Can you operate a wood stove with water heating without a heating system?

Hi,

my son bought an older small house. It was heated with a wood stove. Since he would also like to be in the rest of the house, we were considering which heating system to install. This is how I came across the wood stove with water circulation.

Now to my question:
Is it possible to connect two radiators directly to the wood stove in order to, for example, heat the bedroom and kitchen a bit?

Thanks

maybe someone also has a better idea.

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... Now to my question: Is it possible to connect two radiators directly to the wood stove in order to heat, for example, the bedroom and the kitchen a bit? ...

To my knowledge - no. Basically, a "water jacket" can be roughly described as follows: about 2/3 of the heat is used to heat the water and 1/3 is radiated directly into the room. The water heated in the stove is led into the storage tank where the heat is transferred to the heating circuit. This works as long as the energy can be absorbed. If the storage tank is "full" - forced cooling is activated through a cold water connection so that the water in the water jacket does not boil and the whole system does not blow up in the user’s face. So simply connecting the water-bearing stove directly to two radiators without any control technology will not work.

As far as I know - no. Basically, a "water jacket" functions, described in layman's terms, roughly like this: about 2/3 of the heat goes into heating the water and 1/3 is directly radiated into the room. The water heated in the stove is led into the storage tank where the heat is transferred into the heating circuit. This works as long as energy can be absorbed. If the storage tank is "full" - forced cooling is activated through a cold water connection so that the water in the water jacket does not boil and the whole thing does not blow up in the user's face. So simply connecting the water-carrying stove directly to two heating circuits without any control technology will not work.

Above all not without appropriate safety devices. That can be very dangerous.

super thanks for your response. Then we will probably install a central heating system after all. Let’s see what it will be in the end.

Or a small solution if it only concerns one or two rooms: infrared heating, electric underfloor heating, or something along those lines. Depending on the desired investment and comfort (central heating vs wood stove).

With an infrared heater and the current electricity prices, a central heating system pays for itself in 5 years. I did the math and it really costs a lot of money. The electric underfloor heating is, if at all, interesting for the bathroom to quickly warm the floor for the shower but otherwise not – my opinion.

In the next few days, we will check the conditions with the chimney sweep to see what is possible and what is not. Then we will see about installing a heating system. I think it makes the most sense if we do the work now.

I thought that the stove and the hot water would be an inexpensive solution to heat the two rooms. Since this does not work, we will tend to the central heating system after all. This will save us many other compromises we would have had to make.

Thank you