over a million trees local to me, so firewood is now free as long as you're willing to do the graft, otherwise it's £50 a cubic metre.
This one came down in my neighours garden, just missing his insured garage, insured house and insured outbuilding but nailing his uninsured car:
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ?Last years big storm bought down over a million trees local to me, so firewood is now free as long as you're willing to do the graft, otherwise it's £50 a cubic metre.
This one came down in my neighours garden, just missing his insured garage, insured house and insured outbuilding but nailing his uninsured car:
mosstrooper said:
cheddar said:
Mmmm, the forest/person ration isn't quite as good as you might think Simpo, over the last 800 years we've either felled or burnt 75% of our trees.
Last years big storm bought down over a million trees local to me, so firewood is now free as long as you're willing to do the graft, otherwise it's £50 a cubic metre.
This one came down in my neighours garden, just missing his insured garage, insured house and insured outbuilding but nailing his uninsured car:
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ?Last years big storm bought down over a million trees local to me, so firewood is now free as long as you're willing to do the graft, otherwise it's £50 a cubic metre.
This one came down in my neighours garden, just missing his insured garage, insured house and insured outbuilding but nailing his uninsured car:
Dr Mike Oxgreen said:
Tuna said:
singlecoil said:
So, how well does it run at lower outputs?
OK. The door tars up very quicklyAndyTR said:
We're putting in a 5kw Stovax as part of a renovation, we're putting double doors onto the hall and a bi-fold through the the kitchen / family room so the heat should flow through the house quite nicely in winter. I'm usually a summer lover, but I cannot wait until next winter!
We have that exact stove, you wont be disappointed fantastic bit of kitss
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