Esse Plus 1 solid wood cooker on narrowboat

[Phillip]

Evening everybody,

 

I have just joined the forum and am looking for some advice on installing an Esse plus 1 on a narrowboat. I have read up on the latest regulations surrounding the installation of a wood fired stove on a narrowboat. My only concern is the the flue height and creating enough up draught, 12Pa I believe. I have spoke with Esse but they will not officially recommend a flue length less than 4.6m. I have seen pictures of Aga/Rayburns installed on N.B but are unsure if they are wood fired. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge with wood fired cooker flue heights? Thanks!

 

Esse Plus 1

A sample of some installations I have seen.

 

[peterboat]

I have a rayburn royal solid fuel cooker/water heater on board it works fine although on wood it does need the flue cleaning often

[Robbo]

Although very nice, is it just wood or does it do multifuel? Wood takes a lot of room!

 

Most stoves specify a 4.5m flue but seem to work okay on a boat of flue length of 2m.

[Phillip]

Thanks for the replies. It is just wood yes but the dimensions of it seem to be in proportion to the rest of the boat so I am satisfied with the size. Its good to know most work with a 2m flue. I have come across a chimney cowl called a flue cube, which seems to create a vortex by mixing the hot and cold air thus creating more of a vacuum to draw air up. I wonder if anyone has had any experience with this?

[Robbo]

If you like the style and size also take a look at Heritage stoves as they market them to boats as well, although I think they are oil based only. http://www.heritagecookers.co.uk/range_cooker_uno.htm

[Northernboater]

Why don't you put this in the relevant Forum "Equipment" "Boat Building & Maintenance" or "Living Afloat" as not really "New to Boating" as your have a boat. Too many people seam to put everything in this forum when not really relevant, getting a bit bored with "New boaters" asking about technical info.

Edited December 29, 2016 by Northernboater

[cuthound]

Why don't you put this in the relevant Forum "Equipment" "Boat Building & Maintenance" or "Living Afloat" as not really "New to Boating" as your have a boat. Too many people seam to put everything in this forum when not really relevant, getting a bit bored with "New boaters" asking about technical info.

Are you the Grinch in disguise?

[Phil Ambrose]

Why don't you put this in the relevant Forum "Equipment" "Boat Building & Maintenance" or "Living Afloat" as not really "New to Boating" as your have a boat. Too many people seam to put everything in this forum when not really relevant, getting a bit bored with "New boaters" asking about technical info.

Aw come on, cut a newbie some slack, and if it pisses you off so much just skip over it and read something else.

Phil

[Phillip]

Thanks for your replies. Will check out the heritage also.

[Stilllearning]

Looking at the picture of the Esse, if that was it in the top picture, may I suggest that a better option would be to find a stove manufacturer who designs their stove so that the fire is under the oven? Heat rises, and an oven above the fire works far better. We have a stove called an MBS Termo Vulcan that has the oven above the fire, and it raises the oven temperature from cold to over 200c quicker than our modern electric oven can.

[PaddingtonBear]

Where on earth are you going to get a regular supply of suitable wood to keep you going? Seriously attractive set up though but a touch of a triumph of style over content perhaps?

[mross]

And, of course, having the fire on top reduces the effective flue height.

[magpie patrick]

Why don't you put this in the relevant Forum "Equipment" "Boat Building & Maintenance" or "Living Afloat" as not really "New to Boating" as your have a boat. Too many people seam to put everything in this forum when not really relevant, getting a bit bored with "New boaters" asking about technical info.

 

Also new to the forum with only three posts - many years ago I came on here not new to boating but new to the forum and new to forums generally, I probably posted my question in the wrong place.

 

You can always PM the mods (of which I am one) and ask us to move it? No one else can move threads between forums once they've started

 

Phillip, welcome to the forum by the way, long may you contribute and help us prosper

[NB Lola]

Welcome Phillip!

[pophops]

Are you intending to light the stove every time you want to boil a kettle, even in summer? Or maybe you have some alternative method of boiling water in mind.