Boru Croi Beag Stoves.

Hi Mr Tayto, just wondering what fuel you are burning in your stove? I recently got the 600i with boiler but it seems to use a lot of fuel to keep the house warm, maybe I'm not using the settings correctly! Does it take long for your house to heat up?
Thanks
 
I recently got the 600i with boiler but it seems to use a lot of fuel to keep the house warm, maybe I'm not using the settings correctly! Does it take long for your house to heat up?
Thanks
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Hi koala1999

What size is the house you are trying to heat?

We dont have a boiler on ours, we use oil to heat the rest of the house, with the stove heating about 150 cubic meters of open plan area within the house. which according to calculators needs about 10kw to heat it, this is the capacity of the stove. It only takes about 20-30mins to have this area heated to a comfortable heat

From my experiance with boiler stoves, about 70-80% of the energy given off is used to heat the water for the rads, with the rest to the room, This may also slow the process as it has to heat the water first

If you use hardwood logs these have a higher thermal output, than softwood, also keep the ash tray half full as this for some reasion helps with conserving fuel
 
Thanks Mr Tayto, my house is about 2500sq ft, it's heating 10 rads, I have thermostats on some of the rads that are not used as much. I will try different logs and see if that helps. I have oil heating as well but thought this would help save some money!
 
Boru croi beag

Has anyone installed this 4kw inset stove? I am interested in knowing about performance. My room needs 3.2kw to heat it. Thanks
 
Hi Keizer Soze, are you still happy with your croi beag? Thinking of having one installed. Does it burn a lot of fuel to get 4kw heat?
 
borustoves said:
Hi Peter, Dermot here from Boru Stoves, All grates are 100% made in Ireland. The reason we did this was for quality control and from past experience of imported grates cracking. I would say that the grates we are using are one of the highest quality grates on the market.
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Why can't I find prices on the Boru website ? Why are they hidden ?
 
bullworth said:
May I ask, how much was it ? The Boru site does not say anything about prices that I can find.... a bad sign maybe
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Boru design and manufacture stoves and as such do not appear to have a retail sales channel. I imagine they operate through a network of specialist resellers, agents or perhaps even installers.

Its not unusual for a company not to have prices on its website especially if it is not engaged on on line sales. Such prices often increase the customer expectation that the goods are availiable to purchase on line.
 
Croi Beag 4kw

We had the Croi Beag 4kw insert stove fitted last winter & we are very happy with it. It gives out great heat & we use a lot less fuel than when we had the open fire, so it's easier to clean out the next day. We don't have a back boiler though so it only heats the room downstairs, kinda wish we had a back boiler now cos we still need to put the gas heating on to heat upstairs even when it's roasting downstairs. I think we paid €1650 for supply & fitting.
 
Charley said:
We had the Croi Beag 4kw insert stove fitted last winter & we are very happy with it. It gives out great heat & we use a lot less fuel than when we had the open fire, so it's easier to clean out the next day. We don't have a back boiler though so it only heats the room downstairs, kinda wish we had a back boiler now cos we still need to put the gas heating on to heat upstairs even when it's roasting downstairs. I think we paid €1650 for supply & fitting.
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Thanks . It's good to have some sort of ballpark figure. I might be interested in getting one but with a backboiler to make hot water. Do you remember how much extra a backboiler would have cost you ? I have a Gas central heating system already. Any idea if they can both be connected to the radiators at the same time without any problems ?
 
I don't think we even investigated that possibility at the time unfortunately :eek:, so afraid I can't help you on that.
Hopefully someone more qualified will be able to advise further..
 
I may be a bit late on this, but for what its worth...
Kath said:
Has anyone installed this 4kw inset stove? I am interested in knowing about performance. My room needs 3.2kw to heat it. Thanks
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I installed one (Croi Beag) a few months ago and love it. My sitting room is 18m (4m x 4.5M) square with a ceiling height of 2.5M.

I find it more than adequate for a room this size. When I first started using it, the room was getting too warm because I liked seeing the flames when its running full pelt.

The firebox is very small which means you dont burn much fuel. The down side is that you cant use big lumps of logs in it.

bullworth said:
May I ask, how much was it ? The Boru site does not say anything about prices that I can find.... a bad sign maybe
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I paid €525 ex VAT for the stove itself. I was buying other stuff so managed to negotiate the price down a bit.

When you add flue connections, chimney cowl and other bits and pieces, the total price goes up a bit.

With the stove, all the fittings as well as installation and VAT, it came in just short of €1000.

I also installed a Boru Carraig Mor 30Kw boiler stove in the living room to heat radiators and water, which I'm also happy with.

Hopefully they now stand the test of time.
 
i bought my waterford stanley in the north, ut there is a place near nenagh that sell boru stoves, ryan stoves, no connection just know it from passing on the n7 every week
 
Any updates from anyone that has installed the Carraig Mor 20kw or 30kw stove with back boiler? Thinking of putting one of these in a new build (will also have oil for heating) and trying to decide if it really will reduce our heating costs. I initially thought we'd put in a Boru 600i double sided inset stove between the kitchen and living room but have been advised that a free standing stove with back boiler would be a much more efficient option.

Thanks for any help ye can give
 
We have a 30kw boru. The stove works v well with wood briquettes and the galss stays reasonably clean. burns turf, briquettes well but wood has less ash. Burns coal / anthracite too but riddling system not great with the little nuggets left, but not a great problem. You do get great heat for the amount of fuel you use - we have 18 rads, 11 of them large doubles and the house is warm all the time. Hope this helps
 
I've heard that the firebox in the Croi Beag is tiny, so it won't take logs. Those who have it, what's the maximum size?

How did you get it installed - did you get a recommendation from the maker for an expert installer?

Did the installer use a flexible flue inside the chimney, insulated with vermiculite?

Did the installer have to tear out the existing fireplace and replaster it with fireproof plaster?
 
boru croi beag insert

we have the boru croi beag insert in 2 months now and it is brill,the heat out of it is really very good,after 20 mins lite brill heat,we are only burning timber (dry ash)easy to clean also,damp cloth dip in the cold ash and clean glass easy, no regrets 90% better than the open fire and so easy on timber,should have done it years ago..
 
Zaldi said:
I've heard that the firebox in the Croi Beag is tiny, so it won't take logs. Those who have it, what's the maximum size?
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It is small. I ask the man I buy logs from to include some smaller ones for the Croi Beag.

Its just over 11" at its widest and tapers back to about 7" at the back. I cant measure the back because its lit at the minute.
How did you get it installed - did you get a recommendation from the maker for an expert installer?
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I got the supplier to install it.
Did the installer use a flexible flue inside the chimney, insulated with vermiculite?
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Not in my case. I dont think its needed in a new chimney, but if yours is an older house it might be needed.
 
Don't know if it's the age of the house that makes the difference - I had bad experience with a stove in a cottage that gave off shocking fumes when it was installed with the pipe going straight into the chimney, and fire cement and fire rope blocking off (supposedly) and fumes.
 
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