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[Rick]

I've been reading up on these as I'm tempted to supplement the normal heating with a multi fuel stove. Situated in the middle room, in theory it'd heat up the rooms either side, and up the (open) stairs.

Any manufacturers of cheapo ones I should be avoiding??

We had a half-inglenook built a few years back with this in mind, brick surrounds, hearth made from thick reclaimed tiles etc (2" or so thick), so once I've measured up I'll go and have a nosey at some local outlets.

RJ
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[buzzy bee]

oh eck, another person needing logs!

[Rick]

[buzzy bee]

There is a roaring trade for logs at work, and pallet wood. I know of a few people who deal in them. I think I will stick to the warm jacket idea, sitting here typing in my berghaus jacket, lovely and warm! hehe I am trying to get them at work to start a syndicate for coal, could be good, buying 20 or 30 ton at a time. Nothing in it for me though!

[52classic]

I had a go at fitting one of these last winter.

Off Ebay, from Cactus Leisure. Only around 200 quid and we are very pleased with it. Flue liner, cap and register plates added another £150 or so.

We set the heating to start at 6 and go off at 7 to warm the house before we get home, then light the fire for the rest of the evening.

The stove is sufficient for 300Sq Ft' lounge on all but the very coldest nights but sometimes need the heating when other rooms are in use.
Anyway, gas bill was down by 70% for the worst quarter last winter and I would say that it's the first year in over 17 at this house when we could say we've had a 'cosy' winter!

Feeding is by way of pallets and site scrap timber.

[62rebel]

have you fellows heard of, or is it possible even, for you to use the barrel stoves we can make over here? i know there are lots of restrictions on how you guys can do things, is why i ask that.

a barrel stove is made of one or two 55gal steel drums; if it's one drum, the firebox is let into one end, the stovepipe at the other end on the side, and a stout pair of iron leg brackets are attached to keep it stable. in this arrangement, it puts out a fair amount of heat for little fuel. BUT: if you add the second barrel, atop the first, connected by a short pipe and then vented outside via the stovepipe, the heat that WAS wasted up the spout is conducted into the upper barrel and can be distributed elsewhere with fans and/or ducts.
these stoves are very well known up Canada and the Northwest, but are becoming more popular elsewhere in this weather and economy.

[Rick]

[roverdriver]

My wife and I use wood as our heating. We have a unit built into the fireplace, but would prefer a free-standing one as they are more efficient. We also use a wood burning stove for our winter cooking because the stove helps to warm the house too. I don't have any photos at the moment of the devices, but here are a couple of pics of our regular autumn activity of wood-gathering.





Every winter morning, I use an axe to split the larger slabs into easily handled pieces and barrow them to the house. Great way to get the circulation going on cold mornings, and of course, cut your own wood and it warms you twice!
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[michael1703]

weve got villager bayswater http://www.villager.co.uk/ it heats the front room nicely and the chimney breast warms our bedroom, we have a hge hot water tank linked to it and it means we dont have to use an immersion heater for hot water

i reckon it costs about £2.50 per day in logs to run, but it saves us the same in electric for an immersion and we dont have to use central heating etc

you can get som stoves that will run upto 7 radiators but you would have to keep it fairly well stocked

they are about £750