Wood-burning stove vs. low-energy house - looking for experience reports

Hello everyone,

does anyone here have a wood stove in operation in a low-energy house?

You read so much about overheating because a wood stove is simply massively oversized for the low energy demand, especially if it is not a water-cooled stove and thus not integrated into the heating system. So far, I have been advised to install a storage stove and possibly with a double-glazed window. In terms of size, we only like stoves from 7 kW upwards..

What are your experiences?

Hi,

I also use this combination and have not noticed any overheating so far. Why does one get a fireplace? Right, so that it becomes nice and cozy warm and also something pleasing to the eye. Overheating only seems to occur if you heat incorrectly.

Hi Sunny, how many kW does your storage heater have?

It depends on the design of the combustion cell. With us, despite an 11kW combustion cell (we wanted a large combustion cell because we have a see-through fireplace as a room divider), there is a temperature increase of 2-3 degrees at full firing. However, the entire ground floor is completely open (living/dining/kitchen and stairs to the upper floor) with over 70sqm of space. It was planned so that part of the heat goes into the room through ventilation slots and the rest simply escapes unused through the chimney.

11kW with two glass fronts in the low-energy house is quite something, but it seems to work after all. Although, of course, it strongly depends on the room concept..

I would be interested to know whether the 11kW stove is a pure heating insert or whether the flue gases are guided through chamotte flue ducts before going into the chimney...

11kW with two glass fronts in the low-energy house is quite something, but it seems to work after all. Although it obviously depends heavily on the room concept..

I would be interested to know whether the 11kW stove is a pure heating insert or whether the flue gases are routed through fireclay chimney flues before going into the chimney...

Pure heating insert, which is clad with fireclay bricks on both sides and on top, but only for safety and not for heat retention.