garden chimnea for indoor use?

[Harold_Shand]

What do you thunk? I have an open hearth but just got an electric stove-a-like in it. Getting the flue lined for a proper stove and the stove and plate etc can cost min £1000 ( but with the stove that I really want more like £1600 ), a garden chimnea min £49.99.
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[J4mes]

Smokey.

[doggone]

I don't see how it would be better than the open hearth.
You can burn stoves (like ours) with the doors open but the output is just like an open fire - much reduced.
The garden thing would be the same - probably not dangerous if careful and you could use it outside later.

[Raffles]

Do you intend to seal the chimney of the chiminea to the flue or do you plan to simply sit it in the open hearth?
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[Harold_Shand]

I was thinking just going to sit it in the hearth. The chimney of the chiminea would be in the flue. If it's not cheap and easy, I'm not interested.
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[Raffles]

I'm not sure that the flue would draw the smoke/gases efficiently if it wasn't sealed to the chiminea's chimney. You may end up with a room full of smoke.
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[Walloper]

[Harold_Shand]

You try it first Walloper, seeing as though you have one. If you survive, I might consider getting one while they are cheap
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[andym]

can't you just fit some kind of extractor fan in the flue?

[andyscooter]

ever tried taking the lid of one when they are lit


i did


i set fire to some trees as i got a ten foot tall flame


now thinking ten foot tall flame inside a un lined chimney wont be a good thing

and leave the lid on half the smoke comes out the front
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[yambabe]

[yambabe]

With the right fuel they put out a lot of heat btw.

The big one is easily 10ft tall to the top of the chimney and even a relatively small amount of chipboard ( he usually gets old kitchen units out of skips) will see flames shooting out of the top and the whole thing glowing red.

I wouldn't recommend using one with an unlined flue!
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[yambabe]

[Walloper]

[Raffles]

It might be an idea to read up a little about different classes of chimneys before you dive in. There's loads of info out there. For instance:-
https://www.bemodern.co.uk/information/understanding-your-chimney
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[stinkwheel]

Go for the full-pikey half oil drum with a load of holes drilled round it. Then you can stand next to it wearing fingerless gloves and warm your hands.

A chiminea has an open front. A wood burning stove has a door you can close down.

Given the combined lengths of the chimneys involved, I suspect if they both start drawing in a good blow, you'd have a recipe for a chimney fire.

With a proper wood stove, you get it going then shut the front down to limit the amount of air it can draw through. If I left the door of mine open I'd burn shitloads of wood and the heat would all go up the chimney. A simple open grate would be better.
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[Walloper]

[BumpingUglys]

It's probably doable, but I'd have a few reservations about using a chimnea inside.

From a practical aspect, I'm not sure you'd be able to make a fire big enough to heat much of a room; or if you did, how well the chimnea would respond to it. Remember most chimneas are only designed to burn 2 or 3 small logs. I'd also question the durability, bearing in mind they are generally used for occasional parties etc, rather than a permanent heater.

Not sure about how safe it would be, but it's gonna be an uncontrollable open fire feeding into an unsealed flue-pipe. It doesn't sound like something I'd want in my living room... Our stove can produce a lot of smoke that just sits inside it if the wood isn't burning cleanly or the flue isn't hot enough. With no barrier there, that's just going to fill the room with smoke and fumes.

I think your best bet would be to having a chat with a proper heating engineer to see what your options are. Chances are a stove would start making back cash immediately in efficiency alone. I'm all for doing things on the cheap but when it's something with the potential to burn your house down and/or kill you in your sleep, a little caution is advisable.

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