Heating

[Beards]

I was thinking, what with all the snow, of ways of heating homes if all the power went off.

Anyway, we have a chiminea in the back garden, for heat while sitting outside on warm nights. Is their a way I could use that to heating the house? Or is it more complicated then piping the smoke from the top??

[lisaloolibell]

I bought one of these portable camping heaters that take the propane/butane cartridges and have discovered I cant use it in the house should i need to

[Carrot Cruncher]

I bought one of these portable camping heaters that take the propane/butane cartridges and have discovered I cant use it in the house should i need to

What is it designed to heat ?

I use calor bottles in case of a problem with the mains gas and keep a couple of monoxide alarms just in case. When I first got the alarm it showed our old mains gas cooker was putting out too much monoxide so they are a worthwhile investment.

CC

[Magz]

I've been looking at the small wood burners, post shtf, I could pipe that out the vent, but then thought of the smoke leting everyone know I was there, but then thought, wonder how heavy it is could I put it in the car or a trailer and bug out with it, lol the ideas I get in my head some times

[diamond lil]

You can use the wee bistro camp stoves indoors, I used to before I got the Calor cooker, as long as you aren't sitting inside a cupboard with it on 24 hours a day, it will be fine
I second the idea of gas alarms, I have one fitted to the skirting board near my cooker.

[Beards]

I was thinking, what with all the snow, of ways of heating homes if all the power went off.

Anyway, we have a chiminea in the back garden, for heat while sitting outside on warm nights. Is their a way I could use that to heating the house? Or is it more complicated then piping the smoke from the top??

In theory you could,and in a disaster you would, BUT Chimneas like all wood / multi fuel stoves produce carbon monoxide and by law have to be fitted by aspproved HATAS installers if used indoors. Also if they are rated above 5 KW the room has to be fitted with an air vent to the outside.. Chap in Southampton managed to kill his two kids a few years ago by burning a Chimnea indoors in some daft manner.

Properly fitted wood / multi fuel stoves are your best bet, from about £250 in the machine mart catalogue, followed by portable bottle gas fires like Calor fires.

It was in a SHTF situation in mind, however, if I brought it into the main room, and managed to get piping, from the top, to gap outside, would the smoke be dragged out?? (forgive the use of "dragged", I couldn't think of a better word ).

I would also look to make sure we had ventalation from another sourse when in use...

[mike.f]

I’m in the process of installing a stove at the moment. Just taking a break from plastering!

I brought my stove from http://www.naturalheating.co.uk/woodbur ... s-c-1.html
There sales department are very helpful and informative answering any queries.

Should you decide to install a solid fuel appliance yourself it must be singed of by building control. The installation must also be fully compliant with Approved Document J. http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/upload ... J_2010.pdf

Mike

[majestic]

form my experience i can recommend to anyone that a wood bring stove can be easily fitted relatively cheaply and can if needed make a huge difference. We have not used our central heating at all this year because of our wood burner.
OK we only have a small house and the chimney breast goes through all the main rooms thus they are all heated but its only a small burner.

we installed and purchased ours for less than £400 and have always manged to locate free wood for the past 3 years.
we did have the open fire before hand but we lost roughly 80% of the heat through this

if you think you can find and store wood its cheap and great way to heat a small house

[lisaloolibell]

I bought one of these portable camping heaters that take the propane/butane cartridges and have discovered I cant use it in the house should i need to

Why not ?

Someone from the health & safety executive told me that it couldnt be used indoors as there wouldnt be adequate ventilation.

[diamond lil]

I used one often last winter with no problems .