Can anyone recommend a brand of wood heaters and things that we should look out for.
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Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: Wood heaters 2Jul 12, 2010 11:44 pm Where abouts are you. We are in Perth and looking at jetmaster. Going to have a look at them this week. I suppose it depends on how much area you want to heat. Im pretty sure the jetmaster can be converted to gas at a later stage aswell but will find out after we see them. Re: Wood heaters 3Jul 12, 2010 11:58 pm You better loo out for a bargain chainsaw and a trailor... ...a better alternative would be the use the sun more and keep the warmth in. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Wood heaters 4Jul 13, 2010 9:19 am I'm looking at getting a zero clearance fireplace - but that's mainly 'coz I don't have an existing fireplace, so this can be added fairly easily. onc_artisan - yes, the sun can keep you warm and all, but it sure doesn't look, smell or sound like a wood fire Re: Wood heaters 5Jul 13, 2010 10:21 am Lol, in an ideal world maybe (not trying to be sarcastic I'd love that idea to work 100%). Rather unfortunate though that at the coldest times the sun doesn't seem to be shining! When researching wood heaters you can compare the emmissions they give out if you're concerned about the environment but I think these days they all have to meet certain standards. I believe they also have efficiency ratings and of course the area they are designed to heat. I think choosing a brand and style is very much personal taste, the important factor to consider is to match the size to the area you're wanting to heat. Also some require bricks and linings but others can be used without (bricks prolong the firebox life for ones with thinner metal I guess and also retain the heat better). I really like the styling of the Scandia brand wood heaters, but they were kind of out of our budget, we ended up with a Ned Kelly which I'm pretty happy with. Oh another thing to consider is weather you want radian heat vs convection heat. Radiant is excellent for drafty areas, even the little radiant wood heater (Norseman Lumberjack) we had while living in the shed did a great job and the shed sure was drafty. The Ned Kelly we have now gives off both radiant and some convection heat. I'm no expert on the topic but since radiants warm the surroundings rather than air, it's probably the one to go for if you have a lot of thermal masse (ie brick house, floor tiles etc) that would retain the heat, if not then perhaps convection is the better way to go. Is that enough food for thought? Lol, enjoy the research and shopping! Re: Wood heaters 6Jul 13, 2010 12:57 pm we've now got Pebble's norseman lumberjack and it's putting out plenty of heat for a large room area. ( Large kitchen, family and games combined) but it isn't large enough to heat the rest of the house and if it was the main family/living space would be too warm. What do you want your wood heater to do? heat 1 room, whole house? We could have gone for a larger heater and added ducting to transfer the heat to other ports of the house and if we'd sited the heater else where used it for water heating. neither was what we wanted. Re: Wood heaters 7Jul 13, 2010 4:44 pm I can highly recommend 'Nectre', made in South Australia - they have won most energy efficient fireplace awards many times. We absolutley love ours Re: Wood heaters 8Jul 13, 2010 7:54 pm we were originally going to get a nectre one but didn't because we got our heater from Pebble. Otherwise that would have been our choice as well. Re: Wood heaters 9Jul 14, 2010 11:53 am We are interested in getting an open wood fire retrofitted to our house once the builders have finished. It will be more for ambiance than for heating and I will be able to source the wood from my and my parents gardens. I had a look at the heatmaster fireplaces and they look really good. They seem to offer good heating from an open fire and can be retrofitted easily. Does anyone have any of these and can they offer any advice or comments? View our blog at: http://room4acubby.blogspot.com/ Re: Wood heaters 10Jul 14, 2010 11:56 am room4acubby - i'm looking for a similar thing - do you have an existing fireplace you're planning on retrofitting it into? i lack a fireplace (and chimney) and am looking for ways to get around installing them. Re: Wood heaters 11Jul 14, 2010 12:21 pm Hi Sweetime, The one that I found was a Heatmaster Open Fire Place http://www.heatmaster.com.au/product.aspx?product=9 If you look at their "Zero Clearance installation details" it shows how to add the open fire place to a room that does not have a chimney or existing fire place. It looks like a fair bit of work, but from the look of this and what our builder was going to charge to put one in it seems well and truly worth the pain. View our blog at: http://room4acubby.blogspot.com/ Re: Wood heaters 12Jul 14, 2010 12:28 pm yeah, i was looking into zero clearance stuff but i'm (and partner is not) a handyman! i suspect i'll either be pleading with dad or paying someone to come and build me something. ...and now let me return you to your normal programming... Re: Wood heaters 13Jul 18, 2010 10:43 am Please use whatever wood heater you decide on efficiently. A smoking chimney means an inefficient wood burn and can be a nuisance and a health risk to neighbours (and yourself). http://www.environment.gov.au/atmospher ... t-tips.pdf Re: Wood heaters 14Jul 18, 2010 11:37 am Use dry wood... that is DRY wood more than 2 years cut and split. ..and don't use Gummy timber AKA stinkwood/smokewood... Yuk and bad for air quality. as per Eccles learn the most efficent way to use the resource,(stove settings) ... it may mean growing some trees to harvest in the future plus more to 'carbon sink' off gassing. You can cook on some models or at least warm Soap box dismount, sorry for the rant... but it needs to be said at times like these. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Wood heaters 15Apr 10, 2011 9:05 pm Hi guys, We are going to build a 28 square house and have decided on a wood heater as there is no gas where we will be building. We are thinking of something that at least heats 32 squares just to be safe and make sure it heats the whole house. Anyone have any brands that are good or heat this area? Contract signed - March 7,2011 Site Cut - May 6, 2011 Pre slab plumbing - 19th May, 2011 Slab - 10th June, 2011 Our thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=45044 Re: Wood heaters 16Apr 10, 2011 9:40 pm We've installed a Clean Air medium console-the same as the one we installed in our last build. It has a triple burn system which means less emissions (especially when used with dry wood )-you can google them-we love ours. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Wood heaters 17Jan 06, 2012 6:06 pm Hi deemarie, We have just gone and had a look at some. Hubby had a look at a shop on his own but we checked out bbqs galore and found the clean air ones nicer. We are looking at the 30 square one as our house is 28 squares. How does your clean air go in heating the whole house? We are hoping to get to melbourne next weekend and get some quotes from there and see if they can go any cheaper than up here in bendigo. Not sure who else would sell them in melbourne. Contract signed - March 7,2011 Site Cut - May 6, 2011 Pre slab plumbing - 19th May, 2011 Slab - 10th June, 2011 Our thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=45044 Re: Wood heaters 18Jan 06, 2012 9:06 pm This is the second Clean Air we have had ( both Medium console). Our last house was quite open plan and it heated it no problem. This house gets heated really well through the middle and one end ( this house is homestead style)-we will install a heat exchange unit to run the heat down the far bedroom this year. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Wood heaters 19Jan 07, 2012 7:51 pm Ok our house is homestead style as well our bedroom up one end and the kids and spare bedroom at the other end. We are planning on going down to melbourne next weekend as i have read a place in thomastown is good for prices. Think we got a price for the clean air for $3500 roughly. That was for the large one that does 30 squares. Contract signed - March 7,2011 Site Cut - May 6, 2011 Pre slab plumbing - 19th May, 2011 Slab - 10th June, 2011 Our thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=45044 Re: Wood heaters 20Jan 08, 2012 8:10 am Sounds good. OUrs is actually situated more down one end-if it was central in the house we wouldn't need the heat exchanger at all. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ yeah i couldnt picture it issue either, but i could clearly picture what they were doing wrong haha 2 5623 |