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Hi, has anyone got a Pither stove. These things seem quite unique in operation, I can get it to light now using a blow torch! But I'm not sure on the correct use of the tool that slides into the grooves of the cheek plates and how to remove the ash without removing a lot of unburnt coal with it? There's a butterfly valve on the stove exhaust which is seized open, is this used to control the rate of burn? I would imagine that if I could close it, the stove would just emit loads of fumes? Definitely not a stove to use without a CO alarm!! Thanks for any tips on its operation.
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Hello all, my partner and I are planning to move onto our first ever narrowboat in about a month, a lovely 52' semi-trad called Florence. Florence is our perfect boat in almost every way, the exception being the lack of a solid fuel stove. Given the huge selection of stoves available, we're finding it hard to choose the most appropriate one, so I thought I'd ask some more experienced boaters for help. Our top three so far are: 1. The ubiquitous Boatman stove from Northern Fabrications. Steel, 4kw, 460(H) x 360(W) x 330(D). £300 2. The Salamander Hobbit. Cast iron, 4kw, 465 x 302 x 272. £475 3. The Dowling Little Devil. Steel, 3.5-4kw, 470 x 300 x 400, 552. Due to the layout of the boat, the stove has to go to one side of the front doors. To the right is a very nicely built cabinet with a variety of electrics built in, so ideally we're looking at the front left corner. The available space here is 60cm wide with an inbuilt settee 100cm from the front wall. So my questions are: 1. Is 4kw sufficient, given that we'll be sleeping at the other end of the boat? 2. Is ash as much of a problem with the Boatman as some people claim? 3. Many users claim cast iron is inappropriate for boats, has anyone had a Hobbit crack/fall apart? 4. Should the stove be angled into the room, or is this a matter of taste? 5. Are we asking for trouble having a stove so close to the settee? 6. What would you go for? Personally I like the Dowling most, both functionally and aesthetically, but it's more expensive and the biggest of the three so perhaps not ideal. Sorry to waffle on, any advice or suggestions greatly appreciated! Edit: title should've been Yet another stove choice thread. Don't know how to change it!
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https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8839/18364909379_bc4fecb2e5_m.jpg Can anyone help me identify my boat stove. The photo shows the detail on both side panels. The stove probably dates back to around 1990 when the boat was built. As far as I know the builder was Pat Buckle from Peterborough
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Basis for an open vent heating system for a boat fed by a backboiler. Uses adequately sized gravity 'heat dump' rads nearby or next to the stove, and more distant rads and calorifier on a pumped circuit. Updated to clarify how pump is teed in to gravity pipes.© smileypete :-)
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Hoping someone can offer some help. We have a new coal/woodburner fitted on our new boat. Came to light the fire tonight, 1 sheet newspaper scrunched, couple firelighters, few pieces kindling wood and half a dozen pieces of coal on top. Put the match to the paper, the fire filled up with smoke and started to pour out of the vent at the front and the airwash vents. NO smoke out of the chimney. We had a fire lit night before last which was the first fire we have had in it. I felt that there was no much draw on it and it took ages to get it going. Once it was going, it kicked out some heat but it did make the glas very very black which I had to clean off this morning, I am used to woodburners, I do have one at home so not complete novice but this does not feel quite right. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Is this stuff suitable for sealing the joint between the flue pipe and stove collar, for which I have hitherto used fibreglass rope and traditional fire cement? Anyone used it successfully? (NB, Not the gap between the flue pipe and roof collar, for which I have used fibreglass rope and Geocel Plumba Flue Silicone to good effect) Thanks Andrew
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Hi, I need to rebuild my hearth and surrounding area. Does anyone know of a good and reasonable Calcium Silicate board supplier 25mm thick) If anyone also has any pics/advice from previous experience - this would be greatly received before I begin my build. thanks Z
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Hi all, A question for anybody who has one of Eddie's Boatman's Stoves with a back boiler. I have recently bought one for my 52' boat and wanted to find out how it performs with a calorifier and radiators? At the moment I plan to connect it to my 75 litre surecal calorifier and then to one or possibly more radiators depending on how it performs. Does anyone have any experience in this area that they could share with me? Many thanks Strummerjoe
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Multifuel cooking stove, opinions please . I've seen this stove on the Internet and I wondered whether it would be possible or if anybody has never fitted one into the son of the narrowboat, my thoughts thinking that it would be more eco-friendly can economic to get maximum use from the fule being burned. Squirrels seem to be popular, and expensive I also like the idea of the Boatman stove, what are other peoples opinions please http://www.modernstoves.co.uk/duo-multi-fuel-cooker-stove.html
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Hey :-) Does anyone recognise this stove? I can't find anything like it on the internet and didn't get close enough to see the name on it. Thank you!