Pellet stove, In a detached Garage ?

fishfoodie

Is it possible to install a pellet stove in a detached garage ?

Would the efficiency loss be horrendous ?

Ideally I'd like to build a Passive or Near-Passive timber-frame & put in plumbing for UFH, but initially use a V.Small multifuel stove for heat & a 5m2 Solar setup for DHW.

Then, a few years down the line, when I've a few quid, build a block garage with a hopper & pellet burner in the back.

Do folks think this is a realistic approach ?

muffler

Moved to RE forum.

topcatcbr

I dont see any real poblem with this. There will be some loss from the pipe work leaving the garage and entering the home but insulating the pipes well should aleviate the majority of this.

MicktheMan

fishfoodie wrote: »

Is it possible to install a pellet stove in a detached garage ?

Would the efficiency loss be horrendous ?

Ideally I'd like to build a Passive or Near-Passive timber-frame & put in plumbing for UFH, but initially use a V.Small multifuel stove for heat & a 5m2 Solar setup for DHW.

Then, a few years down the line, when I've a few quid, build a block garage with a hopper & pellet burner in the back.

Do folks think this is a realistic approach ?

Hi Fishfoodie,

I have 2 points.
1. If you build a passive house then there should be no/little need for a space heating system, especially something like an UF heating system.
2. If you do install any heatsource in the garage then make sure you use "district heating" pipework to the house otherwise you will be heating up the ground and loosing a significant amount of heat. You may want to install this pipework when building the house in order to avoid disruption down the road.

fishfoodie

MicktheMan wrote: »

Hi Fishfoodie,

I have 2 points.
1. If you build a passive house then there should be no/little need for a space heating system, especially something like an UF heating system.
2. If you do install any heatsource in the garage then make sure you use "district heating" pipework to the house otherwise you will be heating up the ground and loosing a significant amount of heat. You may want to install this pipework when building the house in order to avoid disruption down the road.

Yeah, I'm caught between two stools on the heating. A well built passive house ought to have minimal heating need, but, lets face it your always going to want to have a backup ;-)

The stove is a nice option, but I don't want to be lighting fires when all I want is to add a few degrees to the house. Hence why I was thinking UFH.

If I do go with UFH I'll put in the pipework & I'd put in a conduit to where the Garage would go so I'll have easy access to connect it up at a later date, a 12"x6" box would be plenty to route well lagged pipes wouldn't it ?

I like the idea of using the rear of a concrete garage as its dry enough for pellet storage & secure, while avoiding having to give valuable square footage in the house. My only concern is that the burners efficiency might be impacted as the calcs might rely on the 'waste heat' from the burner actually going into the envelope of the house as well.

Reminds me, I'll have to check out flue heights