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PersonGCMS2012
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Quote: Originally posted by Grampian91 on 26/1/2015
I had a quick read up on wood burning stoves and im pretty sure rocket science is easier.

Balance the air going in and out and the temperature of the chimney or flue needs to be right to get the correct draft..

Then somehow its possible to have a roaring fire and yet not give off any heat??? How is that possible?

That frazzled my brain and i had to stop reading.


Not suitable for where i live anyway. Light a match and the neighbours phone the fire brigade and complain to the council and their MP's.





It sounds WAY more complicated than it really is...

If you're old enough to remember mum / dad / granny building, lighting and keeping the fire at home going, you're half way there.

Only difference is, is that's it's in an enclosed 'box'.

Our wood burner's been in 7 years this year now, and I wish I had put it in years ago!

It's helped decimate our gas bill / usage, which the utilities companies don't like!

Don't believe it when people say you can't fit them to 'new builds', that don't have a chimney stack etc either.

Look Here....

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Most important is that stove & flue joints are sealed. Air goes in to feed the fire but the fumes all go up the flue. Dunno if the op is still reading this but thats the basics. There seem to be plenty of suitable wood burners available for a reasonable price. Traveller/showman's 'vans from the days of yore usually had solid fuel stoves fitted.


Personmattlad
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A lot of canal boats have solid fuel stoves fitted. Have a wander down your nearest towpath and see how they do it.

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I lived on a 70 foot Narrowboat for several years and through 2 winters when the canal froze hard enough to slide the coal bags from one side of the cut to another.
I fitted a little Torgem fire with a back boiler. The flue was a cast iron 1 Piece beastie, very heavy..
That little heater, with a 3 inch water pipe running from it to the far end of the boat and back with a small header tank heated the entire boat, mostly on logs we pulled out of the lock overflow. We would light it on coal to get the heat up quick then it would just run on wood all day, usually with a large pot of Ox Tail soup bubbling away. I always suspected that the majority of the heat came off the chimney which was blisteringly hot.

I have only 2 weeks ago fitted a Gas bottle wood burner bought from Ebay in my garage to keep me warm when I'm pootling around in it. Using wood it got from -1 to +20 in just over an hour.
I would suggest that, if the OP had a decent fresh air inlet to the unit there wouldnt be a problem. The big problem as I see it would be that it would get just too hot. People dont realise just how much heat these small woodburners will throw out.

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PersonGCMS2012
29/1/2015 at 7:12pm
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Never thought...

How about fitting a pizza oven?

Like the one in Jamie Oliver's ex-army truck...

Heat and a source for cooking food...

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