Low output airtight Stoves with external air supply

Troy McClure

We are building an airtight house with underfloor heating and high level insulation. We need 2 stoves, one free standing and one cassette stove.
I am finding it difficult to find cost effective models that are low enough output to not blast us out of it in such a house.
They must have external air supply. Anyone any recommendations or had similiar problems?

BryanF

is a back boiler facility possible, this may help

you could also just put less fuel on:)

Troy McClure

No back boiler. I am aware of using it not at full tilt but still need recommendations for the stoves.

Scartbeg

I looked at these about a year ago and found two standalone stoves that were "room sealed" with external supply. Quotes I got from suppliers in Co. Cork:

Franco Belge Montfort Elegance €850
Stovax Riva Plus Small €1300

Both were around 4 or 5 kW.

Troy McClure

Thanks for that. I also need a cassette stove of you know a low kW made/model

BryanF

Troy McClure wrote: »

Thanks for that. I also need a cassette stove of you know a low kW made/model

Mulberry STOKER made in carrick-on-suir

Poco90

Got a 5kw Nestor Martin S13 with external air. Sent you a pm with additional details.

Mcorriga

Hi Troy/All,

I am also in the planning stages of a house similar to yours however the stove I will be using will also incorporate a back boiler.

If anyone has any suggestions of a stove/boiler system that gives sufficient but not too much heat to a room but enough to power all the rads upstairs that would be great. Currently looking at the charnwood country 16b. However this changes on a weekly basis

Have also seen if you don’t want a back boiler that you can use some fancy flue design whereby the hot air is distributed from the stove flue around the house. It is done by either a fan installed as part of the stove or a fan connected to the flue system.

However I don’t know of anyone that has such a system installed so think I will just go with the tried and test conventional back boiler option. Unless the good people of Boards have any suggestions. Ideally I would like the flue option as then I can go with a double sided stove as you can’t have a back boiler and a double sided stove


any help would be great

Eoghan Barra

As regards freestanding non-boiler room sealed stoves you should check out the Westfire series one (4.9kW) and series two (7.1kW). The brochure shows how the air is taken in, and there is no evidence of any air coming from the room. The text also confirms that all air comes from the external supply. Prices aren't too bad either.

It's not easy to find a stove which can be verified as completely room sealed in advance; many of them just seem to have an optional external air supply, leaving one thinking that these may be able to take some air from outside, but may still need to take some from the room. Maybe folks should be wary of this (?), especially if they have, or are planning on having, hrv.

BTW I have no connection with this company and can't actually recommend either stove as I have never used one, but I reckon I'll be getting one, probably the series two.