ᐅ Is it practical to have a stove along with a ventilation and exhaust system?

RFR schrieb:
In my opinion, our stove and the related chimney are completely pointless. Even just for the sake of coziness...

Two pieces of wood and you can’t stand it anymore in our KfW70 house built in 2013/2014. The stove only has 3-7 kW output.

But since my partner works at the manufacturer of these things, we have one.

What kind of stove do you have?

Müllerin schrieb:
For the coziness?
Who cleans up the coziness?
As a child, we also had an open fireplace in the living room – very nice and cozy, but a dirt magnet.
You might use it about three times, then it’s no longer used because the house gets way too warm. Quite an expensive hobby...

Sure, it’s possible, but you have to plan the system completely differently – it can’t supply as much air as the fireplace consumes. Better ask a professional for details.

Wouldn’t a slightly larger ethanol fireplace do the trick if needed? It’s also cozy, we had one once in a hotel room.

I really can’t take any more nonsense this evening.

We use ours three times a week. Beautiful. Very cozy.
It’s not too warm either if you have an open gable. If necessary, there’s a window to open.

I can generalize too:

Ethanol fireplaces are not comparable.
A child makes more mess than the stove.

The question of purpose:
Does a vacation make sense? Do tiles costing more than 10€ make sense? Does an open gable make sense?

“More nonsense”?
Sorry you’ve had to read so much rubbish today :-D

I like fireplaces, just to be clear. I think they’re great when I’m freezing cold, I enjoy watching the fire, I like the crackling sound… I’m sure there are even more positive things about them.
But I’m not a cleaning person—and eventually, it has to be cleaned.
I’m also against every homeowner polluting the air with even more CO2 (and depending on what else they burn in the stove).
And I’m not going to build a tightly sealed/well-insulated house with a ventilation system just to ruin it all with a fireplace.
All three of us are cold sleepers, so we’ll have to adjust a lot anyway—I already noticed that when we stayed at my brother-in-law’s place.
Then a fireplace that heats everything up with just one log?
Opening windows doesn’t always work depending on the weather—and do I want that?

Conclusion: for me, there are more reasons against it than in favor.
And maybe Puma’s wife just hasn’t thought it through beyond: fireplace = fire = cozy romantic.

I didn’t really mean to say more nonsense.
Thanks 😉

I have a KfW 40 energy-efficient house and a wood-burning stove, which I think is really great—I would definitely do it again. I receive a lot of construction timber from my neighbors. My advice: don’t give up on that.

Those who do not have a chimney are often frustrated and somewhat envious.

I’m not concerned about CO2 emissions, so I drive a car with 450 hp and enjoy it.