Question for those with wood stoves
Discussion
For those that use wood burning stoves for all or part of their heating, what is the process at night? Do you bank them up at bedtime so they stay hot all night and you then put more wood on in the morning, or are they allowed to go out and then have to be re-lit in the morning? Thinking of installing at our place but don't know much about the logistics of running one.
We have wood burners in our front and backrooms, there is nothing better than the challenge (for me) of arriving home on a Friday lunch time and getting them fired up, with the intention of keeping them going until Sunday night / Monday morning.
Just ply it with coal (anything else just burns out) just before bed and when I get up in the morning empty the ash tray add a bit of kindling to the still glowing coal and away they go! Out for a walk with the Springer, who them dries off in front of it for a few hours!
They really generate loads of heat, with the central heating off you can stand at the top of the stairs and feel the heat rising out of the rooms down below. This time of the year we wouldn’t be without them!
Just ply it with coal (anything else just burns out) just before bed and when I get up in the morning empty the ash tray add a bit of kindling to the still glowing coal and away they go! Out for a walk with the Springer, who them dries off in front of it for a few hours!
They really generate loads of heat, with the central heating off you can stand at the top of the stairs and feel the heat rising out of the rooms down below. This time of the year we wouldn’t be without them!
Gotta agree with that.
We moved in May from a house with a woodburning stove to one that hasn't.
Miss the stove, but not the mess.
Ours used to be in a lounge with the chimney running up adjacent to the stairs. It certainly gave out loads of heat throughout the house and was a lovely feature too.
We moved in May from a house with a woodburning stove to one that hasn't.
Miss the stove, but not the mess.
Ours used to be in a lounge with the chimney running up adjacent to the stairs. It certainly gave out loads of heat throughout the house and was a lovely feature too.
Most of the time ours burns itself out overnight. A bit of scrunched up newspaper in the morning, some kindling and a few larger bits and it's started again in 5 minutes.
It will depend on the model, draw and type of wood you burn.
I might try the coal "trick" though - I used some last year to try and slow it down through the evening, but didn't think to try it overnight.
It will depend on the model, draw and type of wood you burn.
I might try the coal "trick" though - I used some last year to try and slow it down through the evening, but didn't think to try it overnight.
Best use a smokeless fuel rather than coal to bank up overnight.It burns slower and a lot cleaner, lots of modern stoves have quite small airways in them which can get clogged with soot from coal. Always a good idea to give it a 30 minute blast on full throttle in the morning to give it a clean out too.
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