3 ways I improved the heating ability of the wood stove, in the living quarters of our barn.
1) insulated smaller burn chamber, 1/2 size of firebox
2) chimney heat reclaimer
3) adding thermo storage
VIDEO HERE (8 minutes)
3 ways I improved the heating ability of the wood stove, in the living quarters of our barn.
1) insulated smaller burn chamber, 1/2 size of firebox
2) chimney heat reclaimer
3) adding thermo storage
VIDEO HERE (8 minutes)
I took this from the comment section of the video "One other improvement you could make. To stop drafts from windows and doors, give your stove it's own air supply from outside." That's a very important comment. When my house was built we had a fireplace insert with an outside air supply and it would heat the whole house 1400sqft. It was even possible to connect it to the duct work. It had the tubes that ran across the top inside of the firebox that would light up like a broiler to burn of the gases. Sorry to say I no longer have that house...women. -Sammy
ReplyDeleteTry this one simple trick to stay warmer: Don't live in a barn!
ReplyDeleteSnark aside, he did pretty good.
Lots of 90 degree bends in you stovepipe.
DeleteMost fireplace heat is wasted up the chimney. A family member had a fireplace with a fresh air feed. The back and sides served as an auxiliary heat exchanger for the forced air system. The furnace blower was controlled by a fireplace sensor and a hall thermostat. I have no idea if he figured it all out or if he hired someone, but it worked well.
ReplyDeleteThat arrangement kept the house toasty.
He also had two sump pumps to keep the place dry.
Thanks for the reco, funny just watched this yesterday!
ReplyDeleteVery Ineresting.
ReplyDeleteThanx
If he reversed the air flow inside the 5" pipe he could recover even more. A simple inline booster fan would do the trick.
ReplyDeleteWhen watching reruns of Gunsmoke keep a sharp eye out for the stovepipe on the stove in the Long Branch Saloon. It's definitely different. And simple.
ReplyDeleteMy first house had a Buck stove insert in the fireplace. It had blowers that could make the room unbearably hot in sub freezing weather. There was also a copper pipe next to the stove. It went up the flue where it was plumbed inside the flue where it had a dozen coils and plumbed back out in the attic wrapped in insulation running to the back of the house. There were also 3 corks that fit the tube. One solid, one with small hole in it, and one with a larger hole. In the six years I lived there I used the small hole cork as it would keep the bedrooms in the mid 70's all night in the coldest of weather or had it corked closed.
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