murdo

How much are these and is there loads of wood available????
Jackie

merlin

For cooking? I do not think it would be economical to use a wood burner for cooking. Can you elaborate more?

mushtaq

I think Jackie is interested in using it for heating.

merlin

he he - when I hear the word stove I relate it to cooking.

A great way of heating a room for the winter months yes! Wouldnt be without one myself. Generally, during winter Turks make the best of one room for all the family heating it with a wood burner.

Wood itself on its own is not an economical way of providing heat. The bucket that fits inside the burner IMO should be filled 3/4 with coal and then topped with wood. If prepared in the early evening, one bucketful will burn till morning.

This winter, coal was around 5YTL a bag.

A little word of caution. Deaths in Turkey from wood burning fires are reported almost daily during winter with whole families wiped out due to incorrect useage and failure to ensure the smoke has a clear passage out of the house.

It usually only takes the wind to change direction and you can easily find the room where the wood burner is situated is consumed with smoke. You can get a metal contraption fitted to the chimmney top which twirls round with the wind, but lets the smoke out efficiently.

Smoke detectors are not widely available in the provinces of Turkey. In the UK there are pennies, bring a couple with you and make sure you use them if you intend to use a wood burner.

Hope this helps!

Gail

We would love to have a wood burner fitted in to the house. We will get a local builder in to see if it's possible.

We took smoke alarms with us the very first time we went

Gail

murdo

Kusadasisun,
thanks for that, are the stoves expensive themselves? Good point about safety...will DEFINITELY have smoke and CO2 detectors.

Cooking????? That's what I married John for! Seriously, John is OBSESSED with gas-BBQ, cooked Christmas dinner on it in cold/wet Wales, so stove won't get a look in for cooking.
Jackie

merlin

Its the most efficient way of heating a room for the winter Gail.

All I would say is do the following.

If you have an open fireplace in the lounge (presuming we are talking about heating the lounge) you would really have to brick it up for the winter. Its imperative as smoke will find itsway in one way or another.

The circular vent for the piping to fit into the chimmney (if you dont have one already) is going to spoil your chimmney breast aesthetically. Although this can be plugged during the summer months when you arent using the wood burner.

You dont need a builder! You will find that whatever shop you buy the burner from will have someone who can deliver and install. A good wood burner will cost around 180YTL, negotiate installation at the time of purchase - why pay a builder?

Gail

Thanks Lee, we are over there next week we will investigate

Thanks

Gail

merlin

No prob! Wouldnt bother with it now anyway. It was 27 degrees yesterday!