woodburner on ebay

[Mike Dempsey]

Came across this company selling British made stoves

 

Woodburning stove

 

Anyone got any opinions on them? The 20kw might be good for my workshop and its cheap!

 

Mike.

[LoadhandlerUK]

Never seen them before but seem bloody cheap to me....

 

Esp inc vat? and painted etc

 

Worth finding out

 

OK - edit - initial enthusiasm, have now re-read eBay blurb. 1/8th plate 'ain't so chunky - must glow in the dark (or light) and can see why plasma cut, folded and welded makes it do-able.

 

Still cheap for a stove if it works

Edited November 9, 2011 by LoadhandlerUK

[Alycidon]

Came across this company selling British made stoves

 

Woodburning stove

 

Anyone got any opinions on them? The 20kw might be good for my workshop and its cheap!

 

Mike.

 

 

 

Not heard of them, they do state British made but anything made abroad can I believe be called British made as long as some part of the assembly process is in the UK. Not saying that they are not made here but do the maths, sell out 273 ( inc VAT?) , 3 or 4 hours to make, say cost of 120 for labour including employers NIC etc, + steel costs + profit. Cant be a lot of profit there but in fairness I am not aware of steel plate costs. Weight of 53kg is far from heavy as a stove, a standard Morso 04 which is a mainly steel stove of 5kw is about 90kg from memory so your 20kw stove, significantly larger yet half the weight will have far thinner steel plate than the industry norm, thin steel plate is likely to twist under the heat that stoves generate.

 

How big is your workshop?, 20kw will heat 240 cubic meters given poor insulation, thats a fair size. They advise a 125mm flue, that is legal ( unlike some workshop stoves currently for sale with 100mm flue pipes, not illegal to sell those but is illegal to install one)

 

If you can get a 5 year warranty on it then its probably worth a whirl.

 

A

[adie.k]

i would be looking for the walls to be around 5 or 6mm not 3mm to be worth the bother of fitting it. you gets what you pay for there friend. happy shopping.

[karlk]

I think you would be better off making your own rocket mass heater.

[zeroluke]

I think you would be better off making your own rocket mass heater.

 

I would second that. Not only are they much more efficent, but they are also fun to make. There are various types with varying efficiency and fuels that you can feed them. Its all good, though.

[spence]

Just got one, only lit twice but seems ok. Easy to light, next to no ash, I only got the smaller burner but still heats up the workshop ok.

 

 

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[ash_smith123]

I bought one about 18 months ago, its great! does glow abit on the sides when run flatout but its still going strong now. We put everything through it too!