Ange1 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 You can call either Kevin or Steve on 01948 663954 to ask any technical questions they're lovely chaps! They know about the free standing flues, apparently you need to make sure that they are 'doubled skinned' to give stability, to stop them moving! You've got me thinking Snowy, that one of these beautys would be possible in boyfriend's house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Clearview are British made and have a page on their site about 'beeing green'. Sounds like I work for them, they are just very good! The link isn't the sort that my parents have, but I like the flat topped ones too, for the same reason as someone above said, great for keeping things warm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I like the idea of a stove you can cook casseroles on! We chose our Firebelly because it was closest made to home (made in Preston, painted in Halifax and delivered to Leeds!). You can also have just about any colour you like so not limited to stove black - ours was red, but they do a huge range; each is painted to order. They're also bringing out a kitchen range which looks from the photo on their website http://www.firebellystoves.com, but I don't know if I could rely on wood fired cooking and heating after a long day at work. DEFINITELY go for Clearwash, and the biggest fire window you can, so you get a good view of the fire not just a few windows to peep through. The modern stoves are just gorgeous and we will be installing one ASAP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I'm really interested in this, I have a 1930s house with chimney-breasts but no fireplaces and I've been thinking about opening up one of the fireplaces. Also, I'm horrified by the fuel price rises and I have access to a free supply of wood! But ... I'm out at work all day - how feasible is this for short periods? If I got in at 6 and lit it, how long would it take to heat up? Do you need to clean them out every day like a traditional open fire, or is it just a case of emptying out the ash every so often? Also, how realistic is it to heat a whole house? I have a big kitchen-diner across the back of the house, which is where I spent most of my time, and it would probably heat the back bedrooms above there. If I left the doors open, would it heat the rest of the house? I must say that the thought of getting one that would heat the water is an attractive thought ... but what do you do in the summer? Sorry to add a lot of questions to your thread, Snowy, I am going to look at the Not Easy Being Green website as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 The new ones heat up really quickly Olly - we were amazed when we went to the showrooms and they lit up the two we liked.........we almost had to stand outside in the street to continue chatting as it became so hot! We only emptied the ash once a week! - it burns better with ash in the pan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Ours warmed the through lounge and kitchen in minutes. The bedrooms above weren't hot, but never got cold and the central heating rarely needed except for a quick blast on cold mornings. I only emptied the ash every few days, as Lesley says a bit of ash in the bottom helps the fire. It was fantastic and not at all difficult to keep on top of it, even if we had been out all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I am seriously tempted, I don't like the bedroom too hot anyway and I have an electric blanket, so I could probably live without the heating on upstairs anyway. I've dismissed the idea of an open fire, because of the work of cleaning out, relaying etc - had one before and I loved it, but we only used it at weekends, and it was very inefficient at heating a room anyway. The cat would love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Ours did love it but never dared get too close as she's black and got seriously hot when the fire was lit. We'd find her sitting on the top in the mornings though - she must've waited til the stove was warm rather than hot before snuggling up to the pipe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 They do heat up pretty quickly. I sometimes lit ours during the day in the winter but with only me in the house it usually got lit when the children came home on cold days and on slightly less cold days OH would light it while I got tea ready and by the time we sat down the room would be nice and warm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 I like what I hear more and more! I'm thinking that I could leave doors open downstairs and the heat would spread. I also don't tend to have the heating on upstairs (apart from the bathroom - I really hate a cold bathroom first thing in the morning ) Even the boys rooms are not heated now they are beyond baby stage. I only have one door from my lounge, into the hall, which leads into the kitchen, which leads into the dining room. I wonder if the heat would travel all that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 The ones Mum & Dad have Snowy DO heat that sort of distance (from big lounge through large diningroom into kitchen where the AGA meets it with it's heat!) and you don't need to open the doors, heat gets into the rooms and upstairs without the doors open. I suppose there would be risk of fire spitting onto rug etc too. Also I think as a rule you keep the doors shut to keep it clean with the air wash thingy! To get them started you only need a minimal amount of newspaper and kindling and then you pull on the plunger and WHOOSH it goes that's quickly blooming marvelvous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 My stove heats all of the downstairs of my draughty Victorian house when it gets going. It is fast to heat up and easy to run, so long as you remember to bung a log on every now and then. If I were home all day, then I'd have it going 24/7. I can and have cooked on mine, baked taters are a must, and used it for cooking when the gas oven broke down. Here's a not very good photo of mine; http://claretblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff898588673100e398ce18ed0002.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I haven't done baked spuds in mine,but it does have a stove top bit for a kettle & for chestnuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Claret yours is very similar to mine. I love doing baked potatoes in it, they come out so much nicer.. We tend to only hae ours on in the winter months, it does reduce the central heating, however my little log burner would never heat this house, there's too many rooms. So the central heating still needs to go on. I have boys who like to snuggle under a throw or duvet in front of the telly at night so the burner is lovely for those type of evenings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 What a great thread. You are all talking me into one - another one of those 'Omlet must haves' We actually had a quote for when when we put the Oil fired heating in 6 years ago - but the cost of installing the heating was enough at the time! We have an open fire which heats the large lounge really well - we just find it a hassle cleaning the grate out when we get home late at night and want warmth! But with an endless supply of wood, I think I'm going to have to have words with my OH. We are currently very stingy with the heating anyway - it doesn't go on until mid-end Nov and is off mid March, I always have to switch it up (or on!) when we have visitors, they always find our house too cold. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 Yours looks lovely Clare! Sorry Angel, I meant the room doors, not the stove doors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I still have the heating on LL, especially in deepest winter as the house gets so cold, but the stove warms it up so tthe roomstat turns the boiler off. Because I'm out every weekday, it doesn't give the house a chance to get warm and stay warm, consequently, it is pretty parky when I get in from work and in the mornings. Doesn't take long for the stove to get warm and toasty though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 'toasty' is such a lovely term for how it feels when it warms up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Sorry Snowy that'll teach me to read more carefully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Christmas Eve....the room all toasty with a fire roaring in the woodburner, two rosy-cheeked boys fresh from the bath in checked flannel pyjamas, each with a mug of cocoa, watching The Polar Express before dashing up to bed so Santa wouldn't come while they were awake. I get all nostalgic and gooey just thinking about it. By the time we install a woodburner in this house the boys will be no longer rosy-cheeked and will probably refuse point blank to wear flannel pyjamas ... but I still want one and you know you do too! The Omlet effect strikes again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I have to say that mine counts very near the top of my Best Purchases List. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 yep, same here Claret, we had to have our fireplace widened to have ours but worth every bit, I wouldn't be without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 You are all getting me very interestered in a stove with a boiler now How do you heat water in the summer months when you don't need the stove lit ? Do you get up very early on winter mornings to light the stove to heat the radiators and hot water ? I'm usually up at 5.30am but the house would be empty from 8.30 am until around 3.30pm, would the stove stay lit all day without any attention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERTIE MCSQUIRTY Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 this is the one i have and it warms up my house no problem http://www.pevexenterprises.co.uk/ViewMultiFuelStove.asp?PVCode=499 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERTIE MCSQUIRTY Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 You are all getting me very interestered in a stove with a boiler now check with your local council - some councils are giving excellent grants to have a stove boiler fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
