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What does the shed look like that will be transformed into a house PHOTO Facebook/ Moved to the countryside – Life without a clock
In recent years, many Romanians have bought a house in the country or built it from scratch. Some have preferred to renovate old houses, and others have unique projects. This is the case of a Romanian who set out to transform a huge barn into living space, as he wrote in a post on Facebook.
“I’m in the process of restoration of a room with the idea of turning it into a living space. The plan is for the heating to be done with a thermo-fireplace. My question is this: what do you recommend I build, a classic brick chimney, out through the roof, or a stainless steel chimney out the side like the newest ones on the market now? What would be better than yield? I mention that the rafter is very high, the rafters being 7 meters long. Thanks in advance for the answers,” he wrote on the group Moved to the country – life without a watch.
“You’re turning into a firecracker”
In the comments, he was congratulated for the idea and received advice from the members of the group.
“With the thermo-fireplace you turn into a fireplace. Simple fireplace for beauty plus a center with gasification!”
“There is no gas in the locality. The decision has been taken, the question mark is only about the type of evacuation”, stated the author of the post.
“Best decision, you also buy a chimney and you’re no longer a chimney fan. As far as I know, the chimney has to go above the ridge of the building. I think it’s cheaper with brick.”
“We also have thermo-fireplace. I can’t wait to get rid of it, it’s ineffective, plus I’m tired of putting it in the fire, the ash, the dust. It’s beautiful, but it’s not practical. We don’t have gas either, but for next winter we want something else. Three years of thermo-fireplace was enough for me. Regarding the chimney, we have a chimney at home, but it didn’t work for the thermos, the husband put a chimney outside, made of stainless steel, very high.
“You need foundation”
“For a tall brick chimney, you need foundation and anchorage. I would put the heat-insulating chimney up through the roof, as far in the middle as possible, for efficiency. It can be left as is or plastered/clad with whatever you like. Attention, make a yoke where the roof pierces and have a distance of at least 10 cm between the wooden elements and the chimney, in which you put a box made of silicate boards, so that you can do your waterproofing next to the chimney to the roof (for that there are no round solutions).”
“A brick chimney inside which you have the insulated stainless steel chimney. You will create a very beautiful vertical axis inside, amplifying the importance of the fireplace, the soul of the house, and you will not destroy the exterior image with a visible stainless steel chimney .But I don’t think it will reach for Heating just a fireplace. You’d also need an underfloor heating system, especially if you’re leaving the loft as it is now and not reducing the height, even partially with an intermediate joist level.”
“At our country house, we have a thermo-fireplace with a classic chimney, built from some special brick, and everything works perfectly. It’s in the middle of the house, so we couldn’t put that chimney next to the house.
What do I advise you to put on radiators big enough, we had to supplement the radiators after the first winter.”
“Watch out for stainless steel baskets”
“I recently took part in a renovation similar. I congratulate you on the idea, even if it is more expensive. Coming back to the topic, the chimney built inside from dedicated brick offers, in addition to a special design, a the heat additional. I hope it’s useful.”
“Watch out for stainless steel chimneys, last year we had a chimney fire, we made one of prefabricated concrete and ceramic elements on the inside, with basalt wool insulation (SHIDEL), the fire was due to lightning.”
“I personally like the built-in fireplace, it looks nice and gives you warmth.”
“We have a traditional house made of oak beams, covered with shingles. We called a specialist to advise us. We wanted to put a stainless steel basket, because it is lighter and does not require a foundation. However, the specialist recommended us a brick chimney, because it is much more reliable (the stainless steel one has a 15-year guarantee). But yes, it requires foundation and anchoring. If it’s indoors, recover some of the heat.
It was quite complicated for us because of the very high bridge (about 5m), to which is added the elevation, the walls of the house plus a meter above the ridge. Fortunately (but also unfortunately), I gave up stove because we drew methane gas and installed a central plant. It would have been very nice to sit by the stove in winter.”
