Replace a Stanley Stove

Ray Donovan

My parents have a massive two door stanley that heats rads and water in a house built in the 80's. They are absolute slaves to the stove as they are constantly filling it and cleaning ashes etc etc. Absolute nightmare.

My question is there anything on the market that would perform the same jobs as the stove but be less labour intensive??

jimf

do they have an alternative source of heat as well ie oil/gas

Ray Donovan

jimf wrote: »

do they have an alternative source of heat as well ie oil/gas

Ya they have oil but they really like the heat output from the stove in the room where they have it.

jca

Getting them converted to oil was popular in the 90's when oil became cheap. I don't know if it's even allowed now but if it's possible it's an option worth considering.

G-Man

Surely a good bit of expense in changing a stove.. is there any way to look at improving the insulation, attic, windows etc.

Damn yokes are awful,... too small to build up a proper efficient fire and too big and dominating the room.

They are probably spending a lot of firewood just feeding the stove and then to pump it out of the room. Is there any way to turn off the heat output from the stove - - safely ( THERE MUST always be some water circulating through the firebox boiler to a rad or cylinder). ...

That way they could maybe still use oil to heat the rest of the house, but still get lots of heat from the stove and also teh 'social' aspect of acting like a fireman on a steam engine, but with less stove output

NIMAN

Ray Donovan wrote: »

My parents have a massive two door stanley that heats rads and water in a house built in the 80's. They are absolute slaves to the stove as they are constantly filling it and cleaning ashes etc etc. Absolute nightmare.

My question is there anything on the market that would perform the same jobs as the stove but be less labour intensive??

Curious as to whether it's the same model I have?

I was looking replacement glass a few years back, and called Stanley. They asked that I sent a photo so they could identify the model (I had no idea, previous owners installed it).

Apparently it was the Shamrock model, and one they had stopped production of many years earlier. It was their biggest ever stove, and I must admit, it produces a lot of heat!

I was thinking of replacing mine too as mine is very old and in poor enough condition. Parts starting to wear and finding it hard to get them fixed.

the_pen_turner

if they are burning that much wood then it is probably one of the following
vents open to get heat
seals are damaged or missing letting in air
house is really big and cold meaning that they have to open vents to get heat up
bad fuel
cold people
they are letting all the heat up the chimney


replacing the stove wont help unless you go for a big wood gasifing burner or similar
I would look at why the heat isn't staying in the house . that is where the money would be better spent