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[Mouse64]

Hi there does anyone know where to get a nice contemporary wood burner?
Our house is not piped for central heating so i thought a wood burner would make it nice and warm over the colder month but what i have seen in Marmaris up to now didn't really bowl me over, a bit old fashioned and not very sturdy looking, i don't want to have to paint the house after each winter either.
I love the thought of a nice homely fire but maybe electric heaters are in the end a better solution?
advise please

[Cukurbagli]

Have a look at the stoves on this site LINK. I'm looking for a new one myself and will phone them later today to see if they can send it via kargo.

[sunny]

Mimosa on this forum has recently had one fitted.It looks great, I'd love one. It needs a special chimney and I don't know if you can DIY.

[Tony07]

HI, I just installed one I brought over from the UK..................


My wife and I made the mantelpiece and then I knocked out and built the fireplace putting in the granite hearth, well pleased with the end result, that will keep my wife warm in the winter..

[sunny]

That's lovely Tony. Can I put an order in ?

[Tony07]

That's lovely Tony. Can I put an order in ?

This was one of the reasons I drove to Turkey, I bought the fire on e-bay for £300 I bought various bits of wood to make the fireplace and then put it all together and cut out and made the fireplace. I am very pleased with the end result lot of hard work but worth it now we will be ready for the cold weather in Turkey. Mr Mrs is over the moon with it as she is definitely a freezer..

[Abi]

Very impressed Tony, good job:)

I've found another link these are British made stoves which are sold in Turkey. They can be found in Antalya, Bursa, Mugla and Izmir.

'Heating Solutions'

[Mouse64]

Loved that link Abi, the Romotop stoves are in the area of what I`m looking for but very pricey wow. I was looking at this web site, beautiful stoves and the colour and material range is great,sadly they don`t give any prices and the nearest shop on there map is in greece


http://www.hase.eu/g...ood,stoves.html



love the job you did Tony but our outside living room is over some stairs as we are on a hill site, so i cant build a solid chimney and was hoping to just have an outlet pipe on the site of the house all the way up to the roof, anyone got any experience with that?

[Tony07]

Loved that link Abi, the Romotop stoves are in the area of what I`m looking for but very pricey wow. I was looking at this web site, beautiful stoves and the colour and material range is great,sadly they don`t give any prices and the nearest shop on there map is in greece


http://www.hase.eu/gb,en,10,site-Heating+with+Wood,stoves.html



love the job you did Tony but our outside living room is over some stairs as we are on a hill site, so i cant build a solid chimney and was hoping to just have an outlet pipe on the site of the house all the way up to the roof, anyone got any experience with that?

My Outlet pipe is on the outside of our house, I had a metal one made, I also built the fireplace opening on the outside of our villa....

[Mouse64]

My Outlet pipe is on the outside of our house, I had a metal one made, I also built the fireplace opening on the outside of our villa....

So you just did an outlet pipe behind the build fireplace without a fully build chimney? very clever
how high does your pipe go? all the way to the roof? i have hear that it needs a certain hight and one of them ventilation fans on top otherwise the wind can blow back down into the stove?

[Cukurbagli]

I've got a four metre steel pipe inside the house (ceiling is 5 metres), you can increase the heat output dramatically having most of the pipe inside instead of outside. Don't have any need for a twirly thingy on the top as long as the pipe goes aboe the ridge line but some sort of cap to stop the rain coming in is essential. Make sure you have a bend in the pipe to stop smoke blowback during windy weather.

[Mouse64]

I've got a four metre steel pipe inside the house (ceiling is 5 metres), you can increase the heat output dramatically having most of the pipe inside instead of outside. Don't have any need for a twirly thingy on the top as long as the pipe goes aboe the ridge line but some sort of cap to stop the rain coming in is essential. Make sure you have a bend in the pipe to stop smoke blowback during windy weather.

5 meter ceiling?? wow i wish as most of it will be outside the house do I have to insulate the pipe, or double pipe it?

[Cukurbagli]

Result of enquiry to the people I posted a link to above.

Price 1100 TL
Delivery from Istanbul to Kas 100 TL
The fire has an output of 10 - 12 Kw.



I'll order it tomorrow.

5 meter ceiling?? wow i wish as most of it will be outside the house do I have to insulate the pipe, or double pipe it?

You don't have to insulate it outside, just make sure it is at least a foot away from the wall inside. I have to have an extra aluminium heat shield as my house is built completely of wood. The first winter I was in it the varnish started melting off the wall behind the fire, scary!

[Abi]

We also have a long pipe running along inside of the sitting room before it goes up the chimmney. As Cukur said it does increase the heat dramatically because it acts as a giant radiator.

The only thing I would advise is that you all bring a Carbon Monoxide detector with you or buy one here. One day I was watching TV and couldn't see the light flashing red when suddenly it went off the alarm is deafening which is what happens when it get to a dangerous level. The trouble is carbon monoxide doesn't have a smell and a lot of people die over here every year. Also if you have gas boilers several people have died because of the same thing, this was mainly due to bad installation which allowed to fumes to escape properly.

[Cukurbagli]

Yeah this carbon monoxide poisoning is on the TV news every winter. With my vast salon/kitchen/dining space (about 200 cubic metres) high ceiling and badly fitting windows it's unlikely to get me but it's worth thinking about. If you have smaller rooms and plastic windows a detector is essential.

[Mouse64]

Result of enuiry to the people I posted a link to above.

Price 1100 TL
Delivery from Istanbul to Kas 100 TL
The fire has an output of 10 - 12 Kw.



I'll order it tomorrow.



You don't have to insulate it outside, just make sure it is at least a foot away from the wall inside. I have to have an extra aluminium heat shield as my house is built completely of wood. The first winter I was in it the varnish started melting off the wall behind the fire, scary!

I have heard that insulating the pipe outside would be a good idea because the change in temperature promotes a bigger build up of soot in the pipe?

We also have a long pipe running along on side of the sitting room before it goes up the chimmney. As Cukur said it does increase the heat dramatically because it acts as a giant radiator.

The only thing I would advise is that you all bring a Carbon Monoxide detector with you or buy one here. One day I was watching TV and couldn't see the light flashing red when suddenly it went off the alarm is deafening which is what happens when it get to a dangerous level. The trouble is carbon monoxide doesn't have a smell and a lot of people die over here every year. Also if you have gas boilers several people have died because of the same thing, this was mainly due to bad installation which allowed to fumes to escape properly.

that sounds very scary, I will get a carbon monoxide detector!! the living room is open plan and during the day I think there is no danger but at night time when we are sitting there watching TV we have a big curtain drawn to the rest of the room and when I had my gas Heater on last winter I kept on getting headaches after a while, I just thought that the gas wasn`t burning as clean as it should, I never thought about the Carbon Monoxide
We don`t have a gas boiler, just solar and immersion for hot water when the sun is in, so luckily no problem there

[Abi]

Good choice Cukur when I looked at the link that's the one I liked as well.

[Cukurbagli]

I have heard that insulating the pipe outside would be a good idea because the change in temperature promotes a bigger build up of soot in the pipe?

Actually that sounds sensible and I do get a lot of build over the winter, I'll try that.

Learn something every day I do.

[Mouse64]

Actually that sounds sensible and I do get a lot of build over the winter, I'll try that.

Learn something every day I do.

happy to help what do you do in way of chimney sweeping, or better pipe sweeping anyway? are there people who do this in turkey or do we just stuff the neighbours cat or chicken down the pipe?

[Cukurbagli]

My set up enables me to take the pipes down and clean them outside which I do during April or May usually. A chicken dragged up the chimney by a string around it's legs would work though if you can't take the pipes down.