We are about to install a Woodsman Tarras MK111 freestanding woodburner. We live in a villa with high ceilings and the living and dining and kitchen are now large open plan, due to renovations carried out by the previous owners.
I'm keen to keep the fireplace in the centre of the living area, where the original fireplace was situated and a dividing wall of 1.6m wide remains in the centre or the room.
Would heat have any problem 'travelling' around a wall 1.6m wide situated behind it? We would like the wall to remain.
maccachic1,
Sep 8, 9:11pm
Install it if there is any issue just add in a heat transfer kit?
lissie,
Sep 9, 2:05am
From our experience - our woodburner is installed against a full-height wall with a wide opening thru to the dining adjacent to the wood burner - the heat travels there fine.
BUT only because we've now insulated the high cable ceiling and installed a ceiling fan - can't recommend a ceiling fan and insulation highly enough it's made a HUGE difference
annies3,
Sep 9, 5:14am
Our ceiling fan which is located in front of our Wagener cooker, circulates the heat throughout this home as long as the doors are open, so I imagine yours would be fine, and of course the insulation you have is important.
schnauzer11,
Sep 9, 6:20am
I bought this lovely old villa a year ago, with a Tarras in situ. It puts-out a blast of heat, and is in the smaller living room. We simply close the doors to the rooms we don't want heated, and run a directional de-humidifier on Low, which helps direct heat away from the room the fire's in.We have only average insulation, but this wonderful old galleon of a house is not draughty. It's a cracker fire, and we love it. While doing what I've described, we often hand a bit of washing here and there, and it's dry in no time.We've had wood-burners in previous homes, but this one's a cracker, and warms this lovely old house a treat. Only have the de-humid on about 3 hours in the evening.On a fine day we do open doors and windows to ventilate, then close when it gets cooler.Fire's roasting-away as I type, two dogs sprawled before it!
schnauzer11,
Sep 9, 6:21am
Christchurch.
survivalkiwi,
Sep 9, 9:00am
We have installed a tarras mk 3 in our new build. Our house is 250 mtrs. We have a heat transfer kit. It is a major over kill. We can get the house upto 30 in about an hour and a half using dry macrocarpre. We have only just moved in. I can see us next winter sitting in front of the fire with the bifolds open.
golfaholic2,
Sep 9, 6:01pm
Obtain a few hundred kilo of nitestore bricks and load the cooktop . It will reduce the output for a few hours , and give you stored heat for once the burner is out . Makes the overkill burner far more user friendly
survivalkiwi,
Sep 9, 6:35pm
Being a new house it is double glazed and we have put in denser batts. So heat lose through the night is not a major concern. As for opening the doors when it is too hot that is a luxery I am looking forward to.
robs,
Oct 3, 5:48pm
Well I'm glad that I have bought a Woodsman Tarras survivalkiwi. Thanks folks for the replies.
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