How much wood have you used/will you use?

[eggsarascal]

46 minutes ago, Matthew Storrs said:

Urgh too warm for me! I get in a right sweat if the mercury goes north of 16c!

You can keep that mate, if I woke up and it wasn't 16c I'd think I'd fallen asleep in a headge on the way home from the pub.

[Woodworks]

9 minutes ago, Big J said:

I don't know why it is either. Perhaps the Jotul design has persisted for such a long time for a good reason. 

 

There are a number of design flaws on the Woodwarm. The central baffle plate hangs too low, restricting log capacity. The upper vent (which is on the side) is badly designed too, as when lighting the fire (ie, before the chimney is up to temperature) having the door open and the side vent open means the smoke pours out the vent. I never operate a stove with the door open, but the necessity is there from time to time when loading the fire.

 

The Bullerjan we had years ago was the best, but it wouldn't fit into this space.

I wonder if both problems are related to it being double sided? The single sided ones I have used dont suffer any problems with low baffle plates but needing to open both sides might require an unusual design solution. Also the regular models have insulation on the back which would aid it warming itself and the flue to get it drawing quickly. Shame you are having problems. Might be worth giving them a call?

[neiln]

52 minutes ago, Big J said:

It's a cold house and the stove isn't great. I had a similar sized stove from the Champion Stove Company at our old house in Scotland and it was more efficient. 

 

The stove is on pretty much 24/7, as we're not using the heating. About 17c in the morning in the living room, and 23-24c by the time we go to bed. It's not excessive

 

similar temps here.  2 little 5kW stoves in a through lounge/dinner room heat the whole house.  girls bedroom at the back of the house is furthest from the stoves and has 3 external walls so is coldest room.  thermostat there is 18.5C right now 22.something here in the lounge, it'll be up another half or full degree by bed time, then 17C in the girls bedroom by morning and 18C down here.  this is a typical between the wars semi of around 130m2 I think  its not cavity wall, just 9 inch brick and loses a lot of heat.  I started burning on an off in september on one stove, was probably full time on one by early October and then I run 2 if the outside temp is 7C or below, like tonight.  So second stove has been on a fair bit since late October.

 

I'm stunned Big J that you could munch through 11 cube.. wow!

[Silverhooker]

Average 15 cube a year with 2 stoves in the house, try to use the stoves as much as possible to keep the heating oil use down. Mostly a mixture of larch and sycamore get it for nowt just my time and effort. Used a lot this year already as it’s been wet and cold in Cumbria.

[neiln]

The maths seems okay to me and 7 quid a day on oil doesn't sound nuts, although a bit high for autumn and early winter maybe?  dunno really..I'm on mains gas.

Jeez it would cost  lot oto het on oil for a winter though! 

 

[adrian007]

We're renting an old farmhouse, with a big old log burner open both sides for the dining room and lounge. Gone through 3 dumpy bags so far and expect to go though another 3 or 4 I guess.

We have the oil fired central heating on in the morning and the fire in the evening.

This is the 1st time I've used a log burner - i started using it with the doors shut, but I've taken to using it with the doors open - the airflow, even with the doors and vents shut gets through the wood and it doesn't seem so effective at heating.

I didn't expect to find this... it feels like I'm doing it wrong, but maybe it's the wood burner which looks like it's from the 1970's ... like the rest of the house

[adrian007]

No edit function: doors shut one side and open the other. Doors open both sides, it gets quite smokey in the house

[difflock]

We go through a 2000l fill of Kero each 12-month, mostly driving the downstairs underfloor for background heat, and it only runs for 1.5 to 2 hrs am each day during the winter months, then off until the next morning.

The single  5kW wood burning Morso then effortlessly takes over the space heating demands being lit am each winter day**.

With the addition of the garden room akinda now forming a triangle with the adjacent kitchen and living rooms, and the stove being located in the middle of the triangular space, it all works so serendipitously, but with definate planning aforethought.

The garden room sits at about 25 deg C, with the living room and kitchen not noticably cooler, the three spaces being  now effectively open plan.

I have no idea how much timber we burn since it comes from a jumbled loose firewood pile.

**N.B.

On bright winter days the stove is not needed from mid morning to mid afternoon such is the solar gain from the glazing in the garden room.

Hey, it all works as it should.

[Luckyeleven]

@Big J I've a 100M2 stone house in Brittany so similar size/climate,

We've got a log boiler which does all the hot water and keeps the house between 18-20c all day.

 

Since 1st Sept I've gone through 5.6M3 stacked. So I project I'll use around 15M3 in total for the year.

Just an idea of the numbers if you were less of a big jessie! ?

[Bolt]

1 hour ago, Big J said:

It's been a really miserable and cold autumn here. At the end of August the weather just flipped and the temperature dropped.
 

I wouldn't have used quite as much usually. 

 

I wouldn’t be so sure.....

 

Sounds like a perfectly standard Westcountry autumn/winter to me.

 

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