Woodburner

[MrsFlorrick]

We have got an existing fire place. It's working and a open style. However it doesn't give off much heat when lit and the room is big. Plus the faff of clean up etc.

Wanting a woodburner. And have had a HEYAS engineer out to quote for installation.

Looking at various woodburners. And I quite like this one by Ekol www.fluesystems.com/shop/Ekol_Clarity_12.html

I wonder whether anyone rates this brand or are they rubbish?

Other suggestions welcome. Must be DEFRA and 8kw - 12kW

My multifuel did, pretty big, and I only emptied it when it was full enough to reach the firebars, or when spring cleaning.

I think it helps to keep the fire going overnight, as well.

Unlucky, Phoenix and Pigletjohn.

I see. I shall hunt for one which has an ash drawer. I grew up with a Morso with a back boiler and a Jotul. Both had ash drawers. Didn't realise some came without.

Pigletjohn. You say you leave yours on over night (with smokeless coal presumably? Wood would burn out too fast?). Some of the specifications I've read says that the burners are "for intermittent burning only and not to be left unattended over night" wtf??

I am confused.
I guess I may be shelling out for the expensive Morso after all

phoenix just curious - doesn't that mean that you have to carry an open pan of ashes through the house and out to the bin/flower beds (maybe in the wind?) Or do they have lids?
I find my ash vac thing is great in that it is all trapped in there until you take the lid off to empty - cleaning the filter is a bit of a mucky job - but no worse I guess than emptying a bag less hoover...

Charnwood c4 here, we bloody love ours. I never rarely empty mine, but ours is a standard woodburner - like fools we didn't opt for the multifuel grill thingy bit, would've cost us £70 at the time of purchase, £180 now

Ours is only a 5, I seriously doubt it would go overnight - it's just not big enough.

I dream about a big open plan extension with a Cove or a round Morso...

Ps my roses love the ash

I should have also said I also don't have to empty the ash vac canister after every clean out - I guess once a month....or so...

PigletJohn, you said upthread that multifuels can heat radiators. Can multifuels also be connected to underfloor heating?

Ours has an ash pan and a little slidey thing above it so that you can keep some of the ashes for a bed for the next fire.

I wouldn't worry too much about keeping it going overnight - modern woodburners can be lit in a couple of minutes, we just stick a couple of firelighters and some small bits of wood on and off it goes.

We also have one that is clad in soapstone, which radiates the heat for longer, so it takes the chill out of the room overnight.

hex

Possibly. As a solid fuel appliance can overheat, you must always have a heat sink (usually an upstairs radiator with no knobs to turn it off) to absorb the heat and prevent it boiling. However this is specialist work and beyond my knowledge. An experienced multifuel installer should know.

I have a relation with a multifuel that runs the radiators and HW cylinder, it must be about a metre wide. I can see she is embarrassed that it takes longer to get started and heat the house than a gas boiler, especially when she has visitors, and she sometimes wishes she had bought one. She does however have a home in the West Country outside a village, so it is usually mild and she gets plenty of wood.

Heating a house might need 15kW of heat in cold weather, which is quite a lot. When it's not so cold, far less. Modern gas boilers can typically modulate themselves between about 8kW and about 30kW according to demand.

We are getting a Chesney Salisbury. Very plain with a biggish window to allow optimum view of the flames. I really wanted a Clearview but couldn't find a supplier in my area that had one in stock that I could see.

Does anyone know anything about burning peat. I thought it was frowned upon from and environmental view point but I have seen some for sale in my local area.

yes, burning peat is a no-no. it's not sustainable and is being depleted at a rate of knots.