I have a gap in my kitchen where an oil-fired Rayburn used to be, and in a year or two I'll be putting in one of those Stanley stoves. If the power goes out you still have heat, hot water, cooking, and that lovely homely feeling that only a real fire can bring. If it could power a giant flat-screen TV everyone would want one!
Your hot water from the tank is done by "thermo Syphon", you could also add the radiators to this thermo Syphon system, but you would have a much longer warming up time and more back boiler rumblings. I am building a house at the moment from my pension alone, which will be thermo Syphon heated & same with hot water too. Works more efficient on a 2 story house, even better on a 3 storey house. Good luck & I hope you enjoy that mug'o th'e.
reminds me of the stanley i used to have in my last house, used it all the time for cooking and hot water, they're great . really enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing
Stanley is an excellent stove. I have owned Canadian Finley Oval and Heartland models over the years. Today, in New Hampshire- USA, we use a 1930 Home Comfort , originally made in MO. Lovely vintage cook stove, with a hot water reservoir and a hot water jacket for a 30 gallon hot water heater. It took me one year to restore her. Our stove will not circulate radiators. The stove heats 988 sq. Ft. easily. She will burn coal, but we prefer wood.
That stove is brilliant! How efficient and self sufficient is that. Wonderful. Keep it simple. Colette I am already thinking about how I can do something similar in a few years time. Just ordered a couple of books from the website too. Love to you and Jack on this cold Sunday. Hope you are both cosy indoors with that lovely stove on. Xx💓
C Johnson- Diane in New England USA here. I have seen " used" Stanleys for sale here. I have a 1930 Home Comfort kitchen wood stove, passed down through our farm family. If I were to buy new. I would purchase the smaller model Kitchen Queen. It is air tight and a dandy! More efficient than mine and easy to use and keep clean. And costs between $2,000 & $3,000.00, depending on the options chosen. Good luck!
I have radiators fueled by kerosene but I decided to turn them off and haven't used them in five years. I installed a Waterford Stanley and it heats the entire house, cooks, and dries the laundry. Wouldn't do without it and haven't looked back. Also cheaper and less hassle.
I also am off grid in most ways. I need it for air conditioning since I live where the Temps are in the triple digits. I pay as you go also, love it! My stove, lights, shower, and heat are all propane or wood.
Is your stove wood or turf? When I visited my relatives in Ireland they used turf - I loved the smell! Does the stove heat up your house too much in summer? I would love to have a wood cookstove but I thought it would heat us out in summer here in US. I do admire your lifestyle and enjoy when you share so many great ideas - thanks again! Looking forward to getting my book!
Love it!!! Love it!!!! But how do you keep your home so clean with a wood burning stove? Cause i have just a wood burning stove and its hard to keep everything cleaned.
Does the surrounding area of your stove get hot? How is it heated. It looks like a wood burning stove. Here is US we have to have a couple feet from the wall and on each side as a buffer from the heat
If you had no electric supply, you would be perfectly ok,, living with candle-light, as you already do. As our ancestors did for 100s if not thousands of years.❤
You can't be a percentage "off grid" it's either all or nothing.. you're either tied to the electic company or you are not. You're 0% off grid. You are in fact less dependent on the power company and very efficient. You're also self sufficient and could still function without power, which is awesome.
I'm in love with your kitchen range. I don't think they are readily available here in the US but I would surely be interested. I suspect most people there don't use them because they require a bit of time and patience. Wood heat is wonderful but requires participation and attention. I heat with it and there's no better heat but I do have to pay attention to the fire. Too many folks just won't take the time these things require even though it's not a lot.
do you also use your stove in summer? did i get that right: you would not have any hot water if you would not use the wood stove? we got ours last winter, so this will be our first summer with a wood stove. we live in germany and our chimney sweaper told us that we need to clean the sutt around the baking oven regulary or else it will not get as hot anymore. ours at the moment can reach 300-350°C. do you do that as well? and if yes: what kind of tools do you use?
But doesn't your whole house rely on water coming from the water grid, down the road, through a water meter and into your house. So how can that be off grid?
No...as I don't want to have more "stuff" around that needs maintenance and replacing with parts every so often...also it's all plastic and oil based. My electric is powered through wind turbines I can see from my kitchen window!
Don't think that little range could be that powerful I've a big Ray burn heats rads and water but don't use it to cook or bake can't have butter on both sides off ur bread
