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has anyone installed a stove/insert in an airtight house? i am hoping to do this in a house with a HRV system and im not sure if i will need to install seperate air intake for both, one option would be to put a 4 inch pipe in the foundations and connect it directly from the outside to a flue which goes into the stove, the other to connect through the wall to the back of the insert. has anyone done this? what do you think?
As I previously said , I've just installed a Nestor Martin IT13 ( small insert ) and comparing it ti the Runswick we got last year ,,, I'm not so happy .
We burn mostly wood , and found that the fire went out unless we left the draft on at max , the glass got smokey and the heat is not getting out into the room , but the marble mantlepiece got very hot above the insert .
Once we put in some coal the temperature in the fire rose , and the blackness was burned off the glass and at the higher temperature it coped better with the addition of wood and the draft could be turned down . Yet even with coal the IT13 does not pump out as much heat into the room as the cheaper Runswick , but it does heat the mantlepiece , even though the frame is not in physical contact with the mantlepiece.
I would be interested in other peoples experiences .
pjq
Hi Polo1,
Can you pls post how much you bought your stove & ancillary parts for? I hope to price for the same model, flue, etc. in Northern Ire. tomorrow, so be very interested to hear what the best prices out there in Southern Ire. Thanks, apple1
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