stove v open fire.

feckincrazy

Hi,
everyone im running a small bar and im trying to cut costs. at the moment in time i have an oil burner which is heating 17 rads between the bar and house. this is somthing i am going to fix with a moterised valve or 2. Another area is the bar. at the present time it is heated by an open fire and a number of radiators. In the last year ive burnt approx 2 ton of coal as well as 3 trailer loads of sticks. for the amount of fireing im burning i feel as if im not getting the value. Im thinking of putting in a solid fuel stove as a room heater no back boiler. The size of the bar is 10m x 4m x 3m. Can anybody tell me are stoves as good and effiecnt as giving out heat as they say the are. cheers everyone!

Carlow52

put in the stove, not to do so is

feckincrazy

MacGyver

i agree with Carlow52, stove all the way.

Cocoon

I went from a stove back to an open fire this year and while the fire was blazing there was no real difference, but what I did notice was the other rooms were cold because the open fire consumed so much fresh air. Three weeks ago I smashed the the fire back out again and put back in the stove, what I find now is that the whole house is heated and remains heated, no more draughts and still warm in the morning.. I also find that a bale of peat briquettes keeps the stove going all day and night..

Sligo Stoves and Fireplaces

When it come to the issue of stove or open fire it is an easy decision. A stove will give 75-85% efficiency where and open fire will give roughly 20% efficiency. What this means is that a stove will require less fuel for an equivalent amount of heat and will also be a safer option as there would be no concern about sparks coming from it as you would get from an open fire.
If you have and want to keep the effect of the open fire then an inset stove would be an option worth investigation. Inset stoves don't take the space required for a free standing unit but give you all the efficiency and reduced fuel consumption benefits.

feckincrazy

i have sized 2 stoves from stanley website in terms of kw heat and with dimensions of the bar. The result i got was 6kw heat. The 2 stanleys the site recomended was the oscar 7 kw and the tara 8 kw. I think the oscar looks better as there is a bigger window. Would the tara be to hot or could ya regulate the heat with the damper?

Carlow52

feckincrazy wrote: »

i have sized 2 stoves from stanley website in terms of kw heat and with dimensions of the bar. The result i got was 6kw heat. The 2 stanleys the site recomended was the oscar 7 kw and the tara 8 kw. I think the oscar looks better as there is a bigger window. Would the tara be to hot or could ya regulate the heat with the damper?

the window will get dirty so less glass = less cleaning, which should be be with warm clean water and a soft cloth, no soap/cleaner/beer dregs/ etc as they will corrode the heat resistant rope that the glass sits in, equally no abrasive sponges or brushes, glass is soft and u will score it leading to it shattering.

the output assumes a certain constant burn rate so less fuel = less heat so I would'nt worry about it.
heat wise better to be looking at it than for it

Daegerty

Stove with a back boiler

Carlow52

Daegerty wrote: »

Stove with a back boiler

Not in this case due to
the existing oil boiler system which is a closed system and the pipe run for emergency venting from the stove in case of pump failure or a power cut make it impractical.