sophie rey

dear max and galen

thanks very much for your replies.

Well, houses here do heat up (20 celsius say is good) despite having usually merely plaster and hardly any roof insulation/well glazed windows etc.
I have put on 8 cm of hemp and lime render. And well insulated roof/double glazed windows so I should be able to get snug ( i'd prefer 22 degrees) if i choose the appropriate stove/method.
The houses take about three weeks of good steady heating to warm up, then as long as you heat every day they'll be ok til the spring. But if not heated for about 4 days they fall back to cold again.

If I understand well you suggest a RMH wont heat a 40 square metre room? thats a pity.

max I live in the vallee de l'orb, a little north of beziers, southwest france.

galen, The house/building 's foundations are 1100. then allsorts of variations - extensions/reductions since then. So it isnt clear if a chimney got absorbed into the adjoining building or if my building's purpose was never residential, or the bit of it that stands today.


cheers

Sophie

hello

I am restoring an old stone house - 3 ft thick walls, with 40 square metres open plan ground floor,2.6m high, and the same floor surface open plan upstairs, 4 m high. Heating needed 4 months/year.

I'd really like to make a RMH , I love the enthusiasm and examples on this site, but am wondering if it is appropriate - will it heat all the space???

It is in southern france where we all use wood burners with stacks. However this building doesn't have an existing chimney so all options are open. Even basic ecological building methods , or getting serious about insulation etc meets much scepticism, However the houses are freezing in winter! So the idea of a chimney free stove is going be ridiculed and I want to be sure the full space downstairs as well as the upstairs will heat up.

I'd welcome any thoughts and suggestions

Thankyou very much

Sophie