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Firebelly stoves should be installed in accordance with local building regulations. Document J and Document L of the UK Building Regulations relating to the installation of solid fuel appliances can be downloaded here.
The figures below give an approximate guide to the heat requirements of room sizes.
1 kW of heating output will approximately heat:
25m³ ( 882 cubic feet ) good insulated room
15m³ ( 530 cubic feet ) average insulated room
10m³ ( 353 cubic feet ) poor insulated room
Whether your house has good or poor insulation depends on many things such as number of
doors, windows, outside walls, and is it an old or modern building - something you are best to
estimate unless you want to go into quite complicated heat calculations!
Example in metric:
For an average insulated room (15m3 per kW):
2.4m height x 6m wide x 6m long = 86.4m³
86.4m³ / 15m³ = 5.76kW
Example in imperial:
For an average insulated room (530 cubic feet per kW):
8’ height x 20’ wide x 20’ long = 3200 cubic feet
3200 / 530 = 6 kW
The FB1 stove is rated at 6kW
The FB2 stove is rated at 12kW
All our stoves are constructed from laser cut mild steel and stainless steel sheet metal parts that are welded together to form airtight and robust combustion chambers that will not leak air or distort over time. A sealed combustion chamber means a controllable stove.
If you wish to use a Firebelly stove in a smoke free zone you would need to
use a smokeless fuel (see
http://www.solidfuel.co.uk/ for approved fuels). Smokeless briquettescan be burnt on the optional multi-fuel grate. The multi-fuel grate can be added or removed as
required. Wood can also be burnt on the multi-fuel grate but will burn more efficiently just on the
base fire bricks of the stove.
Alder: Poor in heat and does not last,
Apple: Splendid/ It bums slowly and steadily when dry, with little flame, but good heat. The scent is pleasing.
Ash: Best burning wood; has both flame and heat, and will bum when green, though naturally not as well as when dry.
Beech: A rival to ash, though not a close one, and only fair when green. If it has a fault, it is apt to shoot embers a long way.
Birch: The heat is good but it burns quickly. The smell is pleasant.
Cedar: Good when dry. Full of crackle and snap. It gives little flame but much heat, and the scent is beautiful.
Cherry: Burns slowly, with good heat. Another wood with the advantage of scent Chestnut. Mediocre. Apt to shoot embers. Small flame and heating power. Douglas Fir. Poor. Little flame and heat.
Chestnut: Mediocre. Apt to shoot embers. Small flame and heating power.
Douglas Fir: Poor. Little flame or heat.
Elder: Mediocre. Very smoky. Quick burner, with not much heat.
Elm: Commonly offered for sale. To bum well it needs to be kept for two years. Even then it will smoke. Vary variable fuel.
Hazel: Good.
Holly: Good, will burn when green, but best when kept a season.
Hornbeam: Almost as good as beech.
Laburnum: Totally poisonous tree, acrid smoke, taints food and best never used.
Larch: Crackly, scented, and fairly good for heat.
Laurel: Has brilliant flame.
Lime: Poor. Burns with dull flame.
Maple: Good.
Oak: The novelist's 'blazing fire of oaken logs' is fanciful, Oak is sparse in flame and the smoke is acrid, but dry old oak is excellent for heat, burning slowly and steadily until whole log collapses into cigar-like ash.
Pear: A good heat and a good scent.
Pine: Bums with a splendid flame, but apt to spit. The resinous Weymouth pine has a lovely scent and a cheerful blue flame.
Plane: Burns pleasantly, but is apt to throw sparks if very dry. Plum. Good heat and scent.
Plum: Good heat and aromatic.
Poplar: Truly awful.
Rhododendron: The thick old stems, being very tough, burn well.
Robinia (Acacia): Burns slowly, with good heat, but with acrid smoke.
Spruce: Burns too quickly and with too many sparks.
Sycamore: Burns with a good flame, with moderate heat. Useless green.
Thorn: Quite one of the best woods. Burns slowly, with great heat and little smoke. Walnut. Good, so is the scent.
Walnut: Good, and so is the scent. Aromatic wood.
Willow: Poor. It must be dry to use, and then it burns slowly, with little flame. Apt to spark.
Yew: Last but among the best. Burns slowly, with fierce heat, and the scent is pleasant.
All our stoves are finished using a specially formulated high temperature paint that actually becomes tougher the more the stove is used as it fully cures with the elevated temperatures. The paint will not chip like enamel and any scrapes can easily be touched up using an aerosol spray available from us.
Firebelly FB1 and FB2 stoves available in SketchUp, OBJ and 3DS format. Right click and select 'save target as' to download files below. Contact us if you require other products or file formats.
| Firebelly_FB1_Stove_skp.zip | Firebelly_FB1_Stove_obj.zip | Firebelly_FB1_Stove_3ds.zip |
| Firebelly_FB2_Stove_skp.zip | Firebelly_FB2_Stove_obj.zip | Firebelly_FB2_Stove_3ds.zip |