Woodburner improvements

[Dougy]

Fitting a thermostat is reccomended, mine got melted by a blow torch whilst soldering and replaced, the manufactures quoted £150 plus p&p got one from the folk who make them for £49 + P&P just a tip for you all

[jimmyh1988]

we have a stove its a yeoman similar design to dougys we have a back boiler fitted and it heats up both of our water tanks during the winter . can fit 3 or 4 large pieces of wood 19 inches in length in her and she'll still be going in the morning .we get out wood for free but i also know people in the industry (farming/forestry/arbs) so it makes getting hold of wood easy .generally look out for the council doing tree work and chore it off them as they prefer not to do the labour of moving it about anyway .

[DSPUK]

I think we had better stop encouraging people to get wood burners - next thing we'll know is price of wood will rocket and there will be a shortage.

 

I do miss my old big stove though - we burnt everything that was waste in house - packaging to food scraps.

 

Dave

[Laird Lugton]

Best get your tissues out woodburner lovers this is my one, currently roaring away a house just isn't the same without one and so much better than an open fire. Have to say no issues with getting mine in just with getting it to kick out enough heat and of course the amount of logs we go through

 

 

If that's the size of your fireplace how big is your house?!

[Laird Lugton]

I have a squirrel too. One of the best small stoves. I live on a narrowboat, and most of my boating neighbours use a woodburner. I plumbed mine into the hot water tank last year, so I get a warm boat and a warm bath on the same (free) logs. They take a bit of work, but I've had mine for 8 years and I love it.

 

Wish we'd plumbed ours into the central heating. As it is a new house I suppose we were lucky to get a chimney, and a clay lined one at that....

[reddan]

Badges are in the post.

 

Al4x please tell me your house is open plan, either that or you live in a huge hall. Do you have a smoking jacket and a fine selection of ports?

 

Dan

Edited November 3, 2010 by reddan

[malkiserow]

I had a regular heating system with rads in all rooms. I put a high capacity back boiler in mu wood burner and fitted a double coil copper cylinder and a heat sink radiator in another room for when it all got too hot. I think this can save much cash on the heating and hot water bills and keep the ladies happy for ease of use and a comfortable house.

[reddan]

I had a regular heating system with rads in all rooms. I put a high capacity back boiler in mu wood burner and fitted a double coil copper cylinder and a heat sink radiator in another room for when it all got too hot. I think this can save much cash on the heating and hot water bills and keep the ladies happy for ease of use and a comfortable house.

 

 

Nice work, I keep considering buying a back boiler for mine but I still would like the exhaust air heat pump I have seen but can't afford.

 

The two don't go together really because one will be low heat and one high.

[Punt Gun]

So what's this woodburner club about? I would like to join.

 

I have a three storey town house, therefore the flue is very long 11m, this makes a huge difference on the rate at which the burner burns. I put a butterfly valve in is this what you mean by dampner? I open this when I put more wood on otherwise smoke spills in to the room. If I wasn't to close this valve the wood would be gone in a fraction of the time.

 

I was thinking about a back boiler, can you buy them and add them on as an after thought, or would you have to buy a new burner?

 

I have a combie boiler, if i were to get a back boiler or replace the burner, could I simply cut into the radiator line, and put a separate supply onto the water pump? Are there any solenoids or valves that automatically close in the combie or would putting the supply onto the water pump just circulate through the combie?

 

I have a cottager stove, rough and ready, I love it. My only grudge is that I bought double door with the intention of opening the doors, this defeats the object of having a burner and now I have the strip where the doors close restricting some of the view into the burner, wished I had bought a single door as you get a bigger panel of glass.

 

I would never be able to get mine to relight in the morning though, 4 hours and it is out what ever wood I burn. I get it quickly to temperature, then I close everything, maybe I need to change the rope around the doors, any ideas?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Really like the way the metal box looks. The walls round mine aren't quite plumb so it is difficult to get the leading edge to look anything. I might run metal down them to tidy it up.

 

By the look of the size of the fire I suspect you don't have to have a wacking great hole in the wall. As a side note my dog loves the vent he constently sniffs the air, like one would sample a fine wine.

 

As this thread continues I find I am more and more getting to the sad postion of wodburner apprichation. Want to join the club, we have badges?

 

Dan

[reddan]

So what's this woodburner club about? I would like to join.

 

I have a three storey town house, therefore the flue is very long 11m, this makes a huge difference on the rate at which the burner burns. I put a butterfly valve in is this what you mean by dampner? I open this when I put more wood on otherwise smoke spills in to the room. If I wasn't to close this valve the wood would be gone in a fraction of the time.

 

I was thinking about a back boiler, can you buy them and add them on as an after thought, or would you have to buy a new burner?

 

I have a combie boiler, if i were to get a back boiler or replace the burner, could I simply cut into the radiator line, and put a separate supply onto the water pump? Are there any solenoids or valves that automatically close in the combie or would putting the supply onto the water pump just circulate through the combie?

 

I have a cottager stove, rough and ready, I love it. My only grudge is that I bought double door with the intention of opening the doors, this defeats the object of having a burner and now I have the strip where the doors close restricting some of the view into the burner, wished I had bought a single door as you get a bigger panel of glass.

 

I would never be able to get mine to relight in the morning though, 4 hours and it is out what ever wood I burn. I get it quickly to temperature, then I close everything, maybe I need to change the rope around the doors, any ideas?

 

LOL this thread only started because I was going to modify my fireplace to reflect a bit more heat into the room but it seem quite popular. Seems we all like to talk about our woodburners as much as pigeons! All woodburner porn welcome!

 

I am not quite sure it is a simple as cutting into the rad line with a combi but then I am not a plumber. You can buy backboiler to retrofit for some burners just depends on the make and modal. I have a villager flatmate which you can retro fit one, its about £250. resealing the rope is a good, idea also I notice on mine that the door catches can be adjusted to tighten them against the frame. If you want to take it through the night you could try adding some coal before yougo to bed.

 

Welcome to the club

 

Dan

[sandspider]

Go on then, here's mine!

 

[sandspider]

Spot the Legia product placement!

[reddan]

Go on then, here's mine!

 

 

 

Nice, what are the shapes behind the burner?

 

Dan

[al4x]

Badges are in the post.

 

Al4x please tell me your house is open plan, either that or you live in a huge hall. Do you have a smoking jacket and a fine selection of ports?

 

Dan

 

 

that is the front room and actually used to be a village hall years ago. Try not to have port in the house as we only drink it by the bottle in single sittings and there have been a few of them in that room

[sandspider]

Nice, what are the shapes behind the burner?Dan

 

Sorry Dan, didn't see this. The bit closest to the stove is fireboard as the wall behind it was cracking. The bit behind that was there when I bought the house - I think it's a previous owner's attempts to make the fireplace smaller - they also blocked off most of the chimney, as it used to be huge. Even now, with just the stove there, it sucks a lot of air through - I live in a windy valley. Keeps it burning nicely though.

 

Cheers.

[reddan]

Sorry Dan, didn't see this. The bit closest to the stove is fireboard as the wall behind it was cracking. The bit behind that was there when I bought the house - I think it's a previous owner's attempts to make the fireplace smaller - they also blocked off most of the chimney, as it used to be huge. Even now, with just the stove there, it sucks a lot of air through - I live in a windy valley. Keeps it burning nicely though.

 

Cheers.

 

cool, just wondered.

[tommygoose]

best thing ever getting one in get all my wood off shore

[2sledge]

ok heres mine

[scraggoak]

Hi i have the same villager stove in my front room which measures 5 x 5 mtrs the room gets so hot that we have to open the door to the hallway to let

the heat escape,once the stove gets going we close the bottom vents shut the damper half way, and open the top vents about about half way and the stove glows cherry red, good dry hardwood logs make all the difference,

cheers geoff

[syborg]

hi folks.

 

i saw this thread and had to grin..

 

i have literaly just finished building my own woodburner out of the classis recycle gas bottle.

 

very basic im sure u will agree and im sure not 100% ce approved,lol

 

i have no register plate either but ive sealed the gap between flue and chimney flu using firerope coiled around the flue pipe.

 

luckily for me the chimney liner is 8 inches and the pipe is 6.5 inches..so i just used 3/4 firerope and spirraled the rope around the pipe

and gradualy poked it up into the gap.

 

the door is made of 10mm thick plate with a graduated wedge type lock and a firerope seal on the inside of the door which mates with the

angle appeture on the front of the bottle.

 

the two vents are simply steel tube with captive nuts welded to strips of 5mm plate across the inside of the tube, threaded bar and 5mm thick steel discs with handles make up the vent adjusters.

 

i often leave a good 2 inches of ash inside the bottom of the burner to protect the base from the intense heat.

 

as for heat build up withing the breast cavity, i just use a small desk fan on low speed to blow out the trapped heat into the room.

 

ive had my living room up to 28 degrees c during this cold snap!!!

 

although i cant see the fire i think i,ll put up with it for the sake of a free woodburner...

 

enjoy

 

syborg

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Edited December 5, 2010 by syborg

[Dougy]

That looks the dogs danglies

[al4x]

mm wouldn't have it in my house though, designed to contain gas and not fires. Personally you invalidate your house insurance if you burn it down and that is an almighty gamble to take.

 

looks good and fine for an outhouse or shed etc where it doesn't matter quite as much if it burns down

[syborg]

lol i thought the same...thats why its housed in the original open fire place hearth...the only difference is the fire is in the burner and not in an open dog grate...this is safer if anything.

 

syborg

[reddan]

hi folks.

 

i saw this thread and had to grin..

 

i have literaly just finished building my own woodburner out of the classis recycle gas bottle.

 

very basic im sure u will agree and im sure not 100% ce approved,lol

 

i have no register plate either but ive sealed the gap between flue and chimney flu using firerope coiled around the flue pipe.

 

luckily for me the chimney liner is 8 inches and the pipe is 6.5 inches..so i just used 3/4 firerope and spirraled the rope around the pipe

and gradualy poked it up into the gap.

 

the door is made of 10mm thick plate with a graduated wedge type lock and a firerope seal on the inside of the door which mates with the

angle appeture on the front of the bottle.

 

the two vents are simply steel tube with captive nuts welded to strips of 5mm plate across the inside of the tube, threaded bar and 5mm thick steel discs with handles make up the vent adjusters.

 

i often leave a good 2 inches of ash inside the bottom of the burner to protect the base from the intense heat.

 

as for heat build up withing the breast cavity, i just use a small desk fan on low speed to blow out the trapped heat into the room.

 

ive had my living room up to 28 degrees c during this cold snap!!!

 

although i cant see the fire i think i,ll put up with it for the sake of a free woodburner...

 

enjoy

 

syborg

 

I thought the same as al4x but it does look awesome, very industrial. We used to have a huge woodburner in the teashed at the boatyard, that was a welded box but worked a treat.

 

lol i thought the same...thats why its housed in the original open fire place hearth...the only difference is the fire is in the burner and not in an open dog grate...this is safer if anything.

 

syborg

 

If I was you and was determined to keep it I would get myself a electronic carbon monoxide detector. As already said it won't meet the building regs and may impact your insurance but it is your choice. If you took the door off and put a grate across the lower front it would make a nice open fire sort of affair, as far as I remember there isn't the carbon monoxide risk with an open fire because you aren't restricting the airflow to it. Could be wrong on that though.

 

Whatever you do I still think it looks amazing.

 

Dan

[Axeman1984]

have to say syborg I think it looks awsome too, and considering it never cost you anything to build hats off to you even more, the whole point of installing a woodburner is to save money and be self sufficient, and you've certainly achieved that on all counts, and as for being a fire risk as you said it's a dam sight safer than an open fire!!! as for "al4x" comment about "I wouldnt have it in my house" it's a wonder you could see the photo properly, it must be a long way to see looking down your nose that far at the computer screen, let me guess another townie/londoner playing at liveing the good life out in the country, weve got a few like you in my village...