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Multifuel stove. Would you recommend yours? Which us it?

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chocolateshoes · 21/04/2014 12:22

Yippee! I've managed to convince DH that we should get a multi fuel stove in our kitchen. I could do with some tips and advice please. It's a kitchen / day room roughly 5x3 metre squared..I'd like something tall and modern rather than small and fat. I quite like the idea of a glass plinth as our flooring is oak. We know we'll need a big flue because we don't have a chimney and that will be pricey..

What kilowattage do you think we need?
What would look good?
Any recommended brands?
Are there other things we need to consider?
Any good suppliers?

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ThatBloodyWoman · 21/04/2014 12:26

We have a morso squirrel.
It's fantastic.

It's traditional looking though.

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chocolateshoes · 21/04/2014 12:29

Thanks TBW. We has one if those in our last house & really liked it. Although this time I'd like more contemporary I think.

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Zoidberg · 21/04/2014 14:47

We have an Aarrow ecoburn, I like its big window for gazing at the flames. The five kw only just enough heat for our lounge diner but would think enough for your measurements.

Sandthorn · 21/04/2014 17:13

We have a westfire one: www.stovesonline.co.uk/wood_burning_stoves/Westfire-Series-One-Stove.html

It's perfect for us. Very pared-back styling, super-efficient, easy to light, and belts out heat when you get it going. It's available with a pedestal, so you can store some wood underneath, but we like the look without. Output is 4.9kW, and plenty for our 3.5x4x2.4m living room. I guess the style is boxy, like traditional stoves, but really simplified: no fussy details.

Can't recommend it highly enough, and our HETAS fitter waxed lyrical about the build quality and technical documents. The same manufacturer do a bunch of more modern-looking ones, also available through the same website. What the Danes don't know about stoves probably isn't worth knowing.

PigletJohn · 21/04/2014 17:23

Have you got a hot-water cylinder?

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chocolateshoes · 21/04/2014 18:17

Thanks! I like that Westfire one. That's the kind of thing I'm after.
We have a hot water tank Piglet-is that what you mean? I don't think we could link the two. Sorry if I've misunderstood!

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PigletJohn · 21/04/2014 18:22

If you have a hot-water cylinder, you can, if you want, get a multifuel with heat exchanger that will heat the cylinder, and probably a towel rail or radiator in the bathroom. This is especially worthwhile if some or all of the fuel in your stove is free or cheap.

It will not be as powerful or quick as a gas boiler.

yourlittlesecret · 21/04/2014 18:36

I have one with a back boiler. Had it for 20 years but it's very traditional.
To be honest, if you have mains gas, or you don't have access to lots of wood I wouldn't bother.

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chocolateshoes · 21/04/2014 18:36

Ah ok. Thanks Piglet!

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tobiasfunke · 21/04/2014 18:55

We have a Termatech soapstone multi-fuel in our kitchen- which is about 9m x 4.5.
www.coastalstoves.co.uk/tt3s.html

It is fabulous and heats our room very quickly. It is a dream to light and has a large separate ash drawer so easy to clean. I like it much more than our rather beautiful and more expensive Jotul in our living room.
We use wood and wood briquettes to bring it up to heat quickly and then use coal to keep it going.

There are kw calculators on the web but you need to go and talk to a really good stove shop. Apparently the kw outputs on the stoves are 'a guide' (or in some cases'bollock'). Our Jotul is a kw of 5.9 (or somesuch) which means it comes in under the level where you are required to have ventilation put in the room. However it is capable of doing much much more. I think our room was calculated as needing 11 kw. However the Jotul heats our very cold room beautifully. We wouldn't have known that if we hadn't talked to the stove man at 'Stove Experience'. A bigger kw stove might have made it uncomfortable to sit anywhere near the stove.

SwedishEdith · 21/04/2014 20:45

If it's in the same room as your kitchen, I'm sure (?) that there's some regulations about cooker extractors and multifuel stoves. Sorry to be vague but I think there's something you need to consider about them.

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chocolateshoes · 21/04/2014 22:12

Thanks Swedish. We hD a fitter round to look today and he didn't mention it but it would be good to check. I'll investigate

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chocolateshoes · 21/04/2014 22:14

Swedish! I've just looked online and you're right. Oh no! Is there any way round this?

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PigletJohn · 21/04/2014 22:24

you have an air inlet near the stove, for example in the wall behind it. One of the stoves in a link above had the facility for a ventilation duct to be attached to the stove itself.

One of the best methods I have seen is a duct under the floor, with a grill in the floor in front of the stove, which almost prevents draughts.

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chocolateshoes · 22/04/2014 19:07

Ah ok thanks. Panic over!

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puffylovett · 23/04/2014 19:19

We have a Charnwood c4. I would put a pic up if I knew how!

poshme · 23/04/2014 19:22

We have a clearview 500 something. I love it. It has really clear glass so it feels less like a stove & more like looking at a fire.
We used to have a massive hunter which did all our hot water & heating. It was sooo much work and difficult to control. Our clearview gas very sensitive air controls which I like.
Get a CO monitor.

poshme · 23/04/2014 19:23

It has, not it gas.

Gatekeeper · 23/04/2014 19:28

Morso Panther here and jolly nice it is too

some of the best ones are (in no particular order)
Morso
Clearview
Charnwood
Contura

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chocolateshoes · 24/04/2014 16:39

Hohhot brilliant, thank you. More tips!

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