Ñuke Maidén wood stove

[Tom O]

I always thought that using nukes brought on permanent winter!!

[loei]

I have two wood-fired heating appliances... both made locally as the prices and choices I was offered in MVD a couple of years ago didn't suit me

The "calefactor" (wood stove) is an ugly steel box 1 meter long, 90cm tall and 60cm deep. It has a large door on the front (without a window,) adjustable air intakes on either end and a lining of firebricks in the bottom and about half way up the sides. The door is large enough to shovel out the ashes... a job which needs doing every 2 to 3 weeks. It lacks a secondary burner system so the flue pipe (chimney) needs cleaning once a month because of soot and crud deposits.

On the plus side it successfully heats itro 150 square meters (350 cubic meters) of well insulated house and only cost me 20,000$ (pesos) including 9 meters of 6" stainless steel flue pipes (chimney.) The stove arrived in one lump so didn't need to be assembled on site.

On the minus side its totally lo-tech and can stink the house out if the flue pipe becomes blocked with crud.

I also have a very large freestanding steel open fireplace... a triangular beastie with a firebrick hearth which lives in a corner of my "snug" (small sitting room.) It eats wood but can be persuaded to smoulder slowly by feeding it extra large logs.

On the plus side it can heat about 70 sq meters (160 cubic meters) of well insulated house, it cost 15,500$ including the 12" flue pipe (chimney,) it is trouble free in operation, it can dry the house out in minutes if things are cold and damp and best of all it has a removable swinging grill for the preparation of meaty snacks when its too cold to use the outdoor parrilla

On the minus side, its only about one eighth as efficient at turning wood into heat as the calefactor.

Patrick.

[Dr Bosque]

The ground floor open area is about 60m3.

GF open area? sorry, i dont get it. but at this point, it seems it doesnt matter.

60m2 - sorry.

maybe you have seen the papers here. they write U$S for US dollars. then you wrote U$40,000 .... what means nothing. if you look at the pic, they write $U ... NOT U$...

I appreciate the correction. I got in the habit of writing M$ for Mexican pesos when we lived there (equally uncool: there they prefer "$100 pesos," to me as ridiculous as "U$S " -- but, oddly, I don't recall that anyone asked my opinion in either case ).

And yes, though I recall mention of wood stoves elsewhere, this wouldn't be a bad place to mention sources.

[Dr Bosque]

We just returned from H&J's place in Soca and I was introduced to a clever (if ugly) way to turn a brick chimney into a heat-producer as opposed to a house-cooler: metal covering the entire front, hinged door (no glass), freestanding grate inside and adjustable air vent at the bottom.

[carlos]

And yes, though I recall mention of wood stoves elsewhere, this wouldn't be a bad place to mention sources.

you may know it, but for those unaware...

southron forums search box up right (on this page) keyword: "wood stove"

saludos, c.

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[Dr Bosque]

And yes, though I recall mention of wood stoves elsewhere, this wouldn't be a bad place to mention sources.

you may know it, but for those unaware...
southron forums search box up right (on this page) keyword: "wood stove"

Actually, I can find only one post you wrote outside of this thread with the phrase "wood stove" in it, and it does not mention any sources.

[carlos]

Actually, I can find only one post you wrote outside of this thread with the phrase "wood stove" in it, and it does not mention any sources.

what was the talk about on other thread? gremlins?

i am sorry, i have deleted some texts of older posts, some msgs of mine were deleted by someone else, and havent kept track of it all.

maybe the keyword was stove. no time to look for older posts.

saludos, c.

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[Sara]

Dr. Bosque, MD: try a search with the words "Lacunza" or "Magna" - I did, and several posts popped up.

WIsh I knew how to paste the link to my search results, but I don't. Dog Duchesses have their limitations.

Sara

[Dr Bosque]

Thank you Sara - exactly the kind of information that might be useful to others.

[Flying Goat]

I've been following this thread & the other on farming & gardening...

Dr. Bosque - since I have a wood stove already in my home in Mobile, AL, would it be worth my while to bring it with me in the container? I love this stove, as it has 2 eyes & holds long longs... Tractor Supply has all the fittings for chimney, etc., pretty cheap...

Would it be worth the space/weight?