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Quick Stove Question

  • 02-11-2013 3:30pm
    #1
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,905 ✭✭✭✭


    Going to be moving house soon.

    Open fireplace in living room but nothing in it. I'm not happy with the thought of a open fire again so was thinking of a built in stove.

    Here's the stupid question....how does the heat get into the room? The door must stay closed? How does the heat transfer from a closed door system?

    Not having a back boiler in - just wanted something more efficient than an open fire but with the benefit of having the view of a open fire - plus the benefit of 77-83% more efficiency than the open fire.

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,344 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    The same way you melt in the car on a hot summers day with the windows up :)





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  • #3
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,905 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    fergal.b wrote: »
    The same way you melt in the car on a hot summers day with the windows up :)





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    But will it put out serious heat through a pane of glass?


  • #4
    crock!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭crock!


    It has a baffle in it(throat plate) and it pushes the heat towards the front.it gives a bit of resistance to the loss of heat in comparison to an open fire which is flued directly over heat .


  • #5
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,344 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    The heat you feel through glass is Thermal radiation more so than conduction so as long as the glass is clean you should not lose too much heat. "I think" :D




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  • #6
    650gs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 789 ✭✭✭650gs


    Remember the whole stove becomes one large very hot radiator too


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  • #7
    RKQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭RKQ


    100% agree with 650gs
    The stove is a very hot radiator, all 6 sides can get very hot.
    It also has vents at the top to throw out hot air into the room.
    There is no heat from the glass.


  • #8
    HelenV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 139 ✭✭HelenV


    My query is unrelated to the actual heat projected into the room from a stove but the amount of heat going up the chimney. I've put in a solid fuel Oisin Stanley stove in a rented property and now I'm concerned it may not be installed correctly. There was an existing open fireplace in the house and we simply put the stove with a steel plate sealing off the chimney itself with a hole for the flue and an opening for cleaning. The flue only goes about 1" into the steel plate and I'm wondering now if I should have had the chimney lined. The stove is freestanding so not all of the heat will be going up the chimney. Have I made a major mistake here?


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