Love your videos Kris. Interested to know about any workshops you lead. I'm up the road in Carmarthen! You passed through my village a couple of months ago...
What about the Russian style wood burners? I understand they have a short but very, very hot initial burn, this puts a lot of heat into the mass, which radiates it out during the day.
Been watching you since all but the first 15 or so round house videos. I can honestly say that you may once have been a novice learning as you go but now have become a craftsman and teacher. You have shown this old dog many new tricks over the years. The pride you have in what you have achieved is more than well earned. Thank you and cheers from down under.
Dear Mr Harbour, with All this political shit taking place in the States it gives me solace to watch folks like yourself and a Mr Chickadee do your Amazing work. The Art of woodworking and mason work takes me back to a long forgotten time. Your an inspiration, Keep it up Fella!
Kris, you keep surprising us, that build around the stove is gorgeous, I would love to have that in my sitting room. Looing forward to the timber frame videos communig up! keep up the good work, Kind regards from the netherlands!
I've spent 50 hours this week bashing away at spreadsheets and attending Teams meetings, and not accomplished a fraction of what you've achieved. It often feels like a waste of life, but it is edging me closer to a simpler lifestyle. Thanks, as ever, for the inspiration.
I love the way you made cutting the hole in the wall look easy... I know what a pain it can be! Love what you're doing with your place Kris; it's fantastic!
@Ben T. I live in an equally old house, the bricks are made of cheese though so I have to use long fasteners or the face of the brick just pops off, repointing takes up a fair bit of time every few years.
@Ben T. I'm repointing with opc like a scumbag I'm afraid, going half a brick deep, what I've done is not coming out again but because previous owners have only put 1/4"of opc mortar over the dusty lime mortar, I'll decide that bits solid and move on then a month after I painted it'll pop off and ruin my pristine paint. Eventually I'll get to a point where it's all solid... Hopefully. I've found the hammer in fixings from timco to be really good in the soft brick because they only expand at the tip, or chemical studs, short rawl plugs are the worst, needles to say my home improvements end up looking a bit industrial! Occasionally I'll find the original fixing methods where the builders have chased the mortar between the brick, hammered some wedges in then then fixed onto the wedges but life is too short to dig away at lathes every time I want to put up a shelf!
I love your videos, but get a glazed look in my eyes when you have to keep modifying the hydro thingy.🤣 As a woman the varied domestic stuff and garden are far more riveting. I look forward to your videos and wish it was me messing around in the muck, mud and being so creative. Keep on doing what you're doing 😍
Meanwhile back at Cottage HQ Dot's having a nice hot bath, martini's and listening to Bach...enjoy yur tea. ;-) Stunning work, look forward to all your future ventures.
How cool. Kris has a nice old Norwegian cast iron wood stove... Ulefos is one of the best you can find. The factory has been operating since the late 1600s but production today mainly consists of only one antique "marquee" model and parts for this, as most of the other models have been discontinued. Norway have lots of different cast iron oven manufacturers, and the biggest ones almost have monopoly, so the manufacturers with only older models suffered less demand after the late 80s.
Chris B Wales was visited by the Norse, as were various parts of these islands, such as the north east. In many of these places the local language has Norse sounding words, phrases and dialects.
Jøtul also have a very similar model to this. 45cm deep and one cook plate on top. I have two of them... No fancy features, just a solid cast iron box where wood goes in, smoke comes out :D Norwegian stoves are excellent indeed!
The mass on the side is very cool. I built a RMH in my residential garage years ago. It works. They're finicky. The greatest value was the radiant heat off the bell, honestly. When I build a house it will have a Russian style fireplace.
easy with the lifting mate, you get away with that in your twenties but after that it will slow you down... i know you're a man that wants to get things done quick but just take an extra min or two to think about the safest way to lift when you've got a heavy job on the go. lovely workshop by the way
Wow I had the exact same burner when I lived in turkey, produces massive amounts of heat and easy to clean. You’ve done a smashing job there kris well done mate 👍
@@Coppretta especially this one! It's chilly and I'm waiting for a chimney inspection so can't use my woodburner (only source of heating) - I've got a hot water bottle and I've persuaded my border collie girl to snuggle up on my armchair 🤣
Man, I can feel how rewarding it is from here! I've got the same burner you have in your house (£200 off ebay), the logs have to be rather short indeed! What is the model of your new stove? (For a cabin im building)
Couldn't agree more about using a cast iron stove because of the thermal mass that you already have. We have 2 small ones in our cave house, it took 3 or 4 days of use to heat it up & it now is a regular temperature to within a few degrees with 4/5 hours of top up by using just one of them. In the other house ( which is half cave, with a stone built top) we have lined the fireplace with slate and refractory cement to stop the lime behind it getting damaged. ( Nice to see you don't get your lime mix spot on every time either! Our mixes seem to be a bit of a lottery! )
Nice work Kris, just awesome to see all you've achieved. Thought about a peltier stove fan to move the heat around the workshop? (You definitely have! I guess my real question is, are you going to use one?)
Standing a piece of sheet metal behind that stove will help reflect the heat out into the room. Also, a larger diameter metal pipe around the stove pipe would allow you to blow heated air into the room through the space between the pipes. Capture some of the heat going up the chimney.
Used polished aluminium or stainless as reflectors, kept them about 20mm off back wall, 20mm up from hearth to get air flow behind. Could use strap on reflector for chimney also.
The metal sheet behind the stove is an excellent idea. You do have to be careful with extracting heat from the chimney though. Too much cooling can reduce the chimney effect, reducing air flow, which can then lessen the efficiency of the burn and create more creosote in the chimney. The chimney effect is also responsible for avoiding back draft on windy days.
Love what you do, you're living my dream life for me. If you haven't, definately check out Matt Cremona's channel. He designed a great a large bandmill, has loads of knowledge and plans for the mill too, great stuff on drying lumber and a lumber trailer design that you'll wanna build too, cos I do. Good to see you're finally getting toasty while you work. P.s, did Dot send you out with your teabags as you've overdone the requests! haha
loved this! I built an outside kitchen from the stone on my land in Italy, loved every minute of it. Looking forward to the grrenhouse frame. Well done Chris. : )
That looks fantastic Kris... you just never stop working do you. Watching you I was thinking back to the days when you first started the workshop and thinking of all the hours and labour that went into it to get it to the present stage. Maybe you should take some rest time... but I know you wont just having listened to your list of upcoming projects!
@@fishfire_2999 For those of us in the southern hemisphere, Bobby Bob in South Africa and me in Australia, Summer starts in December so summer is next month! January is usually the hottest month where day time temps can reach 40ºC+ on the coast and 50ºC+ inland and night time temps often don't get below 30ºC, so as we say here "fairly warm"
Is it me or at 2:52 is some smoke leaking out of the top left of the stove? Hope it's just a trick of the video and you have a good carbon monoxide alarm??
more than likely. a stove like this isnt airtight. the top hob just lifts off. Its safe due to the draw of the flue. I flu that is drawing well will always draw in clean air. When you open the door while the fire is still getting going its not unusual to get a puff of smoke. It wont happen when it hot though.
Damn man......do u have any fingerprints.....I’ve done stone work professionally, and I can’t handle the mortar on my hands, just eats the skin off and next day is like it was sanded
I've a small log burner as the main heat source in my house. Sometimes, when I need it to heat the place quickly I point a big fan at it to blow air across the face of the stove whilst opening up the air vents a bit to make it burn hotter. Makes a huge difference to the house. Maybe you could use some of your surplus hydro power to drive a blower to do this.
Hi Andy, To be honest it sounds like you could do with a bit more hight on your flu. If you open the stove air vets full it should reach temps that are within its range if the flue is right. Blowing a fan on a wood is actually quite dangerous a fan could easily get a stove going well over 800 degrees c and start to break down the steel. It could also (if you dont have good draw) blow the gasses back in the room. Defiantly keep a close eye on it when you do that and check the flue often, If it gets to hot the metal will oxidise away.
@@KrisHarbour My stove is room sealed so opening the vents lets outside air into it to compensate for the heat being drawn away by the air blowing over the face of the metalwork. Sorry I wasn't clear in my comment above, I certainly don't want a blast furnace in my home! Really like your installation though.
You can make a basic wood stove that is a rocket stove. And it can be made to be a batch burn rocket stove. I built Peter VanDeberg’s (not sure the spelling) batch burner. It puts out tremendous heat and does not need a mass to function. There are many designs for batch burn rocket stoves that are not rocket mass heaters so you could go that route if you want to. And they are cheap to build and easier than the rocket mass heaters. I built a rocket pizza oven as well and it works more like a masonry stove, stays hot for 4 days. Seems like you would like those designs, self built and really efficient, but glad you have heat for winter.
Hey man! I love all your work. It’s been a blast watching you do your thing. It makes us happy to know you’re enjoying your life. Thanks for the inspiration.
Kris thanks for keeping us updated on the next projects. I'm wondering how you new trees are doing. This time of year they might be easier to see. I would enjoy seeing a walk around the property to get an idea what it is like in winter. Thank for sharing your place with us.
Great job Kris. I'm curious to see how you do the mancave. You asked for some suggestions and ideas a while back. Did you get anything suitable coming in?
Hi, yes i had lots of nice ideas and i am actually using a lot of them. Im going with a bunk bed type thing with desk and storage under it. A big curved desk near the big window and the kitchen just to the left of the new slated surface.
place to dry my boots or sit and warm up. and a work surface that will join in to the kitchen to keep stuff warm. basically you cant put much very close to a stove so the stone means i can have a work surface close to it and save space.
I've seen loads of videos of stoves put in like this, especially in America with the 90 degree bend, they all seem to work perfectly just like Kris'. However for building/fire regs as I understand it you are not allowed in the UK to have more than 6" of flue at 90 degrees & no other bends more than 45 degrees. I am about to install my 12kw log burner into my house/kabin, should I just follow Kris? Or is it different for workshops?
🇬🇧 Looks great Kris, bit Victorian cottagy. You need somewhere to hang damp gear on to dry out whilst you are working. Devise the kind which hangs from ceiling as you don't want clothes against the wall. You could also use it to hang herbs to dry.
A zig-zag flue pipe with a (basic shaded-pole bathroom vent) fan and a thermal switch (thermostat) to move the hot air around is pretty efficient as well. We've done that to all our wood stove pipe over the years.
Thank you for a reasoned explanation for not using a rocket stove. I appreciate your common sense approach.
Dot will be happy, you can make your own tea.
Love your videos Kris. Interested to know about any workshops you lead. I'm up the road in Carmarthen! You passed through my village a couple of months ago...
Looks good. And warm. Thanks for sharing
Keep up the great work. This is a great escape for the rest of us. Thanks.
When the apocalypse comes we'll need to remember these videos.
Great Norwegian stove ^^ Have one just like it on the family cabin :)
Why did you choose to put it behind the separation wall and not inside the workshop part? Looks very lovely btw!
What about the Russian style wood burners? I understand they have a short but very, very hot initial burn, this puts a lot of heat into the mass, which radiates it out during the day.
What kind of tea do you like?
Kris that burner is lovely, fits the room nicely.
Can’t wait for the bandsaw mill build. Maybe use Matt cremonas plans ? His seems to work great
Now you don’t have to wait for Dot to do your socks to get some tea.
Actually I think she would be right pleased if HE brought HER a cuppa hot tea! Oh, wait! The shock might make her faint. 🐴
Beautiful
Finally some heat in the Oval Office...
Been watching you since all but the first 15 or so round house videos. I can honestly say that you may once have been a novice learning as you go but now have become a craftsman and teacher. You have shown this old dog many new tricks over the years. The pride you have in what you have achieved is more than well earned. Thank you and cheers from down under.
Dear Mr Harbour, with All this political shit taking place in the States it gives me solace to watch folks like yourself and a Mr Chickadee do your Amazing work. The Art of woodworking and mason work takes me back to a long forgotten time. Your an inspiration, Keep it up Fella!
Mr Chickadee is a great channel. Such a skilled bloke. Check out My Self Reliance as well.
I watch my self reliance and Kali the dog. He's living his dream for sure
Kris, you keep surprising us, that build around the stove is gorgeous, I would love to have that in my sitting room. Looing forward to the timber frame videos communig up! keep up the good work, Kind regards from the netherlands!
I've spent 50 hours this week bashing away at spreadsheets and attending Teams meetings, and not accomplished a fraction of what you've achieved. It often feels like a waste of life, but it is edging me closer to a simpler lifestyle. Thanks, as ever, for the inspiration.
It's all a bridge.
Maybe you didn't accomplish anything for you, but think of the tremendous value you created for someone else. Just pretend you're them!
@@dobrovik Yes, and be comforted that my efforts will mean an even better Porsche for the boss next year!
@@anuverun6762 ...hahahaa...very true.
What an unfair world .You slaved yourself for someone else's earnings.
I love the way you made cutting the hole in the wall look easy... I know what a pain it can be! Love what you're doing with your place Kris; it's fantastic!
His walls are sandbags
@@09conrado
I thought the sand bags were filled with Cob?
@Ben T.
I'm currently in Germany: Everything here is brick and stone, with 50 Cm walls.
It does make plumbing and electric repairs tricky though!
@Ben T. I live in an equally old house, the bricks are made of cheese though so I have to use long fasteners or the face of the brick just pops off, repointing takes up a fair bit of time every few years.
@Ben T. I'm repointing with opc like a scumbag I'm afraid, going half a brick deep, what I've done is not coming out again but because previous owners have only put 1/4"of opc mortar over the dusty lime mortar, I'll decide that bits solid and move on then a month after I painted it'll pop off and ruin my pristine paint.
Eventually I'll get to a point where it's all solid... Hopefully.
I've found the hammer in fixings from timco to be really good in the soft brick because they only expand at the tip, or chemical studs, short rawl plugs are the worst, needles to say my home improvements end up looking a bit industrial!
Occasionally I'll find the original fixing methods where the builders have chased the mortar between the brick, hammered some wedges in then then fixed onto the wedges but life is too short to dig away at lathes every time I want to put up a shelf!
Bandsaw is going to be a huge and very interesting project.
Wood stove! This is like christmas to me lol
Howdy Kris!! Well, now you can be all snug in the workshop for all your winter projects! BRAVO!
I love your videos, but get a glazed look in my eyes when you have to keep modifying the hydro thingy.🤣 As a woman the varied domestic stuff and garden are far more riveting. I look forward to your videos and wish it was me messing around in the muck, mud and being so creative. Keep on doing what you're doing 😍
I really like his gardening videos. Now with the greenhouse, I am hoping there will be a plethora of garden videos in the works!
Meanwhile back at Cottage HQ Dot's having a nice hot bath, martini's and listening to Bach...enjoy yur tea. ;-) Stunning work, look forward to all your future ventures.
Old, Norwegian wood stove. Very nice!
"I once had a girl
Or should I say she once had me"
@@staxter6 Oh it's good Norwegian Wood alright :)
Great work Kris- the reef knot relief on the stove front is vibey too!
Very pretty design, mister hobbit ;).
Awesome mate well done 👍
Very nice. Love the way you do things.. Combination of old/new. Great work.
How cool. Kris has a nice old Norwegian cast iron wood stove... Ulefos is one of the best you can find. The factory has been operating since the late 1600s but production today mainly consists of only one antique "marquee" model and parts for this, as most of the other models have been discontinued. Norway have lots of different cast iron oven manufacturers, and the biggest ones almost have monopoly, so the manufacturers with only older models suffered less demand after the late 80s.
@Lars Grimstad Takk skal du ha for the information, for a moment I thought it was a Welsh brand! ;-)
Chris B Wales was visited by the Norse, as were various parts of these islands, such as the north east. In many of these places the local language has Norse sounding words, phrases and dialects.
Jøtul also have a very similar model to this. 45cm deep and one cook plate on top. I have two of them... No fancy features, just a solid cast iron box where wood goes in, smoke comes out :D Norwegian stoves are excellent indeed!
The mass on the side is very cool. I built a RMH in my residential garage years ago. It works. They're finicky. The greatest value was the radiant heat off the bell, honestly. When I build a house it will have a Russian style fireplace.
That turned out beautifully! Dot's mom is an angel -- that slate is gorgeous!
easy with the lifting mate, you get away with that in your twenties but after that it will slow you down... i know you're a man that wants to get things done quick but just take an extra min or two to think about the safest way to lift when you've got a heavy job on the go. lovely workshop by the way
Watching from Jamaica bro
I love the stonework. Here in the Netherlands we dont have stone (just bricks) but I love the look of cobbles.
Strange that because when I think of your very fine land getting stoned is the first thing that springs to mind
NICE!
Did the kitty give the stove her seal of approval? Ha! Wonderful work! Thanks
I think there should be a cushion on the seat at the side of the stove for the cat.
Very good idea John! she will like that
Great job looking Nice
Kris I'm in Canada and in 60 years{in 3 hours] I have never seen a wood stove vent out the back. Learn something new every day
Get yourself a heat powered wood stove fan and it will circulate the warm air around your workshop
Kris will no doubt make himself one!
@@moiragoldsmith7052 I'm hoping he will 👍🏼😁
What a beauty! As you said, everyone loves a fire.
Glad to see this stove going in. It will make the workshop more comfortable if Dot wants to bring her spinning wheel out there, or for the cat.
You build everything so great Kris!
Great channel, excellent work.
Wow I had the exact same burner when I lived in turkey, produces massive amounts of heat and easy to clean.
You’ve done a smashing job there kris well done mate 👍
A fine job sir.
Sitting down after a long afternoon with the strimmer, finding a video from you Kris is a welcome tonic!
Especially this one! I’m having a cuppa tea...
@@Coppretta especially this one! It's chilly and I'm waiting for a chimney inspection so can't use my woodburner (only source of heating) - I've got a hot water bottle and I've persuaded my border collie girl to snuggle up on my armchair 🤣
@@emmaslow I hope they come quick! Have you ever seen a clay pot heater? They work Great in small spaces. 5 tea lights can warn you all night
Really looking forward to Bandsaw Mill
It is amazing to see how many different things you try and just how good you are at all of these things.
Beautiful old stove! The stones you put it on look great.
Man, I can feel how rewarding it is from here!
I've got the same burner you have in your house (£200 off ebay), the logs have to be rather short indeed! What is the model of your new stove? (For a cabin im building)
Ulefos 864
Couldn't agree more about using a cast iron stove because of the thermal mass that you already have. We have 2 small ones in our cave house, it took 3 or 4 days of use to heat it up & it now is a regular temperature to within a few degrees with 4/5 hours of top up by using just one of them. In the other house ( which is half cave, with a stone built top) we have lined the fireplace with slate and refractory cement to stop the lime behind it getting damaged. ( Nice to see you don't get your lime mix spot on every time either! Our mixes seem to be a bit of a lottery! )
Nice work Kris, just awesome to see all you've achieved. Thought about a peltier stove fan to move the heat around the workshop? (You definitely have! I guess my real question is, are you going to use one?)
Standing a piece of sheet metal behind that stove will help reflect the heat out into the room.
Also, a larger diameter metal pipe around the stove pipe would allow you to blow heated air into the room through the space between the pipes. Capture some of the heat going up the chimney.
Used polished aluminium or stainless as reflectors, kept them about 20mm off back wall, 20mm up from hearth to get air flow behind. Could use strap on reflector for chimney also.
The metal sheet behind the stove is an excellent idea.
You do have to be careful with extracting heat from the chimney though. Too much cooling can reduce the chimney effect, reducing air flow, which can then lessen the efficiency of the burn and create more creosote in the chimney. The chimney effect is also responsible for avoiding back draft on windy days.
Love what you do, you're living my dream life for me. If you haven't, definately check out Matt Cremona's channel. He designed a great a large bandmill, has loads of knowledge and plans for the mill too, great stuff on drying lumber and a lumber trailer design that you'll wanna build too, cos I do. Good to see you're finally getting toasty while you work. P.s, did Dot send you out with your teabags as you've overdone the requests! haha
Spectacular
Looks a treat Kris, well done. Will the plaster behind the stove stand the heat? Only asking as I have no experience of it, not a criticism.
Well it will be able to take the heat for sure. Im not sure if it will shorten its life or not though, i dont think so but time will tell.
@@KrisHarbour considered doing the stone up the back wall? Looks great 👍🏻
Nice Norwegian stove you've got there, this is a timeless design going back to around the 1770's. Love it!
Great project Kris, will you put a fan on top of the stove to move the warm air around? Looking forward to the upcoming greenhouse too!
An excellent way to distribute heat using no power.
I was waiting for the stove🔥🔥👌
Another very nice project, as always...winter is coming!
As always, an engaging, clear video. Great to hear about your plans! I look forward to many COVID Fridays being lightened with your presence, Kris.
Can't wait for the bandsaw! Thanks for keeping us sane during lockdown.
loved this! I built an outside kitchen from the stone on my land in Italy, loved every minute of it. Looking forward to the grrenhouse frame. Well done Chris. : )
Very nice result. Thanks. I guess in a couple of years we will see you put up a video about hollowing those stone structures for storage space.
Hearing that crackling firewood through my headphone is so soothing. Well done!
That looks fantastic Kris... you just never stop working do you. Watching you I was thinking back to the days when you first started the workshop and thinking of all the hours and labour that went into it to get it to the present stage. Maybe you should take some rest time... but I know you wont just having listened to your list of upcoming projects!
greetings from a really hot South Africa,,,,,,,
I know, I was looking at that temp, then looked at my thermometer showing inside 29 and out 30ºC, and it's not summer yet.....
@@daveamies5031 Not summer yet ? Its almost december long ways from summer.
@@fishfire_2999 For those of us in the southern hemisphere, Bobby Bob in South Africa and me in Australia, Summer starts in December so summer is next month! January is usually the hottest month where day time temps can reach 40ºC+ on the coast and 50ºC+ inland and night time temps often don't get below 30ºC, so as we say here "fairly warm"
@@daveamies5031 Ahh but of course ,that statement was made by a Floridian that apparently has been twisting to many left handers as of late 🤔✌
@@fishfire_2999 That's cool many northern hemispherians forget about the south, but we got more ocean to sail in 🤣
I wonder if they do rocket stove mass heaters in Wales?
Is it me or at 2:52 is some smoke leaking out of the top left of the stove? Hope it's just a trick of the video and you have a good carbon monoxide alarm??
more than likely. a stove like this isnt airtight. the top hob just lifts off. Its safe due to the draw of the flue. I flu that is drawing well will always draw in clean air. When you open the door while the fire is still getting going its not unusual to get a puff of smoke. It wont happen when it hot though.
@@KrisHarbour Good to hear. It looks great by the way. Stay safe and keep the great videos coming!
Looks great. Do you have any plans for the floor? stay safe have a great weekend J.
Definitely gonna need to sharpen that chisel when your done. ;)
Damn man......do u have any fingerprints.....I’ve done stone work professionally, and I can’t handle the mortar on my hands, just eats the skin off and next day is like it was sanded
I've a small log burner as the main heat source in my house. Sometimes, when I need it to heat the place quickly I point a big fan at it to blow air across the face of the stove whilst opening up the air vents a bit to make it burn hotter. Makes a huge difference to the house. Maybe you could use some of your surplus hydro power to drive a blower to do this.
Hi Andy, To be honest it sounds like you could do with a bit more hight on your flu. If you open the stove air vets full it should reach temps that are within its range if the flue is right. Blowing a fan on a wood is actually quite dangerous a fan could easily get a stove going well over 800 degrees c and start to break down the steel. It could also (if you dont have good draw) blow the gasses back in the room. Defiantly keep a close eye on it when you do that and check the flue often, If it gets to hot the metal will oxidise away.
@@KrisHarbour My stove is room sealed so opening the vents lets outside air into it to compensate for the heat being drawn away by the air blowing over the face of the metalwork. Sorry I wasn't clear in my comment above, I certainly don't want a blast furnace in my home! Really like your installation though.
@@AndyFletcherX31 Ah i see Andy, sorry i misunderstood you. Yep makes sense now.
Resourcefulness and Creativity in Action! Blessing Abound
What a cheerful video for our dark times! Just what I needed! 😁
Thanks for the inspiration just finished doing up a free old rusty woodburner and installing ourselves hopefully it goes to plan like yours.
The next Mr Chickadee of Wales! hah nice work Kris!
Great work, and it’s so satisfying when you manage to do things like this without spending a lot of money. 👍🏻
All of your creations are wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing it all!
Really looking forward to the greenhouse frame
A wood stove fan might help heat it up the room more / faster :)
Fireplace looks great! Watching you do the things you do motivates me to at least try some projects. Thanks
I was happy to see you resist the urge to use your hand as. a mallet!
Another great job Kris, I will look forward to the rocket stove in your new straw bale house. All the best.
You can make a basic wood stove that is a rocket stove. And it can be made to be a batch burn rocket stove. I built Peter VanDeberg’s (not sure the spelling) batch burner. It puts out tremendous heat and does not need a mass to function. There are many designs for batch burn rocket stoves that are not rocket mass heaters so you could go that route if you want to. And they are cheap to build and easier than the rocket mass heaters. I built a rocket pizza oven as well and it works more like a masonry stove, stays hot for 4 days.
Seems like you would like those designs, self built and really efficient, but glad you have heat for winter.
Peter van den Berg. batchrocket is his site, if you haven't seen it, Kris.
Another fantastic KH project completed, looks brilliant mate.
Bandsaw mill sounds great! I'd have loved to come volunteer this year :( damn 'rona...
miss your weekly video, hope you are ok and well Kris?
I love the Olde worldie feel that you are making its beautiful!
ULEFOS 864 woodburner from Telemark - a good old Norwegian brand, no longer in production :)
Hey man! I love all your work. It’s been a blast watching you do your thing. It makes us happy to know you’re enjoying your life. Thanks for the inspiration.
Very envious of your man room right now. Good work!
Kris thanks for keeping us updated on the next projects. I'm wondering how you new trees are doing. This time of year they might be easier to see. I would enjoy seeing a walk around the property to get an idea what it is like in winter. Thank for sharing your place with us.
What a fantastic result Kris, well done mate brilliant. Seeya Rob
Great job Kris. I'm curious to see how you do the mancave. You asked for some suggestions and ideas a while back. Did you get anything suitable coming in?
Hi, yes i had lots of nice ideas and i am actually using a lot of them. Im going with a bunk bed type thing with desk and storage under it. A big curved desk near the big window and the kitchen just to the left of the new slated surface.
why didn't you make a rocket stove?? more efficient burning of the fuel.
Explained in video! Did you not hear?
Just wonderful! Glad to see the progress
Hows the greenhouse going? Can't wait for an update
Starting the Frame Monday.
I don't understand what those are that you're building next to the wood stove are they just a rock Shelf
place to dry my boots or sit and warm up. and a work surface that will join in to the kitchen to keep stuff warm. basically you cant put much very close to a stove so the stone means i can have a work surface close to it and save space.
I've seen loads of videos of stoves put in like this, especially in America with the 90 degree bend, they all seem to work perfectly just like Kris'. However for building/fire regs as I understand it you are not allowed in the UK to have more than 6" of flue at 90 degrees & no other bends more than 45 degrees. I am about to install my 12kw log burner into my house/kabin, should I just follow Kris? Or is it different for workshops?
🇬🇧 Looks great Kris, bit Victorian cottagy. You need somewhere to hang damp gear on to dry out whilst you are working. Devise the kind which hangs from ceiling as you don't want clothes against the wall. You could also use it to hang herbs to dry.
A zig-zag flue pipe with a (basic shaded-pole bathroom vent) fan and a thermal switch (thermostat) to move the hot air around is pretty efficient as well. We've done that to all our wood stove pipe over the years.