Recommend Solid fuel stove for 16 ft X 13 Ft Oisin?

HillFarmer

Hi All,

We are renovating an old terrace ( 3 foot walls) and have installed central heating which is a great job but expensive to run. We have insulated the house as much as financially possible but now intend to get a stove for the sitting room.
Like most people at the moment cost is an issue.

The room is 16 ft x 13ft with low enough ceilings. There is also a stairs from this room. WIndow is also single glaze.

What would be a good stove for this? Fiureplace is v large so we could fit most stoves and also have a biig heart.

Would an Oisin stove be big enough for this?

Dempo1

Just a thought, firstly stoves are far more efficient and open fires, keeping about 90% of the heat indoors as opposed to the opposite going up your chimney. I had a similar situation and installed a free standing stove (5kw) in a room extension somewhat larger than yours and a higher ceiling. Whilst not having a stairs in the room, I kept and gable wall window opening (the extension was put onto an old cottage) with a bedroom upstairs, the plan was to have some heat from the stove circulate upstairs and what a success it was. In addition my kitchen downstairs leads to the new extension and this along with another room are also heated by stove, obviously i created an open plan lay out to achieve this. Like yourself i have 3ft thick walls, however the extension is a timber framed construction with lots of insulation and a sip lap treated timber exterior finish (looks much like a log cabin on the end of the cottage)

In my situation, I had to install a twin lined stainless steel chimney, its stand alone, and it attached directly to the stove. You will have to have a flexible twin line flue fitted all the way up your chimney but insure it goes all the way up. My stove is not a branded one, cheap and cheerful and cost me less than 300 euro. I burn dry hard wood mainly but do use small amounts of coal to maintain the fire. Average daily runnning costs would be around 4/5 euro but this assumes you can source wood at a good price.

I still use the central heating, primarily for hot water but the stove also boils my kettle and infact as its free standing, i can also cook on it. Finally, there is an amazing product called the ECO fan, no electricity, it works off the heat of the stove, they are small enough and if space allows, it would circulate additional heat around your room. Only draw back as with all fires is Dust but its a small price to pay for sustainable heat.

HillFarmer

Cheers Dempo.
We've no problem re wood anyway,plenty of trees fall in our land every year.
Do you know the make of the stove you purchased?

That's what I'm looking for also, think I can only afford 300 to 400 on to stove to allow the rest for fitting costs

Dempo1

HillFarmer wrote: »

Cheers Dempo.
We've no problem re wood anyway,plenty of trees fall in our land every year.
Do you know the make of the stove you purchased?

That's what I'm looking for also, think I can only afford 300 to 400 on to stove to allow the rest for fitting costs

It's an evergreen stove, purchased at walshes Tullamore but I've seen them at numerous outlets, normally the cheapest. The main thing to remember is caution on the fuel u use and try only use dry hardwood to minimise tar build up.The chimney I had installed cost around €600 but could have been as much as €1000. Flexi flues are cheaper though but make sure its full length of your existing chimney. I've seen my stove for sale at as low as €250 & best prices in portlaoise have them.