What stove to put in?

Dunedin

Hello,
doing a new build, 2700 square foot and very well insulated.

20 rads in 2 zones with a third zone for water.

What stove do you recommend.

I looked at the Stanley Reginald on sat and liked the look of it. the Rep in the shop said that the Stanley Reg and the Charnwood are the two best stoves he has.

I will be burning turf and timber.

any advice appreciated.

boiler break downs

stanley are a good stove but if your getting one with a backboiler then you should think can you get a big enough log into it.i have a stanley and i cant get a big log into it because of where the heat exchanger is.there over priced and you can get just as good for cheaper

okofen

boiler break downs wrote: »

stanley are a good stove but if your getting one with a backboiler then you should think can you get a big enough log into it.i have a stanley and i cant get a big log into it because of where the heat exchanger is.there over priced and you can get just as good for cheaper

stanley stoves are one of the cheapest stoves on the market when you compare them to charnwood, stratford, clearview,dru, hunter,esse,stovax,yeoman,dovre etc.I think with their history and reputation they should only be compared in price to the above mentioned stoves. There is no way they should be compared to olymberyl,mulberry,blacksmith,hamco,boru etc on price as these stoves have a long way to go in getting to the status that a stanley stove has .

TPM

Dunedin wrote: »

Hello,
doing a new build, 2700 square foot and very well insulated.

20 rads in 2 zones with a third zone for water.

What stove do you recommend.

I looked at the Stanley Reginald on sat and liked the look of it. the Rep in the shop said that the Stanley Reg and the Charnwood are the two best stoves he has.

I will be burning turf and timber.

any advice appreciated.

At a guess I would say you need around 25kw to heat 2700 sqft and domestic hot

You will need to get the size of your rads to find out your heat requirement for space heating.

Once you go over 20kw your choice in stoves is getting limited.

Another important thing to remember is the the size of the room the stove is going into, I have seen a lot of big stoves in small rooms resulting in uncomfortably high room temperature.

Also the heat you get out is related to the fuel you burn, some people seem to think a big stove can heat a house with just a few logs the whole day. You need to be burning good fuel, unseasoned wood is a waste of time and money

I have a 30kw boru in a 32ft 15ft room and if there is a big boiler demand it can push the temperature in the room upto and over 25 oC.

jimjimt

Some very good advice by TPM.

Do not fall for "this stove can heat 10 or 15 rads".
If you want your stove to heat a zone and 10 rads or 2 zones and 20 rads. Record the size of your rads bring it in to the stove shop and ask for a stove to heat these rads please.

Most stoves brochures rad size is 1 x 900mm width 500mm height single rad. So far from reality when you start to add some big doubles.

Also if a stove boiler says it can produce lets say 15kWh. This is potential energy and not what it will do for real. Their will be heat losses up the chimney. Also your heat will be up and down as you add fuel to the stove. So ask your stove shop for the true output of kWh for the boiler.

TPM

jimjimt wrote: »

Also if a stove boiler says it can produce lets say 15kWh. This is potential energy and not what it will do for real. Their will be heat losses up the chimney. Also your heat will be up and down as you add fuel to the stove. So ask your stove shop for the true output of kWh for the boiler.

the very reason why oil is so hard to replace, you press the on button and you have your 30kw(or whatever kw) straight away