European wood stoves

[FrankTheTank]

Anyone here own/looked into owning a European stove such as ones by

Hwam http://www.hwam.com/

or SCAN
http://www.warmfurniture.com/page/76?idx=3

???

These stoves look amazing, but the details are sketchy on buying/ordering one here in the states.

[blufford]

A portable fireplace. Just slide it to the bedroom at night. Neat!

[blufford]

I see they weigh up to 700 LBS. So "free standing" and portable is not the same thing. Darn.

[FrankTheTank]

Yeah....shipping costs would be a killer, and putting one in a basement might be unlikely due to those weights...Europeans get all kinds of neat toys!

[Esteban29304]

They are available in the US as well. This link ;
http://www.vermontwoodstove.com/index.htm#fireshow
shows a few styles.Most are " soapstone heaters", which work well by absorbing the heat & retaining it for a long time. You build a fire in there, but not a big one. The fire will die down, the soapstone gets warm, & by convection, heats the house. Maybe one more small log or two, all night will keep it going. Do a search of wood heaters & look for soapstone/masonry in the description.

[dmckean44]

These masonary furnaces look nice, what would it take to build one yourself?

[foxtrapper]

One of the design ideas I like is the old Swedish unit that you sleep on. Essentially, it's a horizontal tube type with a long horizontal chimney. It doesn't heat a room well, but it heats what you need heated well, and burns very little material doing it.

That said, a US homeowners insurance would have fits over any deviation from the established norm.

[minnikin1]

Originally Posted by foxtrapper

That said, a US homeowners insurance would have fits over any deviation from the established norm.

gives new meaning to the term, "dont ask, dont tell".

[dmckean44]

Wouldn't you just simply call it a fireplace?