Question for the veterans:
Has anyone here ever captured some heat using a coil over a firebox?
Let me elucidate my situation.
I have a BIS Ultima in a largish room in my house, which unfortunately is still
too small for the heat that thing can throw off. I can easily hit 90F in the dead of winter
while the rest of the house is a bit cold. I have hydronic heat in the house and keep
it dialed down because fuel costs are high.
Based on the amount of heat coming off the fireplace, and the fact that a BIS ultima is a
box inside a box and heat flows around the inner box, the thought occured to me to put a copper
coil above the firebox and circulate water through it when the fireplace is running. I'm aware I don't
want to create a steam bomb. I'd setup a heat sensor and a pump to circulate whenever the fireplace
was running. Seems like that could bleed off a good deal of heat to other rooms while making the room
more comfortable...
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks
Mark
Has anyone here ever captured some heat using a coil over a firebox?
Let me elucidate my situation.
I have a BIS Ultima in a largish room in my house, which unfortunately is still
too small for the heat that thing can throw off. I can easily hit 90F in the dead of winter
while the rest of the house is a bit cold. I have hydronic heat in the house and keep
it dialed down because fuel costs are high.
Based on the amount of heat coming off the fireplace, and the fact that a BIS ultima is a
box inside a box and heat flows around the inner box, the thought occured to me to put a copper
coil above the firebox and circulate water through it when the fireplace is running. I'm aware I don't
want to create a steam bomb. I'd setup a heat sensor and a pump to circulate whenever the fireplace
was running. Seems like that could bleed off a good deal of heat to other rooms while making the room
more comfortable...
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks
Mark