... Or why we wanted to build ourselves a stove mass ...
Who are we?
We live in Brittany (Côtes d'Armor, Trégor) in an old stone village house, traditional in the region. We bought this house two years ago and since we are renovating ourselves in a respectful spirit of Man and Nature.
Why a masonry heater?
We studied a lot of heating solutions for our house. We had a preference for wood heating, renewable energy of choice. The mass stoves we have quickly convinced by their arguments Essential
- comfort :
- gentle heat : previously we had a wood stove "basic" steel, which heated to very high a few feet away, but leaving the bottom part at 10 °. The inertial mass of a stove should eliminate this problem.
- radiant heat and pleasant ,
- little convection : prone to allergies, we were sensitive to mites mixing and drying of the air that causes the convection heat a steel pan .
- inertia : it seemed very appropriate for a stone house that already has a strong inertia. In addition, the stone walls on the ground floor (where the stove is located), let in some air flow that can disrupt the convection not radiation,
- ecology : combustion is almost complete (90-95%), the exhaust fumes contain almost no particles and tar,
- economy : icing on the cake, one to two a day is soaring, and all types of wood are allowed (including conifers, unlike cast iron stoves e eg.). A simple palette is nicely,
- aesthetics : very debatable point, we find the mass stoves rather beautiful, and especially ours just embedded into the existing fireplace (yes, it's not laughing Brittany no chimneys of the time! dimensions: 1.65 m * 0.5 m * 2.5 m (width * high * prof). Approximate dimensions of the stove: 1.25 m * 0.8 m * 2.1 m (width * high * prof)).
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