Good evening everyone,
In our current rental apartment, we have a very cozy wood stove that we often sit in front of in the evenings, watching the flames. Since we are about to start building a prefabricated house with KfW 40 EE standard (timber frame construction), we naturally want to have something similar there as well.
According to online sources, the heat input from such a wood stove into a new house is much too high because the heat is released very directly and without buffering into the room.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to enjoy a wood stove’s flames in a low-energy house without it becoming overwhelming? 😀
Could a stove installed inside the chimney help?
Best regards from Passau
In our current rental apartment, we have a very cozy wood stove that we often sit in front of in the evenings, watching the flames. Since we are about to start building a prefabricated house with KfW 40 EE standard (timber frame construction), we naturally want to have something similar there as well.
According to online sources, the heat input from such a wood stove into a new house is much too high because the heat is released very directly and without buffering into the room.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to enjoy a wood stove’s flames in a low-energy house without it becoming overwhelming? 😀
Could a stove installed inside the chimney help?
Best regards from Passau
M
motorradsilke16 Jan 2022 11:26We have a fireplace in our KFW55 house. We set it up so that the heating keeps the entire house at only 20 to 21 degrees Celsius (68 to 70°F), except for the bathroom. In the evening, we light the fireplace, which then warms the main living area to a comfortable 25 to 26 degrees Celsius (77 to 79°F).
A gas fireplace or pellet stove is absolutely not an option because they lack the radiant heat from a wood-burning fireplace, which is an important part of the atmosphere.
A gas fireplace or pellet stove is absolutely not an option because they lack the radiant heat from a wood-burning fireplace, which is an important part of the atmosphere.
motorradsilke schrieb:
pleasant 25 to 26 degrees in the open space Pleasant??? 😳 For me, 25 degrees is already beyond comfortable. However, these were roughly the temperatures we reached in our former house after about 30 minutes of the fireplace running, without any countermeasures. That’s precisely why we deliberately decided not to include this additional heat source in the new house.
I don’t have a fireplace because I was afraid it would get too hot.
I also can’t imagine how that would work in a KFW40 standard house. We live in a KFW55 new build, without a fireplace and with mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, and it already feels too warm when the three of us are in the room and light two candles. o.O
I also can’t imagine how that would work in a KFW40 standard house. We live in a KFW55 new build, without a fireplace and with mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, and it already feels too warm when the three of us are in the room and light two candles. o.O
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pagoni202016 Jan 2022 11:58kati1337 schrieb:
I don’t have a fireplace because I was afraid it would get too hot.
I also can’t imagine that a fireplace would work in any way in a KFW40 (energy efficiency standard). We live in a KFW55 newly built house without a fireplace and with a controlled ventilation system, and it already feels too warm when the three of us light two candles in the room. 🤨 The “problem” here is the underfloor heating, which unfortunately has the disadvantage that it can’t be turned down quickly or locally; but of course it has other benefits. We have KFW40 but without underfloor heating, partly because we really wanted a fireplace as a tangible heat source.
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motorradsilke16 Jan 2022 11:59K1300S schrieb:
Comfortable??? 😳 For me, 25 degrees Celsius (77°F) is already way too warm,Yes, everyone is different. For us, that temperature is just right for sitting outside in the evening.
The experience during the holidays with family was that, with 10 people in the room, the windows are already tilted open. The underfloor heating is too slow to respond for this. During the warmer months, everything happens outside anyway. In conclusion, the fireplace is not practical to use, except when the heating is constantly turned down.
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