Solid fuel stove in toy room advise please!

rionn

Hi I would really appreciate your advice we will be moving into a large house in a couple of months. We need to decide where to put our stove and cant make up our minds. Our options are the kitchen which is small as it is and if we put it in there we would have to build a chimney which would go right up and take room from our bedroom and would cause some mess.

The other option is to put it in the childrens toyroom again we would have to build a chimney but it would only disrupt one wall in the house as it located beside the outside wall.

We want/need to keep the lounge as an open fire as we have a bank boiler for it and want to keep an open fire in the house.

I would be grateful of anyone's opinions on this as were worried we'l make a huge mistake, has anyone put a stove in a room that has not had a chimney before how did it go does it look ok.. Thanks guys in advance!!

Outkast_IRE

I think keeping the lounge fire as an open fire is a waste of energy.

Its where you should be fitting it, and you can get many stoves these days which are largely glass fronted and would produce the same effect as an open fire. Especially some of the better inset ones.

Also a stove in a toy room is going to need fire guards and constant vigilance watching kids, which is tough when the fire is in a separate room.

For example whats the advantage of an open fire over something like this which is also a boiler stove. http://borustoves.ie/stoves/boilerstoves/boiler-stoves-the-boru-600i/

ike

Will the stove be backed against an external wall? If it is you can attach it to an external flue

RubyGirl

I'd agree with above I would put the stove in the lounge and this in turn will heat the rad in the playroom. If you have'nt put the back boiler in already I would put in a stove with a boiler. I have a back boiler in our open fire in the sitting room and I'm going to pull it out next year. Stove is alot more effecient.

rionn

Hi yea the stove would be up against the external wall.. The house is big 1750sq ft and were are worried we will not get enough heat from the stove alone.. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to write giving me your opinions as I we cant make our minds up on this! Cheers Guys!!!

Outkast_IRE

rionn wrote: »

Hi yea the stove would be up against the external wall.. The house is big 1750sq ft and were are worried we will not get enough heat from the stove alone.. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to write giving me your opinions as I we cant make our minds up on this! Cheers Guys!!!

Why are you worried you wont get enough heat, there are all sizes of stoves to suit almost any situation. You just need to do your homework first and ensure that your picking a stove that can adequately heat your home.

rionn

We are worried as we have a stove the we bought 3 years ago that heats 14 rad's, we bought it knowing we would be moving and taking it with us. This house is a lot smaller with 8 rad's, the one we are moving to has 14 rad's.

This house we are in at the min is warm but it wouldn't knock you out this is why we are trying to think of other ways to get extra heat

MugMugs

An open fire is a waste. Use the boiler to heat the house using a stove not a fire. Get a stove fit for purpose if you need to.