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| greentree |
Wood StoveWe bought our wood stove 18 months ago and I'd say its one of our best investments. I have not had a fill of oil since Nov 2005 and the tank is still a third full!We have a small cottage and the wood stove sits in the corner of the kitchen/living area. It heats up the whole house (even though its not connected to the rads) by us just leaving the doors open. We have two pots that we leave on it so we always have boiling water when its on. Also, the amount of wood I get from trees falling, new fences etc etc means that I have never had to pay for fuel for it. My friend is a carpenter and he sometimes drops in a trailer load of offcuts for free... Anyway - anyone else use one of these? Mike |
| wayland |
We had an old Rayburn that did heat the hot water. It was a great little range and would burn almost anything. |
| Camile |
Hello,
Them stoves are great indeed ! we bought one a couple of month ago, and the difference it made is incredible ! it used to be a cold cottage, warm when the open fire was light for 4h or more .. but roasting in front of the fire, and cold in the other corner of the room. And if you are out, and can't keep the fire going all day/all night, then you loose most of your heat from the cheminee .. Now with the stove, it's warm everywhere within 2hr, and no heat loss through the cheminee .. We have the Mulberry Joyce in the cottage itself: 
http://www.mulberrystoves.com/joyce.htm And indeed we have the kettle on .. And the plan is that in the extension (going well), we will install this one: http://www.mulberrystoves.com/wilde.htm or this one: http://www.mulberrystoves.com/beckett.htm With back boiler so it will do the central heating as well as room heating .. And in this one we can burn the scrap of wood and all .. We only burn some turf in the cottage stove, because I'm too scared of spits setting the roof on fire .. the thatcher was telling me that there is so many people that moved into a lovely thatched cottage, big open fire, so they lit a big fire with wood, and burns the roof down ! We got 5 hoppers cut last year, for 225€, and we only used about 1/2 of it .. This year we've cut 6 hoppers for 300€, so our heating bill for more or less 3 years is only roughly 550€. But they recommend to leave the doors closed, you actually get more heat from it, and it burns more efficiently. Everyone should install one of them .. I was reluctant at first because an open fire is gorgeous, but there is no comparaison regarding efficiency. Camile |
| greentree |
Yes - we are thinking of getting another one now for the main room.
We had an old open fire but as you say all the heat went straight up the chimney. Most cost efficient thing I've ever bought. We have a waterford stanley fionn model : 
Great for leaving the kettle on....!! Mike |