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roofman
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I agree but im keeping away from that enviroment fine for a smoking chimney its not worth getting caught with thatMaking gas and electric so expensive we cant turn the heating on..now making it illegal to keep warm by burning coalthe lowlife pigs want us all dead i am telling you because they don't have our pension pots. Well this winter i will be burning anything from a wellie to the interior of a scrap car before my wife and i go cold..enough is enough now, the daily shafting is going to stop in roofmans castle forthwith
I suspected the prices was going up and i was also looking for a stove that burns very little wood but gives loads of heat output
an open fire dosnt give that and neither does a normal stove yes you can slow the burn down but it starts giving smoke issues if set on simmer
the secondary stoves also can chew through wood rather well
ive also built a rocket stove within a normal stove and for 3, 1/2hrs worth of heat for softwood i can assure you i like it enough but a warning must be given they are over hot and can be dangerous as the heat output is very high with them
this stove was brand new and has fire brick as the top of those 3x2
this is the wood i used and how i built it within a normal stove
that lot of wood gave me 3, 1/2 worth of heat within a very large room
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So you wait till that’s burnt ( getting cold) then restack for another three and a half hour?
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but that load heated up a 56 ft length of 12ft one end then opening out to 5m at middle going through a door and into a kitchen and toilet area and also someones sitting and relaxing room leaving about 7ft short of 56ft length
it was too warm and i was working in just a tee shirt
watch the video you can see the flames being pulled to the front and also the gases was also going there noticed that by eye though
it was too warm and i was working in just a tee shirt
watch the video you can see the flames being pulled to the front and also the gases was also going there noticed that by eye though
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What temperature is your flue with that setup, I’ve a temp gauge on mine and like to keep it at the top end of the normal range which is around 300 degrees C
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There is a lot to it
How to choose a wood burning stove for your property (includes infogra
Wood Burning Stoves from top brands including Ekol, Hamlet, Saltfire, Heta, Dik Geurts & Salamander. Browse our best-sellers & latest models. Easy returns.
www.stovefitterswarehouse.co.uk
My mother had an open fire and now has a stove and uses a decent amount of fuel. I think that’s because her husband bough one that’s too big but looked good and consequently it’s like stoking the flying Scotsman!
As above, there’s a lot to it, that info thing talks about output vs volume.
The guy who drew it is knowledgeable and always happy to chat.
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My stove is 85% efficient, an open fire is in the region of 25% in the ballpark
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That’s where I bought mine and used the tutorials from his website to do a diy install.There is a lot to it
How to choose a wood burning stove for your property (includes infogra
Wood Burning Stoves from top brands including Ekol, Hamlet, Saltfire, Heta, Dik Geurts & Salamander. Browse our best-sellers & latest models. Easy returns.
My mother had an open fire and now has a stove and uses a decent amount of fuel. I think that’s because her husband bough one that’s too big but looked good and consequently it’s like stoking the flying Scotsman!
As above, there’s a lot to it, that info thing talks about output vs volume.
The guy who drew it is knowledgeable and always happy to chat.
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He’s a decent bloke.
I’m installing it between him and the tame HETAS guy who’ll be signing it off. He is signing it so he has final say but that website stops me bothering him every 5 minutes
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uk efficent stoves are a big con just like us stoves are for older stoves the site below gives a true reading but dosnt give wood usage
uk has a very similar test load to the below link
the above site released a real world test and it has some interesting results in blue
no one burns like they do in a lab test
there isnt a test for economy of the wood whilst being burnt
uk has a very similar test load to the below link
the above site released a real world test and it has some interesting results in blue
no one burns like they do in a lab test
there isnt a test for economy of the wood whilst being burnt
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while an open fire is 30% efficient at best. A wood burning stove is likely to be better than 65% efficient.
newer stoves are better than this as they now use secondary air and also use preheated channels within the stove to throw air more into the room rather than up your chimney
even though both throw the heat and flames up the chimney rather fast one heats up better either been cast steel or steel frame that can be used to further heat the room than the back of the stove like your fireplace does
you can improve an open fire
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I didnt have a test gun with me when i lit that stove twice
but that little one inside stove would reach 1000f easily or be much higher as it heated up
normal wood stoves give off heat at around 1000-1500f up the chimney i suspect it was giving off 1500f all the way through its burn cycle
this is someone else video done before i tried it myself
video wont link so you will have to copy and paste the wording below into youtube
How to build a Rocket Stove insight you'r fireplace OOO $$$
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that would be what would happen but its just way too warm to do a restack and fire again instead id just probably just throw a few odd pieces in it
i wanted to know was it possible to build one and then make it safe within a normal wood stove
you can core them roughly the same like i did using firebricks instead of wood
the issue is they can give off high heat of 1500f-2000f on a burn and this can be dangerous to normal wood stoves without new protection on them
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economy of the wood no wood stove beats the economy of a rocket stove
its either labour intensive cutting up the wood or you create a bigger firebox
i wouldnt want to see this but it does produce loads of heat
there is plenty of other designs out there that could be used but if you like the look of a wood or coal fire you wont see it with a rocket stove however the heat gain is alot
wood economy poor to a degree but better than a normal wood stove also gives out twice the amount of heat but you wont like the price of it
its either labour intensive cutting up the wood or you create a bigger firebox
i wouldnt want to see this but it does produce loads of heat
there is plenty of other designs out there that could be used but if you like the look of a wood or coal fire you wont see it with a rocket stove however the heat gain is alot
wood economy poor to a degree but better than a normal wood stove also gives out twice the amount of heat but you wont like the price of it
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I hear all the above but they are now making the rules and constraints too hard for just being able to exist these days
we are going through very hard times and they are about to get harder through no fault of ours, we the people don't make the wars but we always seem to pay the price..The current price for the Baltic arguments by the power crazy few are fuel prices that we cant sustain..Smoking chimney will be the last thing on my mind when its minus 5 degrees in November i can assure you of that. Remember there are more people than government officials,its just in this Country no body sticks together anymore to fight back when our backs are against the wall
we are going through very hard times and they are about to get harder through no fault of ours, we the people don't make the wars but we always seem to pay the price..The current price for the Baltic arguments by the power crazy few are fuel prices that we cant sustain..Smoking chimney will be the last thing on my mind when its minus 5 degrees in November i can assure you of that. Remember there are more people than government officials,its just in this Country no body sticks together anymore to fight back when our backs are against the wall
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Just had a read. Cheers. Learn something every day
