Hello from Michigan! That's a cute little cookstove. I totally understand the annoyance of a small firebox and yes an electric chainsaw and one good weekend and you're all set. To split the blocks lengthwise, if needed, I learned to put all wood upright together inside a spare tire nice and snug, so when I took the ax to split them, they didn't go flying. Also, I learned that if I go to the far end of the hall where I need the heat, I put a fan on the floor and aim it at the stove. The cold air pushes on the heat from below and it returns hot air back to the fan. A convection of sorts. It's amazing. And I'd set a soaking wet towel near the stove because warmth travels well on moisture particles and more rooms get warmer more quickly. Helps the sinuses too. Good luck to you! Sure wish I had one of those beauties!
Yes! I've been eagerly awaiting this video. I've reluctantly stopped after I heard you say that your dear partner, bless, goes along with you - mine too!! Okay, I'll watch this tonight once my jobs are done. 🙂
Interesting stove. I've just cut my first coup of 20 trees from chestnuts I planted 18 years ago, so I'll check this out. Self sufficiency is a long and hard road to follow, with a huge initial learning curve. I run my Cumbrian acreage alone, and when I've a big project, I sometimes have to abandon things for awhile, even when it comes to growing food.....we can spin only so many plates at a time. Volunteers aren't an option until I can easily feed and home them, and I refuse to use canvas with our unpredictable weather now. For your logs, buy a Makita 18v cordless chainsaw. I use one for my willow cropping, orchard pruning and branch removal. When you're settled, PLEASE plant trees for fuel before you do anything else. It truly is the best investment. If you're up north, drop in. I hope everything runs well for you.
Thanks so much for the recommendation, your chainsaw sounds like a good job. Grateful to hear that I'm not the only one that abandons projects! It can get a bit overwhelming at times - like you say, lots of plates to spin. Your plot sounds interesting, maybe you will add some videos of your own to UA-cam down the line? Would be great to see! All the best 🙂
If you do a bit of DIYing and fit a sloping "ceiling" above the stove and under the chimney, that will drive the hot air out into the room. Also, if you split those logs before you cut them in half, it will be easier to cut and the smaller logs will make controlling the fire a bit easier, might get through the timber a bit quicker though 😞
Wanted one, but 2.5k was a stretch. Went 8kw normal woodburner. But I'm fortunate to have infinite wood. Haven't used my central heating for 18 months so far.
@@LJ-zk9iw I had to google ‘chop saw’ 😄 is that the same as a mitre saw? My partner has a mitre saw which we sometimes use - useful for the narrower but long pieces 👍
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I’ve heard comments that the hot plate area even above the fire doesn’t get massively hot…takes quite a time to boil a pan of water for example. How do you find it? Can you actually brown things like meat in a frying pan without having to have the fire running at full blast? Thanks.
It's been a while since I boiled water on the stove but from memory, once the fire was roaring it took around 30 mins or so for a stove-top kettle of water to boil. I'll have to test it again next time the fire is on. I personally thought the stove top directly above the fire was roasting hot but so far I've only heated up a tin of soup (which started to boil quite quickly and I had to move it to a cooler section of the stove top). I wouldn't want to risk cooking meat without the fire running at full blast but I'm a bit particular about cooking meat. Hope that makes sense!
@@betrue2oneself939 hi, thanks for taking the time to comment 😊 we didn’t get the water tank option with the stove, though that would be fab! Sorry I can’t share any insight on that
The plumbing I did originally in my tiny house looked like I used a Heath Robinson (Rube Goldberg in the US) illustration as guidance. Eventually I greatly simplified it. There is a cold water tap and a small tank on a shelf with a short pipe to the warm water tap. When I need warm water I boil a kettle and pre-mix the water to the right temperature for the tank. Easy, quick, efficient, cheap and clutter free.
If you want to really cook on wood, the best one to go for is the go-eco BakeChef. Very clean huge oven and insulated lid on the cook spot. Also has a glass oven door so you can see the food without letting the heat out
Thanks so much for doing this video, Eimear, it was really useful. A couple of questions if I may: (1) I think you said it burns fast and hot, such that oven temp gets to red zone quite quickly. Can you let it it burn down to embers to get a more moderate / stable cooking temp (will it hold the heat? (2) I think you said that for a smaller place it could effectively heat the space. Do you reckon it could take the place of a conventional wood heater?
You're welcome! Thanks for the request. In answer to your questions: 1) I don't think I've cooked with it consistently enough to answer properly but I think with more frequent use you would definitely get used to hitting the oven temperature 'sweet spot', and like you say, could knock off the oven dial to zero or adjust the vents to stabilise the cooking temperature. And 2) yes I think so for a smaller space, and from other reviews I've seen and read. Someone else commented that perhaps it would be more efficient in a better location (i.e. not between two walls in the chimney breast) which is a great point.
Really good point about it being in between the two walls and wasting heat. I suppose at the time I was thinking about the chimney breast being a logical place for the flue, and what would look best. In hindsight it would make more sense for it to be more exposed 👍
Hello from Michigan! That's a cute little cookstove. I totally understand the annoyance of a small firebox and yes an electric chainsaw and one good weekend and you're all set. To split the blocks lengthwise, if needed, I learned to put all wood upright together inside a spare tire nice and snug, so when I took the ax to split them, they didn't go flying. Also, I learned that if I go to the far end of the hall where I need the heat, I put a fan on the floor and aim it at the stove. The cold air pushes on the heat from below and it returns hot air back to the fan. A convection of sorts. It's amazing. And I'd set a soaking wet towel near the stove because warmth travels well on moisture particles and more rooms get warmer more quickly. Helps the sinuses too.
Good luck to you! Sure wish I had one of those beauties!
Thank you for taking the time to comment and sharing your fab suggestions! I especially like the tyre idea 😊
@@StrivingforSelfSufficiency 🥰
I grew up on a farm and we heated the house with wood. It is a lot of hard work.
@@darylefleming1191 😮 I can imagine! Sounds like a valuable experience despite the hard work 🙂
@@StrivingforSelfSufficiency It is very valuable, I developed a strong work ethic.
Yes! I've been eagerly awaiting this video. I've reluctantly stopped after I heard you say that your dear partner, bless, goes along with you - mine too!! Okay, I'll watch this tonight once my jobs are done. 🙂
God bless good partners! Where would we be without them ☺
Interesting stove. I've just cut my first coup of 20 trees from chestnuts I planted 18 years ago, so I'll check this out. Self sufficiency is a long and hard road to follow, with a huge initial learning curve. I run my Cumbrian acreage alone, and when I've a big project, I sometimes have to abandon things for awhile, even when it comes to growing food.....we can spin only so many plates at a time. Volunteers aren't an option until I can easily feed and home them, and I refuse to use canvas with our unpredictable weather now.
For your logs, buy a Makita 18v cordless chainsaw. I use one for my willow cropping, orchard pruning and branch removal. When you're settled, PLEASE plant trees for fuel before you do anything else. It truly is the best investment. If you're up north, drop in. I hope everything runs well for you.
Thanks so much for the recommendation, your chainsaw sounds like a good job. Grateful to hear that I'm not the only one that abandons projects! It can get a bit overwhelming at times - like you say, lots of plates to spin. Your plot sounds interesting, maybe you will add some videos of your own to UA-cam down the line? Would be great to see!
All the best 🙂
If you do a bit of DIYing and fit a sloping "ceiling" above the stove and under the chimney, that will drive the hot air out into the room.
Also, if you split those logs before you cut them in half, it will be easier to cut and the smaller logs will make controlling the fire a bit easier, might get through the timber a bit quicker though 😞
Great advice, thanks so much!
Wanted one, but 2.5k was a stretch.
Went 8kw normal woodburner.
But I'm fortunate to have infinite wood.
Haven't used my central heating for 18 months so far.
@@huwbishop6995 love how long you’ve gone without central heating! 👏
A chop saw would be great to chop off the extra length.
It would bug me too. I believe they are an investment also. ❤
@@LJ-zk9iw I had to google ‘chop saw’ 😄 is that the same as a mitre saw? My partner has a mitre saw which we sometimes use - useful for the narrower but long pieces 👍
I’ve heard comments that the hot plate area even above the fire doesn’t get massively hot…takes quite a time to boil a pan of water for example. How do you find it? Can you actually brown things like meat in a frying pan without having to have the fire running at full blast? Thanks.
It's been a while since I boiled water on the stove but from memory, once the fire was roaring it took around 30 mins or so for a stove-top kettle of water to boil. I'll have to test it again next time the fire is on. I personally thought the stove top directly above the fire was roasting hot but so far I've only heated up a tin of soup (which started to boil quite quickly and I had to move it to a cooler section of the stove top). I wouldn't want to risk cooking meat without the fire running at full blast but I'm a bit particular about cooking meat. Hope that makes sense!
hi ya so lovely to find your channel...and plans are in progress. Question did you get the water tank option if so how do you find it works out?
@@betrue2oneself939 hi, thanks for taking the time to comment 😊 we didn’t get the water tank option with the stove, though that would be fab! Sorry I can’t share any insight on that
The plumbing I did originally in my tiny house looked like I used a Heath Robinson (Rube Goldberg in the US) illustration as guidance. Eventually I greatly simplified it. There is a cold water tap and a small tank on a shelf with a short pipe to the warm water tap. When I need warm water I boil a kettle and pre-mix the water to the right temperature for the tank. Easy, quick, efficient, cheap and clutter free.
If you want to really cook on wood, the best one to go for is the go-eco BakeChef. Very clean huge oven and insulated lid on the cook spot. Also has a glass oven door so you can see the food without letting the heat out
Ooh that model looks really good! Shame about the price but I suppose you get what you pay for 😀
Thanks so much for doing this video, Eimear, it was really useful. A couple of questions if I may: (1) I think you said it burns fast and hot, such that oven temp gets to red zone quite quickly. Can you let it it burn down to embers to get a more moderate / stable cooking temp (will it hold the heat? (2) I think you said that for a smaller place it could effectively heat the space. Do you reckon it could take the place of a conventional wood heater?
You're welcome! Thanks for the request. In answer to your questions: 1) I don't think I've cooked with it consistently enough to answer properly but I think with more frequent use you would definitely get used to hitting the oven temperature 'sweet spot', and like you say, could knock off the oven dial to zero or adjust the vents to stabilise the cooking temperature. And 2) yes I think so for a smaller space, and from other reviews I've seen and read. Someone else commented that perhaps it would be more efficient in a better location (i.e. not between two walls in the chimney breast) which is a great point.
Very nice stove,but it looks wasted in-between those two walls,do you think it would of done better being somewhere else ?,heat wise ?
Really good point about it being in between the two walls and wasting heat. I suppose at the time I was thinking about the chimney breast being a logical place for the flue, and what would look best. In hindsight it would make more sense for it to be more exposed 👍
@@StrivingforSelfSufficiency the thing is that you can get a fan that goes on top and it will circulate the heat 👍
@@OutdoorPrepper2025 cheers - we got a wee fan from Aldi and it does a good job 🙂
The heat is not really wasted with the stove between the walls as they will absorb it and act as a storage heater.
Over 3K isa bit much for a lil oven!
Go on test it out you know you want to 😆😅😂
I was halfway interested in looking at the stove but she she just talks too much
@@robertclarke219 haha try the mute button 😄 problem solved!