Help needed buying a pot belly stove

[Toolless230]

Hi all

I see there are a lot of people selling Clarke pot belly stoves on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...elly+stove.TRS0&_nkw=pot+belly+stove&_sacat=0
I have contacted a lot of the sellers asking question about the fittings needed for this stove and they just don't seam to have a clue (for those that bothered to reply). Non of them are fire and stove dealers they just find something on offer in the cash and carry and just sell it.
The stoves are sold as stoves only and are absolutely useless with out a chimbley

Basically I want to fit one inside my ford transit van; and I need a flu pipe for it and a cowl (and if possible a way of rigging the air intake up)

I saw machine mart are selling them as well and with a whole host of fitting
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/potbelly-cast-iron-stove/
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/c/vitreous-enamelled-flue-pipe/
But as they are a big company they don't seem to have time to answer my questions.
I see they sell 5" and 6" flu pipes and cowls, but since as the fire place is listed as 117mm flu size which is over 4 1/2" this makes no sense

I also see machine mart are selling aluminum ducting or flexi chimbley liner as they call it, 5" and 6"
Is this kind of piping fit enough to be used as the last bit of the extension and will it take the heat?

And my final question is why have all the sellers said that this stove if fit for burning wood only and unfit for burning coal?

So any help please on which fitting I need to get this stove up and running in my van


Thanks
Toolless230

 

[begreen]

Welcome. I know nothing about this stove, the Clark brand is not sold here. My concern is that this may be a cheap Asian copy stove. Often this style stove is made with cheap castings and is really safer to use for decoration than heat, especially not 24/7 heat. They are often hard to control and made with poor castings. Putting one in a van could be a very dangerous proposition.

 

[Simonkenton]

Many stoves are designed for wood only and you don't want to burn coal in them.

 

[tcassavaugh]

after seeing what you wanted the stove for, and wanting to put it into your van, i suggest you get something like this....http://www.tinywoodstove.com/product/pipsqueak-small-stove/ it is capable of burning both wood and coal. its 18 inches tall. others are available on the site. i would think it would be a bit challenging to run a wood stove safely in the van but where there is a will, there is a way. good luck

 

[begreen]

A small marine stove may work. Whatever is done, the stove will need to be securely bolted to the floor.

 

[Toolless230]

I see there is big concern with using this in a van; I guess the van moves about so it would have to be bolted to the floor

Many stoves are designed for wood only and you don't want to burn coal in them.

Why?

after seeing what you wanted the stove for, and wanting to put it into your van, i suggest you get something like this....http://www.tinywoodstove.com/product/pipsqueak-small-stove/ it is capable of burning both wood and coal. its 18 inches tall. others are available on the site. i would think it would be a bit challenging to run a wood stove safely in the van but where there is a will, there is a way. good luck

Its a shame that stove is on the other side of the water and the seller dose not speculate about other parts for it (like flu and cowls)

 

[begreen]

I'm curious, why put a wood stove in a Transit van instead of the alternatives? How will the clearance requirements be honored?
http://salamanderstoves.com/the-hobbit-stove/
http://morso.co.uk/product/morso-1000-swift/
UK marine stores have stoves
http://www.norfolkmarine.co.uk/shop-online/stove-cast-iron-black-p-27039.html

 

[tcassavaugh]

Begreen, i liked that sardine stove you mentioned. I've seen that before. i suppose having a small wood stove in a van/camper would be advantageous for both cooking and heat, especially on those chilly, damp UK nights.

 

[begreen]

If the van/camper stove is bolted down, has safe clearances and is properly shielded, then maybe yes. Still a concern for water leaks, flue leaks, CO, etc..

 

[Toolless230]

Still a concern for water leaks, flue leaks, CO, etc..

well these are the cowls sold by machine mart that are soposed to stop the water going down the flu
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/5in-flue-cowling/
I just cant see how they are supposed to compress around the hole and the pipe to stop water leaking in