Just running the first burn on my new stove tonight, lit very easily and seems to be burning cleanly (should do, it's got the UK equivalent of EPA certification). Paint is still curing so I've set the smoke alarms off twice tonight, but otherwise it looks pretty good.
First Burn - Charnwood C-Four
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5kW (17,000 BTU/hr) - it's only a small house (~1,000 sq ft) and regulations over here are that any larger stoves need an air brick fitting in the room, which rather seems to defeat the point.
Nice bit about it is that the primary, secondary and tertiary air are all controlled by one lever (the knob at the bottom front) so even my wife (totally non-technical) should be able to run it cleanly.
Nice bit about it is that the primary, secondary and tertiary air are all controlled by one lever (the knob at the bottom front) so even my wife (totally non-technical) should be able to run it cleanly.
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Looks great. I am doing a similar alcove setup with a larger stove. Over here they don't require, but ask for a room vent or outside air piped directly to the stove via an outside air kit (OAK). I have installed an OAK for my stove as my state has a rebate to have it installed with a new stove.
An outside air kit was possible but tricky (I'm in a mid-terrace house and the chimney is in the centre of the party wall), but working out the air consumption (something like 30 cubic feet per hour from memory) it would have been rather pointless for anything but a Passivhaus-level of airtightness, which I certainly don't have.
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