Thursday 23 February 2012

Shepherds hut stove

Step 1.
Position your hearth and fix with a contact adhesive.
Position the stove onto the hearth in the exact finishing spot. ( Mark the position of the feet with a pencil mark) You can then use a plumb line from the interior of the roof to the center of the flue outlet. This will give you the center point for the hole to be cut into the roof. The diameter of this hole will depend on the flue size. Dermot used a twin walled insulated flue to penetrate the roof with an external diameter of 150mm.
Step 2.
Attach the flashing to the external roof surface using self tapping screws and bond the edge with a silicone sealant. The flashing used here was a Dekite 204.
Step 3.
Position the twin wall components and secure with a wall support. There should be approx.. 200mm of twin wall below the level of the interior roof if combustible.
Step 4.
Attach the adaptor and measure the amount of single skin pipe required to go between the collar of the stove and the base of the adaptor. Remembering that each section of flue must run internally into the next. I would suggest setting all the flue up, in a dry run, before finally fire cementing the flue components together.
Step 5.
With all the components running inside one another it easier to locate the collar of the stove onto the base of the flue system before attaching the collar to the stove. This is not an issue when using the 90 degree T and cap component and fitting the flue to the rear of the stove.
Step 6.
Position any shielding material to the sides of the stove, where applicable.
Step 7.
Allow all the fire cement seals to dry naturally for at least 24hrs before your first fire.
Fitting stoves into boats is very similar so please follow this link for more info

Found this picture of what looks like a windysmithy model installed in a Hollow Ash shepherds hut.
They look like they are great huts.
http://www.hollowash.co.uk/Gallery/Pages/HAH_-_Interior_Gallery.html#2

I also found some really interesting information on the history of stoves in shepherds huts at the great website Anatomy of a shepherds hut.
http://www.shepherdhuts.co.uk/page4.htm

Here is another stove installed in a shepherds hut by Blackdown Shepherds huts
http://blackdownshepherdhuts.co.uk/shepherd-hut-gallery-1.htm

This shepherds hut has a small range installed but uses the same single to twin wall flue system
http://www.theyorkshirehutcompany.com/gallery.html#!prettyPhoto[gallery]/2/

For more information on the history of shepherds huts I found this website very intertesting
http://www.shepherd-hut.co.uk/history.htm

2 comments:

  1. Found this picture of what looks like a windysmithy model installed in a Hollow Oak shepherds hut.
    They look like they are great huts.
    http://www.hollowash.co.uk/Gallery/Pages/HAH_-_Interior_Gallery.html#2

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