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Offline Hefty

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Which home wood heater should I get?
« on: May 07, 2014, 12:20:30 PM »
The "show us your home wood heater" thread has inspired me to ask and I didn't want to hijack.
We're building our house this year and one of the few totally unnecessary (we live in Brisbane) luxury items we want is a wood heater!
We want a free standing fire place and I'd like the benefit of a surface I can boil a kettle on. The house is 254 sq metres but I'm only really aiming to heat the open kitchen/living/dining area and attached media room with any heat to bedrooms down the hall being an added bonus. Ceiling height 2550mm.

So, what brands, features etc do you recommend?
I've done a little research but I'd love to hear from people with wood heaters, especially if they've chosen and installed their own.

Cheers!
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Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2014, 12:35:47 PM »
Masport get's my tick.
edit: Made in Newzealandasia very thick steel plate and solid fire bricks
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2014, 01:01:31 PM »
Look at the KENT EV Series
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2014, 02:40:53 PM »
Look for the thickness of steel, must be lined with fire bricks/tiles.
Just like CT's unfortunately most come out of China now.
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2014, 04:28:19 PM »
Yes alot are made in ROC. When I bought mine, i made sure it was made in oz. have a look at these websites to get an idea.
http://www.pivotstove.com.au/
http://www.classicfireplacesandbbqs.com.au/wood-heaters/
Victorian sites I agree but gives you an idea. Get one with a fan and put in a ceiling fan to push down the heat. Masport are a good heater for sure, Ned Kelly are great! And as well as Kent. I have had a Kent, Ned Kelly, and now a Jindara. Good luck.
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2014, 04:48:56 PM »
we have a Morso heater, to be honest we bought it mainly for it's looks as it suits our home being we have an older timber house. we bought ours about 10 years ago, there used to be quite a few shops around Brisbane back then selling fire places / combustion stoves, but most seem to have disappeared these days.
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2014, 05:14:22 PM »
Bought a KENT EV6 last year....very very happy.    takes a large log in the morning(a bit like my uncle Vinny) and it will tick away for ages.
Great value.
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2014, 05:56:51 PM »
dunno which brand you choose but get the biggest one they make, you can always turn the fire down if too hot, and you can use all sorts of funny shaped wood, like small  tree stumps etc.
 

we have a ultimate 25 in our 11 square house, yes its meant for a 25 square house, we hardly ever use the fan on it, saving us $$ on electricity..



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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2014, 06:17:07 PM »
I went to Pivot for research as well, they said Masport and Kent were now China based as well.
Don't know who to believe these days.

Aber Holdings in NZ hide it in their mission statement  Aber has been procuring products from overseas for the past 30 years and has secured strong agencies and trading relationships with international manufactures all over the world. Today approximately 70% of our product is sourced from the SE Asia, with the remainder from Australia, USA, Japan and Italy

While Masport advertise on their front page, so we don't really know what or how much of the component is made here, if any at all.

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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2014, 06:17:59 PM »
Quote from: Brumbypt on May 07, 2014, 05:56:51 PM
dunno which brand you choose but get the biggest one they make, you can always turn the fire down if too hot, and you can use all sorts of funny shaped wood, like small  tree stumps etc.
 

we have a ultimate 25 in our 11 square house, yes its meant for a 25 square house, we hardly ever use the fan on it, saving us $$ on electricity..



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x 2 couldn't agree more with this Peter.
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2014, 06:22:20 PM »
Unbloody believeable!
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2014, 06:28:46 PM »
We have recently been doing a fair bit of research on combustion heaters.

I rang the local bloke that installs the heaters, he installs them all and I asked him what the best was.
Eureka was his No 1 pick by a fair bit.
Ultimate no 2 pick.
In his opinion the cheapies are not worth owning, the fire boxes just don't last and the baffle plates burn out real quick.

I have not yet decided to go for a Eureka or for the Ultimate. The Eureka is a $hit load more $$

We have an Ultimate built in unit in our current house, we purchased it new about 8 years ago and it has been brilliant.
The new house has 11ft ceilings and is massive so have been tossing up wether it's worth spending the extra coin on a Eureka for such a big old house.

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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2014, 07:44:56 PM »
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2014, 08:10:00 PM »
Current heater is a "Arrow 2400"  just about to replace the flu after 20 years apart from that it's cost very little in maintenance, 1 baffle and one or 2 of the cast iron
parts and it's still got plenty of life left in it.
Also made in Oz.

http://www.shamicheating.com/arrow/index.php?id=187

http://www.shamicheating.com/arrow/product_detail.php?id=226
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2014, 08:39:20 PM »
We brought a SAXON, Rosewood-freestanding-heater. Awesome bit of gear...  :cup: solid steel wood box. Built solid.
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2014, 09:05:05 PM »
Buy Australian made
http://www.nectre.com
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2014, 09:25:09 PM »
I have an ultimate, I'm very happy with it.
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2014, 09:52:46 PM »
people have wood heaters in Brisbane ! Why ?
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« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2014, 10:07:13 PM »

Quote from: hargs on May 07, 2014, 09:52:46 PM
people have wood heaters in Brisbane ! Why ?
sunny one day, perfectly cold the next!
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2014, 10:12:29 PM »
Strange ...........

We light ours down here in April and it goes non stop it sometime in August ...its 30 years old. Kent.

wood heaters in Brisbane..............you sure you need one ???
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« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2014, 10:15:26 PM »
Quote from: hargs on May 07, 2014, 10:12:29 PM
Strange ...........

We light ours down here in April and it goes non stop it sometime in August ...its 30 years old. Kent.

wood heaters in Brisbane..............you sure you need one ???
only when the temp drops below 20degrees.
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2014, 10:22:31 PM »
I tell a lie........we will be going north to Gods own country for 5 weeks of winter to escape the cold.....
We rarely bother with a fire when camping...unless others we are camping with want one. Not a novelty just a necessity. Have had wood heating and cooking most of my life.





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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2014, 10:29:23 PM »
Quote from: griz066 on May 07, 2014, 09:05:05 PM
Buy Australian made
http://www.nectre.com


+1 We have one of their Mk2, it's been going strong for about 14+yrs now. Still as good as the day we installed it. Big door opening for the larger logs too.
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Re: Which home wood heater should I get?
« Reply #23 on: May 08, 2014, 08:23:14 AM »
Quote from: hargs on May 07, 2014, 10:12:29 PM
Strange ...........

We light ours down here in April and it goes non stop it sometime in August ...its 30 years old. Kent.

wood heaters in Brisbane..............you sure you need one ???
No, I know I don't need one (I thought that was pretty clear from my original post!)
But, for the biggest house we will have lived in yet, for less electricity, for the romance and just coz I wanna, dang it! :cheers:

Cheers!
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« Reply #24 on: May 08, 2014, 08:24:10 AM »
Quote from: Hefty on May 08, 2014, 08:23:14 AM
No, I know I don't need one (I thought that was pretty clear from my original post!)
But, for the biggest house we will have lived in yet, for less electricity, for the romance and just coz I wanna, dang it! :cheers:

Cheers!
Jono.
do you have a bearskin rug on the floor in front?
For insulation on the floor to save on electricity.
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