robkay

I burn a combination of wood/Anthracite and smokeless fuel in my Clearview stove with a concrete/vermiculite lined chimney. I think if you burn just straight coal it will just clog up your flue. I believe Anthracite is the nearest thing to natural smokeless coal. I'd be tempted to watch burning smokeless fuel if i had a metal chimney liner as there is petroleum based products in much of the manufactured smokeless fuel.... Only my thoughts, others may not agree...... Seems that Woodwarm make multifuel and wood only stoves so i guess it also depends on the stove model. Rob:001_smile:

I'm a Clearview snob at heart, but was looking for a small 5kw free standing stove for an upstairs room and the Aarrow Ecoburn 5 doesn't look bad.....anyone any experience with these stoves? Aarrow Ecoburn Plus 5 Freestanding Wood Burning and Multi Fuel Stove any thoughts appreciated... Thanks Rob

Interesting designs there, i wonder if you can connect hoses onto the pipes and distribute the heat to other parts of the house:biggrin: Thanks Rob:001_smile:

Looking for a second Wood/multifuel stove, going to put it in an upstairs back room with the hope the heat will drift through the upstairs rooms. I have a Clearview 500 downstairs and it has worked well over the years, with the upstairs stove only going to be used on the coldest days i thought i would look around and found these......... Merlin Woodburning Stoves Has anyone experience with these stoves, i had a look at one yesterday and it seems well made, or do we pay the extra and go with a Clearview or Woodwarm? Any thoughts appreciated.... Regards Rob:biggrin:

O.K. Thanks for your thoughts, funny really when i purchased the current Clearview stove i just went to the shop and purchased it without much thought, now we have the internet i spend months researching things and i don't always get it right..... When we fitted this stove i didn't think i would need the chimney lining and just fitted it and away we went , but fumes were soon seeping through the chimney joints and i had a company into line the chimney.....they put a rubber sausage down and inflated it then back filled it with a substance thet sets a bit like thermal blocks....thats where we get the 6" flue from...... If i can feed the 7" flue into the 6" then i think i'd go with the clearview only on the results we've had with this current stove.......frightened of changing things and wishing i hadn't bothered:biggrin: Thanks for your thoughts and ideas..... Rob:biggrin:

Running a Clearview 500 stove at the moment and i have to say its been brilliant, heats the 20ftx15ft room nicely and can warm things up a bit too much if you fill it up.......i also have a combi that heats the water and radiators.....after having the gas bill this time around i was thinking it may be worth buying a multifuel boiler stove just to hot the 7 smallish radiators and just connect the bathroom radiator to the combi.....its not a massive house 3 bedroom semi but is in quite a cold spot in a valley and near the canal....I'd go for a Clearview 650 but it has a 7 inch outlet and i have had the flue back filled and lined i think to 6 inches. After looking at different models the Dunsley Yorkshire looks o.k,this is rated at quite a higher output than the stove i'm running now, is it going to be too hot for the room to bring the radiators up to temperature.......anyone using the Dunsley Yorkshire does it seem a decent stove? Any thoughts appreciated...... First posting here... Thanks Rob:biggrin: