Advice on stove

musgravedk

Currently looking for stove with back boiler for central heating and have narrowed it down to a Henley Tolka 30kw and a BORU-CARRIG MOR 30K.W
i was just looking for opinions on these stoves from anyone who has them

Thanks

Deise Geisha

@musgravedk. I would advise against buying a Carriage Mór. My parents bought a 30Kw one in July 2010 and had nothing but grief with it. They have 11 rads and it would not heat them, regardless of how much fuel they loaded into it. A couple of buckets of coal and at least 2 wheelbarrows of dry blocks every day and that was when they light the fire after lunch, it burned more if it was lit in the morning. If they turned off the rads upstairs it would warm the ones downstairs and vice versa. They are pensioners and thought it would be easier to manage than an open fire. However, they could have done with a conveyor belt to keep it filled. We have lost count of the number of times they sent their "engineer" to inspect it,for which they charged a call out fee on one occasion. Boru insisted the plumbing was wrong. They said the circulating pump had to be moved from the hotpress to beside the stove and they swore it solve the problem, needless to say it didn't. To cut an even longer story short before Christmas Boru agreed to to take back the stove and refund the money. My parents now have a Stanley Erin fitted and it heats all of rads at the same time and uses only a fraction of the fuel the Boru did. The firebox is about half the size. It is filled in the morning and topped up around 5 or 6 and that is it. I hope this is of help to you. If you need any more information feel free to send me a pm. T

musgravedk

@Deise Geisha, great reply thanks for taking the time to fill me in really appreciate it

Deise Geisha

@musgravedk, no problem. You're welcome.

aisr1ofk43dpy5

Is a stanley Erin not a much smaller stove than the Boru Carraig Mor.

Deise Geisha

@dirtydan. Yes, it is. 13kw to the boiler afaik and heats perfectly what a stove with almost twice the output couldn't.

aisr1ofk43dpy5

I see thats odd thanks.

Mr.Fisherman

Did you buy the Carrig Mor in the end? I just bought one but not installed yet.

musgravedk

no, got bad reports on it, i went for a henley druid 30kw

clareames

Hi, how are u finding the henley druid? how many rads do u heat at a time with it? We are looking at a henley but not sure which one to be honest. we are a bit confined for space in our chimney opening, and dont want it protruding too much into the room. what way did you install yours? Thanks a mill

musgravedk

It's fairly good, we put it infront of chimney breast as it's to big for standard opening, fire box is big and in order to get good heat in rads you have to use. A lot of fuel , once it gets goin it's fine, nice big glass door gives out alto of heat to room