Mel B Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I know some of you swear by your log burners at home (Peter and Pelmetman to name but two) so wondered if you wanted to take one away with you: https://www.savvysurf.co.uk/products/1604/frontier-stove-portable-outdoor-wood-burner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 You really need to get out more Lemonie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 We use an outside log burner, take half a 45 gal drum and some steel mesh..........................:-D. Seriously these things are lethal in anything other than a totally out door environment, think barbecue and tent etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Retread24800 - 2012-11-23 11:41 PM Seriously these things are lethal in anything other than a totally out door environment...... A log burning stove inside a van is quite feasible........as long as it's not an RV, CB, A Class etc. Some years back touring the south of France I came across a young UK couple who had chucked in their full time jobs, pooled their resources and bought an old coach for a few hundred quid which they had converted. Complete with full sized log burner stove fitted inside. It can be done.........just not in any MH type I can think of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebishbus Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 It could be possible I suppose. When we have hired canal narrow boats we have had the internal wood/coal burning stove glowing quite nicely . I believe Jamie Oliver had one in his converted army lorry. Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Ooooh I like that B-).................If I got one I'd have to rejoin the CC to make the most of it though :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinklystarfish Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Yup, quite feasible, I know a few trucks fitted with them. The chap with the one below loves it (chimney removed for travel). Tons fitted in boats too. Too faffy for me but they are actually sought after by some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Guzzle Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 A wood-burning stove has also been installed in posh caravans as a 'life style' feature http://www.mawganporth.co.uk/cottages.php?cottage_id=68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Lad who delivers our fire wood lives in Cambridge but works in Surrey all week, and stays in a transit van with a wood burner...no lighting or electric hook up, simply reads by light from stove, It must be extremely hot as ours gives out tremendous heat. The best home improvement we have invested in, but in a CB it would probably mealt like chocolate..... :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brambles Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 JudgeMental - 2012-11-24 9:43 AM ..........., but in a CB it would probably mealt like chocolate..... :-D Be even worse in a PVC as so much smaller and all those metal panels reflecting the heat back in. >:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Brambles - 2012-11-24 10:13 AM JudgeMental - 2012-11-24 9:43 AM ..........., but in a CB it would probably mealt like chocolate..... :-D Be even worse in a PVC as so much smaller and all those metal panels reflecting the heat back in. >:-) Ah! But you have that big sliding door...your right of course, maybe only in a big old Merc Tin can Conversion...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Bulletguy - 2012-11-24 2:42 AMRetread24800 - 2012-11-23 11:41 PMSeriously these things are lethal in anything other than a totally out door environment......A log burning stove inside a van is quite feasible........as long as it's not an RV, CB, A Class etc. Some years back touring the south of France I came across a young UK couple who had chucked in their full time jobs, pooled their resources and bought an old coach for a few hundred quid which they had converted.Complete with full sized log burner stove fitted inside. It can be done.........just not in any MH type I can think of! A Wood burning stove that draws air for combustion from outside the van is possible but this type of stove has no provision for that and its use in a closed space would quickly render the inhabitants dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiesgrandad Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 When you're a bit on the old side of life's equation it is great fun to watch these silly b*****s making such stupid statements. Provided you have adequate ventilation and a half decent chimney it is possible and safe to fit a solid fuel stove in any enclosed space. In the days before we had the internet with all it's experts such stoves were fitted to almost everything. The ones fitted in the guardsvan on the old freight trains was a tiny but superb bit if kit, the one in my great grandparents working canal boat incorporated the cooking facilities, and the one on the 44foot sailing boat we built had the boiler for the central heating included. Adequate ventilation is the key, but do be warned, you must not drill ventilation holes in the bottom of your boat, it makes very difficult to get the fire to light. AGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiesgrandad Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 When you're a bit on the old side of life's equation it is great fun to watch these silly b*****s making such stupid statements. Provided you have adequate ventilation and a half decent chimney it is possible and safe to fit a solid fuel stove in any enclosed space. In the days before we had the internet with all it's experts such stoves were fitted to almost everything. The ones fitted in the guardsvan on the old freight trains was a tiny but superb bit if kit, the one in my great grandparents working canal boat incorporated the cooking facilities, and the one on the 44foot sailing boat we built had the boiler for the central heating included. Adequate ventilation is the key, but do be warned, you must not drill ventilation holes in the bottom of your boat, it makes very difficult to get the fire to light. AGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leake Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 When we were first married and very young and poor we lived in a Berkley caravan borrowed from my wife's mother. This had a wood/coal burning stove for heat and a very comfortable double bed that folded up into the wall. A very sensible idea that seems to have been forgotten now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuevoboy Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Archiesgrandad - 2012-11-24 3:45 PM but do be warned, you must not drill ventilation holes in the bottom of your boat, it makes very difficult to get the fire to light. AGD (lol) (lol) (lol) Given the current regulations for fitting log burners in homes these days, (something like 0.8 metres away from any timber and the same distance of solid hearth required) it's a small wonder they allow 'em in boats and 'vans. I was a bit concerned when I saw one on the telly the other day (George Clark's Amazing Spaces) when one was fitted right in the corner of a wooden beach hut. 8-) Could be good for smoking mackerel though. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 some good points..far more dangerous then a gas fire... but as long as wall rendered in: http://shop.vitcas.com/fireplace--stove-maintenance-10-c.asp back can be 100mm and sides 250-300 mm. as fitted to plenty of narrow boats where weight not a problem,must be a work around...I dont see that it cant be done, .but the weight of stove and wood to feed it not that practicable in a small van Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul- Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I used to have a Aga when I had a barge ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Brambles - 2012-11-24 10:13 AM JudgeMental - 2012-11-24 9:43 AM ..........., but in a CB it would probably mealt like chocolate..... :-D Be even worse in a PVC as so much smaller and all those metal panels reflecting the heat back in. >:-) I'm at a loss as to how you see this in a negative view. Smaller van = less space to heat which = comfortable temp reached far quicker than a juggernaut van. And as for 'metal panels reflecting heat back in'.......that just has to be a major plus point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Well I've lived in a touring caravan which had a wood burner, no need to worry about ventilation requirements once lit would have to open a window to cool down :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brambles Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Bulletguy - 2012-11-24 9:07 PM Brambles - 2012-11-24 10:13 AM JudgeMental - 2012-11-24 9:43 AM ..........., but in a CB it would probably mealt like chocolate..... :-D Be even worse in a PVC as so much smaller and all those metal panels reflecting the heat back in. >:-) I'm at a loss as to how you see this in a negative view. Smaller van = less space to heat which = comfortable temp reached far quicker than a juggernaut van. And as for 'metal panels reflecting heat back in'.......that just has to be a major plus point. Chocolate melts far sooner....oops! sorry, meant 'mealts' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_tregs Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 We fit the frontier stove in our motorhome with this flashing kit : https://www.savvysurf.co.uk/products/1608/frontier-stove-shed-flashing-kit-for-indoor-cooking-and-heating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 c_tregs - 2012-11-24 11:40 PM We fit the frontier stove in our motorhome with this flashing kit : https://www.savvysurf.co.uk/products/1608/frontier-stove-shed-flashing-kit-for-indoor-cooking-and-heating Now there's an idea :D.................I could fit one in our drive away awning B-)........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 i hope you lot realise that this constant grammar, spelling comments are not allowed on most forums..in fact any other site that I use its an instant ban to critique poor spelling etc...and rightly .so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brambles Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Yeah, but like all the other rules of this forum they just get ignored. As the French say, les règles sont là pour être battus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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