Woodstove, I want BIG, installer says I'll melt, thoughts?
Discussion
Eleven said:
cheddar said:
I turned it right down after the stinky coatings had burnt off and went outside to cool down, 2 hours later it's still mid thirties indoors.
And you've had the windows open.Remember that over hours it will radiate heat continuously and the effect will be cumulative. You can look forward to temperatures well in excess of those so far recorded I suspect.
The true test will come in Winter (which is our Summer).
Edited by ShiningWit on Tuesday 10th March 09:07
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:
Soon to be 100% if you plan on keeping warmLast 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:
sparkythecat said:
To help you run your stove at best efficiency, get yourself a simple flue thermometer like this.
Costing only £4-5 they are magnetic and stick on the single walled part of your flue immediately above the stove. Just vary the amount of wood and air going into the stove to keep the needle in the sweet spot.
Costing only £4-5 they are magnetic and stick on the single walled part of your flue immediately above the stove. Just vary the amount of wood and air going into the stove to keep the needle in the sweet spot.
reality:
Update:
Firstly, thanks for all your input, good old PH, I had a great chuckle at all of the volcano/furnace/firesuit type images and appreciate the more pragmatic thoughtful suggestions.
Yesterdays burn:
I put the last log on at 5pm, measured temps, took pics for you lot then turned it right down and went out and played golf because I was too hot, 2 hours later it was still mid-thirties indoors and 4 hours later there were still 3 of the logs simmering merrily away and the stove top was 190c. I'm pleased with the 'slow burn' temps and the apparent low fuel use but I was hot and, unfortunately, earlier that afternoon I'd made curry for dinner, I ate that in my underpants.
Simpo - you're right, I shouldn't have done a high temp run straight away, I found that out later, the stove was only running hot for 20 minutes and I think it's capable of much higher temps(!) so it should be fine. I just used soft pine logs and never filled the thing right up so it's got plenty more horsepower than I used - because that's what I need right!
Thanks to the recent storms I've got 7 species of trees to burn this year including really hard stuff like oak and eucalyptus, think I'll save that for the really cold days.
It'll take a bit learning, the old in-built stove needed to be completely filled with perfect wood and all settings on absolute maximum to put out any heat at all, this new thing, despite the size, heats up very quickly and when I walked past it I had to shield my face from the heat, night and day difference.
Overkill? Probably but the cold days ahead will be the true test, as long as I can turn it down to regulate temperature I think it'll be fine, sweeping the flue/chimney is a 5 minute job so I'm not concerned about gumming up with lower temp running. It was a 30c day yesterday so not really representative of what's to come.
Am I pleased? Right now I'm more amazed than pleased, although I have got that kind of chuffed up feel that Rolls Royce owners must have when their Power Reserve Dial shows 90% available at a steady 100mph - if you get my drift.
Firstly, thanks for all your input, good old PH, I had a great chuckle at all of the volcano/furnace/firesuit type images and appreciate the more pragmatic thoughtful suggestions.
Yesterdays burn:
I put the last log on at 5pm, measured temps, took pics for you lot then turned it right down and went out and played golf because I was too hot, 2 hours later it was still mid-thirties indoors and 4 hours later there were still 3 of the logs simmering merrily away and the stove top was 190c. I'm pleased with the 'slow burn' temps and the apparent low fuel use but I was hot and, unfortunately, earlier that afternoon I'd made curry for dinner, I ate that in my underpants.
Simpo - you're right, I shouldn't have done a high temp run straight away, I found that out later, the stove was only running hot for 20 minutes and I think it's capable of much higher temps(!) so it should be fine. I just used soft pine logs and never filled the thing right up so it's got plenty more horsepower than I used - because that's what I need right!
Thanks to the recent storms I've got 7 species of trees to burn this year including really hard stuff like oak and eucalyptus, think I'll save that for the really cold days.
It'll take a bit learning, the old in-built stove needed to be completely filled with perfect wood and all settings on absolute maximum to put out any heat at all, this new thing, despite the size, heats up very quickly and when I walked past it I had to shield my face from the heat, night and day difference.
Overkill? Probably but the cold days ahead will be the true test, as long as I can turn it down to regulate temperature I think it'll be fine, sweeping the flue/chimney is a 5 minute job so I'm not concerned about gumming up with lower temp running. It was a 30c day yesterday so not really representative of what's to come.
Am I pleased? Right now I'm more amazed than pleased, although I have got that kind of chuffed up feel that Rolls Royce owners must have when their Power Reserve Dial shows 90% available at a steady 100mph - if you get my drift.
cheddar said:
Update:
Firstly, thanks for all your input, good old PH, I had a great chuckle at all of the volcano/furnace/firesuit type images and appreciate the more pragmatic thoughtful suggestions.
Yesterdays burn:
I put the last log on at 5pm, measured temps, took pics for you lot then turned it right down and went out and played golf because I was too hot, 2 hours later it was still mid-thirties indoors and 4 hours later there were still 3 of the logs simmering merrily away and the stove top was 190c. I'm pleased with the 'slow burn' temps and the apparent low fuel use but I was hot and, unfortunately, earlier that afternoon I'd made curry for dinner, I ate that in my underpants.
Simpo - you're right, I shouldn't have done a high temp run straight away, I found that out later, the stove was only running hot for 20 minutes and I think it's capable of much higher temps(!) so it should be fine. I just used soft pine logs and never filled the thing right up so it's got plenty more horsepower than I used - because that's what I need right!
Thanks to the recent storms I've got 7 species of trees to burn this year including really hard stuff like oak and eucalyptus, think I'll save that for the really cold days.
It'll take a bit learning, the old in-built stove needed to be completely filled with perfect wood and all settings on absolute maximum to put out any heat at all, this new thing, despite the size, heats up very quickly and when I walked past it I had to shield my face from the heat, night and day difference.
Overkill? Probably but the cold days ahead will be the true test, as long as I can turn it down to regulate temperature I think it'll be fine, sweeping the flue/chimney is a 5 minute job so I'm not concerned about gumming up with lower temp running. It was a 30c day yesterday so not really representative of what's to come.
Am I pleased? Right now I'm more amazed than pleased, although I have got that kind of chuffed up feel that Rolls Royce owners must have when their Power Reserve Dial shows 90% available at a steady 100mph - if you get my drift.
good write up, brilliantFirstly, thanks for all your input, good old PH, I had a great chuckle at all of the volcano/furnace/firesuit type images and appreciate the more pragmatic thoughtful suggestions.
Yesterdays burn:
I put the last log on at 5pm, measured temps, took pics for you lot then turned it right down and went out and played golf because I was too hot, 2 hours later it was still mid-thirties indoors and 4 hours later there were still 3 of the logs simmering merrily away and the stove top was 190c. I'm pleased with the 'slow burn' temps and the apparent low fuel use but I was hot and, unfortunately, earlier that afternoon I'd made curry for dinner, I ate that in my underpants.
Simpo - you're right, I shouldn't have done a high temp run straight away, I found that out later, the stove was only running hot for 20 minutes and I think it's capable of much higher temps(!) so it should be fine. I just used soft pine logs and never filled the thing right up so it's got plenty more horsepower than I used - because that's what I need right!
Thanks to the recent storms I've got 7 species of trees to burn this year including really hard stuff like oak and eucalyptus, think I'll save that for the really cold days.
It'll take a bit learning, the old in-built stove needed to be completely filled with perfect wood and all settings on absolute maximum to put out any heat at all, this new thing, despite the size, heats up very quickly and when I walked past it I had to shield my face from the heat, night and day difference.
Overkill? Probably but the cold days ahead will be the true test, as long as I can turn it down to regulate temperature I think it'll be fine, sweeping the flue/chimney is a 5 minute job so I'm not concerned about gumming up with lower temp running. It was a 30c day yesterday so not really representative of what's to come.
Am I pleased? Right now I'm more amazed than pleased, although I have got that kind of chuffed up feel that Rolls Royce owners must have when their Power Reserve Dial shows 90% available at a steady 100mph - if you get my drift.
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