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Pique wrote: »

Can anyone give me a comparison between the Esse 350GS, Boru Chieftain and the Charnwood SLX45i?

I cannot find any reviews of Boru (but loads of people looking for reviews).
Charnwood and Esse are pretty good apparently too.

It's for a Semi-d, and I already have an open fire with back boiler so the plumbing should be minimal.

Hi:) I can't comment on boru stoves as I have never viewed one. I didn't even know about them until I moved to Ireland.

The Esse green switch seems to be a liked stove. If I was choosing between the two, it would have to be Charnwood. Another option is the parkray cumbria boiler inset stove. They are well regarded in the UK as well. If I wanted an inset stove I would buy the parkray cumbria as its cheaper and still well made:)

http://www.parkray.co.uk/HTML/Cumbria.html


Stove Fan:)

NickTellis wrote: »

Thanks Stove Fan, that looks like exactly what I need. Might even be a little daring and go for a colour other than black.

Any idea how much these cans cost?

Sorry no idea:( The paint was supplied free by the stove dealer for touching up:)

Stove Fan:)

Does anyone know what diameter rope I would need for a Charnwood country 6 stove - I only need to replace the rope on one door - It would be the Left Hand Side as you look at the stove - don't know if this is relevant !!

Thanks in advance

After much deliberating we have just put in a blacksmith forge stove....so far so good, heating water and rads really well, so no complaints so far!

Surfn wrote: »

im thinking about replacing an old stanley solid fuel cooker which was converted to oil about 10 years ago, its very bad at heating the water and rads.the stove im looking at is the Boru Carraig Mor 30kw boiler stove.i want something that will throw out a good bit of heat to the water.the chimney flue has clay liners in it but when the cooker got converted there had to go a flexi flue liner into it.
Question 1. Do i need a heavier flexi flue liner for the solid fuel stove.
Question 2. Do i need insulation around the flexi flue liner.the flexi flue line now for the oil is just laying inside the clay flue's it was never insulated around.
Question 3. Could you guys give me your opinions on the Boru Carraig Mor 30kw stove.
Thanks in advance

Hi:) Was the stanley range when using solid fuel did it heat the rads and water well? Or just badly with oil? It may be that the boiler is clogged up or the range is trying to heat too many radiators.
How many radiators are there in the property and what size are they and if single or double? We need this information too see if the boiler size on the carraig more is big enough.
If the flexible flue liner is 10 years old, even if it was originally installed for solid fuel I would replace it for a new 904 grade liner as it's quite old. Your liner may only be suitable for oil if it was replaced at the same time as the oil conversion. (Unlikely) but you never know. Best to fit new and forget:)
It's generally not needed to insulate around the flue liner and clay liner, but if you wanted too you could do so. If this is an old fully external chimney I would insulate it. The main thing is the chimney top around the flue terminal is sealed around the liner so any heat lost from the liner stays in the void between the clay liner and stainless liner.

People on this forum seem to like the carraig mor:)

Stove Fan:)

couple of questions for stoveman and everone else please ,are stoves like cars in the sense that there are well known names makes models etc out there whats are the good ones as you seem to no alot of different types, we are looking to replace our fireplace with a stove big enough to heat about 6 double rads downstairs and 7 single upstairs and heat the hot water so would anyone be able to recommend one to fit our needs we have 2 extentsions downstairs so its a big enough space to heat we will have oil as backup but hopefully wont be buying anymore oil if this works out do the stoves take alot of coal and logs to keep going

cheers keith

bermo63 wrote: »

couple of questions for stoveman and everone else please ,are stoves like cars in the sense that there are well known names makes models etc out there whats are the good ones as you seem to no alot of different types, we are looking to replace our fireplace with a stove big enough to heat about 6 double rads downstairs and 7 single upstairs and heat the hot water so would anyone be able to recommend one to fit our needs we have 2 extentsions downstairs so its a big enough space to heat we will have oil as backup but hopefully wont be buying anymore oil if this works out do the stoves take alot of coal and logs to keep going

cheers keith

Hi Keith:) The well known stoves are:

1 Clearview.
2 Morso
3 Charnwood
4 Dunsley Heat.
5 Woodwarm.
6 Stovax
7 aarrow
8 Yeoman
9 villager
10 Hunter

Clearview, morso and Charnwood are very well known in the stove industry for making truly excellent stoves. Dunsley and woodwarm are also excellent but not as well known in Ireland. I quite like various models of the others. We have a villager berkley 7.6 kw boiler stove and find it great although if money wasn't an option I would buy a dunsley yorkshire boiler stove, not big enough for your needs though:(.

Do you have any idea of the KW output of your various radiators? If you could list the measurements and note if they are double or single I could give you a rough idea of a stove that may be suitable:). What are the room dimensions that the stove would be fitted in?.

It's very hard really to say how much fuel you will need as everyone has different comfort levels, insulation and how many hours burning. To give you a very rough quide we used 50, 40kg bags of coal to heat our 5 rads and hot water burning mostly 13 hours a day for 7 months last winter.


We have these sized rads and even though our boiler is undersized it heats the house very well:

1 600 X 1100 double 2.0kw
2 600 X 700 double 2.4kw (Total)
1 600 X 800 double 1.4kw
1 600 X 800 Single 750w
1 towel rail 550w
Hot water 3kw.



My elderly relatives like it 21-24 degrees all over our extended 2 bed detatched older style bungalow. The stove is our only form of heating. We paid 650 euros for the 50 bags of coal.

Stove Fan:)

guinness queen wrote: »

My room is approx 19 x 14 x 8 ft high. I am looking at a few brands that are made in Belgium. I was told a 9 kw -11 kw stove multi fuel is too large an output for this room. A very cold house, stone 250 years old, little insulation. Is it possible to heat house from this output by leaving the doors of this room open. I cannot see a stove with an output of say 8kw that I like. It has to be cast iron. I am fed up being ripped off.:mad: guinness queen.;)

ps do not think I WILL BE HEATING RADS, was told by plumber too dificult to join up with my raburn oil fired central heating. Something to do with pressurised system now installed. Not enough room between main tank and header tank. would cause air locks in system. Internal massive chimney has to be lined I GUESS. SORRY ABOUT THE ADD ON. THANKS FOR ANY HELP.:o

i was talking to a woman the day who sells stoves i was asking her about the hunter 80b and the stovax 14hb, she said the stovax 14hb was very good ar heating rads, more so than the hunter 80b. I know i was think about a boru carraig mor, but now sort of thinking along the lines of this stovax 14hb. Stove Fan what do you think of the 14hb.for build quality would the stovax be way ahead of boru

guinness queen wrote: »

ps do not think I WILL BE HEATING RADS, was told by plumber too dificult to join up with my raburn oil fired central heating. Something to do with pressurised system now installed. Not enough room between main tank and header tank. would cause air locks in system. Internal massive chimney has to be lined I GUESS. SORRY ABOUT THE ADD ON. THANKS FOR ANY HELP.:o

Connecting a boiler stove to a pressurised system really complicates the install. You would need an installer who knew what he was doing. It would make the install very expensive:mad:.

With regards to having a 9-11 kw stove in your room would roast you alive. If you could open several doors to the other rooms so you could get a through flow it may be ok, especially with an ecofan on top of the stove distributing the heat. I think 8kw would be more appropriate:) for the room.
What style of stove are you looking for and stove budget?

Stove Fan:)

Dear Stove Fan and insulation Monkey,;);)
Many thanks for prompt reply and useful information,
Stove Fan: I have looked at so many stoves by now that I am more confused than ever, with all the varying info. different every shop. that said I was told that an 9-11 kw was far too big. I loved the Dru and another Belgian make STEy I think. They do not have models in a 7 or 8 Kw.
I want cast iron I am sure of that. I will have to remove the old back boiler and cast iron surround that now exists. Do not want to loose this so will have to work around that. I woud prefer a traditional looking stove but am flexible with that ,without a boiler) I would like it to heat the hallway which is next to the room where stove is going to heat,
I would spend Eu 1,000-1200'ish.
Insulation Monkey.
Are you talking about a double skin flue, or is this sleeve seperate. I was recommended to use a double skin flue.
I was told also that it needed to be vented on top to comply to BS.......
Am more confused than ever, its all too confusing for a 65 year old.
thanking you both in anticipation for any advice. the guinness queen;)

bermo63 wrote: »

Hi stovefan this is roughly size of rooms/ rads that stove will be

sitting room /conservatory open plan. 15ft wide by 50ft long with 3 double rads about 600 x 1200 and rad same size
kichen 1 double rad as above size 14ft x 20 ft
hall 1 double rad as above 5ft by 25ft
front room single rad same above 8ft x14ft
4 beds upstairs small to medium size fottage and bathroom all with single rads same as above same one in bathroom about 300 x 600.am looking to buy one this weekend so anyadvice would be great thanks keith

just dropped into a place in maynooth and had a look at the carraig mor 30k and hunter 80 b beast of a thing have you seen one of these things stove fan guy was showing us different ones he said some came in from china so is that a bad thing.read a few reviews of above two and reviews mixed i would say. keith

guinness queen wrote: »

Dear Stove Fan and insulation Monkey,;);)
Many thanks for prompt reply and useful information,
Stove Fan: I have looked at so many stoves by now that I am more confused than ever, with all the varying info. different every shop. that said I was told that an 9-11 kw was far too big. I loved the Dru and another Belgian make STEy I think. They do not have models in a 7 or 8 Kw.
I want cast iron I am sure of that. I will have to remove the old back boiler and cast iron surround that now exists. Do not want to loose this so will have to work around that. I woud prefer a traditional looking stove but am flexible with that ,without a boiler) I would like it to heat the hallway which is next to the room where stove is going to heat,
I would spend Eu 1,000-1200'ish.
Insulation Monkey.
Are you talking about a double skin flue, or is this sleeve seperate. I was recommended to use a double skin flue.
I was told also that it needed to be vented on top to comply to BS.......
Am more confused than ever, its all too confusing for a 65 year old.
thanking you both in anticipation for any advice. the guinness queen;)

Hi:) On your budget for the stove, have a look at the esse 200 and the Dovre 250 both in your required output. See the reviews on www.whatstove.co.uk A stove with an existing chimney would be best lined with a flexible stainless steel liner. If burning lots of coal fit the dearer 904 grade. If a new external chimney is needed you would use a twin wall insulated chimney.
For building regs the flue from the stove can be rear vented but only a horizontal distance of 6 inches is allowed. Generally if its possible use the top flue on the stove as it makes sweeping easier.

Stove Fan:)

yeah 14 is right thanks for the advice.do you no anything about the nestor harmony 111

keith

guinness queen wrote: »

Gentlemen,

Do u have any experience of the Nestor Martin, Harmony 1 or a similar model.
I only want a cast iron, multi fuel. about 8kw. I saw this one, not mad about brass, but they have another one without brass handles almost the same. sorry to be a pain. thanks again. GQ,

Franco Belge Savoy, Limousin and Camargue would be another option for cast iron stove with 8-10kw output.