Funkykipper

Funkykipper

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Can anyone recommend a multifuel burner which her indoors will like the look of.

(So that excludes Pikeys calor gas bottle burner)

It needs to pump out the heat equivalent of a space shuttle on take off.

Also cost about £300 to maybe £450 max new or something amazing secondhand.


Do I need an insulated flue or pipe for the outside of the house and I guess a safety certificate in case i sizzle the window cleaner.

Anything else???
 
+1 for the Windy Smithy - got their Wendy in my office/shed. Good bloke who makes them too, though they are intended only for wood, not coal/smokeless.

In the house I've a Dovre 425 which is stonking - 8kw overheats the front room which is 14' square and draughty - but a bit out of your price range.

Worth looking on the Bowland Stoves site or similar for a calculator to work out what kw you need, as we overdid it and now have to block half the grate with firebricks to have a manageable temperature.
 
Everyone I know raves on about Clearview stoves, and after in-laws bought the vision 500 I can see why, and ours isn't a too shabby Hunter 5.

The CV stove burn is so clean you hardly ever need to touch the glass even when turned right down. Ours, on the other hand, which gets very good reviews, gets quite murky unless you crank it up - and you want a stove with good burn control!

Tom
 
I've got a 'Hunter' multifuel stove, heats up the whole house. I burn mostly logs (I've got a continuous free supply), sometimes put a bit of coal on at night then it's still hot in the morning. Doesn't heat up the radiators but then I wouldn't want it to, would be too hot (radiators run on oil). I paid £600 ten years ago, I have a liner going right up to the chimney pot so most heat is retained. The only thing you must watch is if you have double glazing, there will be an insufficient supply of air and you will get negative pressure, meaning the stove will suck air down the chimney and fill your house with fumes. So it's important to have a good supply of air from outside. If you live in a drafty 300 year old house like mine it wont be a problem.
 
You need to get a Hetas certificate for a solid fuel fire and if its over 5kw the room its in needs to be vented. I had mine fitted last year with a twin walled external flue as I don't have a chimney. Its like a furnace once it gets going and I love it. Its a tiger stove on its own stand with space for logs underneath. Only downside I find with mine is because its small your wood needs to be chopped up fairly small compared to some stoves.
 
Nigel-S said:
That's a good un, go for the widest one that will fit into the fireplace. The wider it is, the longer the logs, and a lot less work. I cut my logs to approximately 16" and they fit in nicely :)
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Ah nice advice.

But with so many on the market finded a good wide one is going to be a challenge. :)
 
i have a barrel stove from machine mart,glows red hot if u dont open the door,burns anything and cost about 200pds, i just put a plate with hole in, bit of pipe and fired up,had it for 5years,use to be a open fire there so it took the smoke away then without a liner in.
 
Funkykipper said:
That's exactly my plan thus not using so much gas.

As i work shifts we have the heating on pretty much 24/7 and that comes with a combined gas/electric bill per annum of £2500.

So as I'm sick of paying out so much for gas, i'm going back to basics.
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its great and very Grizzly Adams chopping logs, lol
 
Been running a multifuel wood/coal job for 5 years now. I did put a vent in the room even if it was not needed it is nice to know it is safe. The house is grade 2 listed and planners got snotty about flue liner so had to cut lots of brickwork and fit clay liner. The heat is good but. on just the odd time I run into a pile of logs that are not so good so now when stacking them I make sure they are mixed .
 
You're better off buying a smaller wood burner and running it hard, than a larger one and running it with the air doors shut. Ideally, the chimney temperature should be above the dew point of the flue gas otherwise you will create creosote inside the chimney leading to fouling.
 
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