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Post by phildodd on Aug 22, 2012 11:20:22 GMT -8
Hi ! Please advise if the following is possible. I've read the web pages, watched the videos and listened to the pod-cast ( in two sessions ! ), and would like to heat my bathroom by having the stove in the kitchen, and the bench in the bathroom. The bathroom and kitchen are separated by a foot-thick wall. The wall is small stone known as rubble, probably collected from the fields around when the place was built 400 years ago... It is held together by mud, also from the fields !
My question is : Obviously I'd have to knock a hole in the wall to pass the pipe(s) through from kitchen to bathroom ( and back again if it exits through the kitchen wall ). As the wall is a foot thick, would I have to insulate the pipe(s) as it/they go though the wall, and if so, any advice about what to insulate them with ?
Any advice I'd be very grateful of ! Many thanks, Phil
PS As a cyclist, I have to say that those guys who hauled that stove did an awesome performance ! I hope you bought them a beer after-wards !!!
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Post by matthewwalker on Aug 22, 2012 13:29:13 GMT -8
Phil, I think the mass of the wall would be a good place to store some heat, so I'd say no need to insulate. If, however, your goal is to get more heat into the bench in the bathroom, you could oversize the hole(s) and pack a mix of clay/perlite or clay/woodash or some such as an insulation layer around the flue pipes. I think you'd be fine without it though. Good luck!
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Post by phildodd on Aug 22, 2012 21:49:03 GMT -8
Matthew, Thanks for the informative reply ! As you gather, I'm at the WHATIF ? stage, and haven't even ordered the book yet, but will do so later today. I have to plan carefully, as it means removing a solid fuel range ( Rayburn, for those of you in the UK ), and removing a radiator where the bench would go on the opposite side of the wall. But your posting has given me the confidence to go on planning, which I will now do.
Many thanks for that information - things sound promising !
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